Jun 5
Living Lofts: The Evolution of the Cast Iron District : 101 Spring Street 101 Spring Street is a proto-loft building, an example of the minimalist live/work spaces made fashionable by artists, who pioneered the idea of loft living as a form of adaptive reu...
Urban Omnibus
Jun 5
NYC: Why Jose Rides : Photo copyright Dmitry Gudkov Jose is a computer science student at CUNY. He recently bought an annual membership to Citi Bike. “I live near Brooklyn College, so I take the subway into Manhattan....
Streetsblog
Jun 5
What’s in Your Garage? : Photo by Alan Durning. I have not owned a car in seven years, but I do own a garage. It’s pictured above....
Sightline - The Daily Score blog
Jun 5
Rare Look at a Baby Kipunji – One of the World’s Most Endangered Monkeys : A rare look at a baby kipunji, one of the most endangered monkeys on the planet....
Dot Earth
Jun 5
NYC: Ariel Russo, 4, Killed by Unlicensed Teen and NYPD Pursuit Protocol : The driver who allegedly struck and killed 4-year-old Ariel Russo and injured her grandmother during a police chase on the Upper West Side Tuesday morning has been charged with manslaughter....
Streetsblog
Jun 5
With Tampa Riverwalk and other TIGER projects, transportation equals opportunity : For more than four years now, President Obama and I have said repeatedly that investing in transportation helps spur economic growth....
Welcome to the Fast Lane
Jun 5
The Right Rules for Keeping Ships from Hitting Right Whales : Federal officials wisely seek to extend rules that have protected endangered right whales at little cost to shippers....
Dot Earth
Jun 5
NYC: City Council Candidates on the Issues: Helen Rosenthal, District 6 : We continue our series on City Council candidates with a Q&A with former Community Board 7 chair Helen Rosenthal, who’s running to represent District 6 on the Upper West Side....
Streetsblog
Jun 5
Landscape Architecture in the News Highlights (May 19 – June 1) : The Dirt has initiated a new bi-weekly feature highlighting news stories from around the Web on landscape architecture. For more LA in the News, check out LAND, ASLA’s newsletter....
ASLA.org - The Dirt
Jun 5
The U.S. Will Soon Look Like California : “Oh, my god, America has changed,” exclaimed Dr. Manuel Pastor, Professor of Sociology, University of Southern California, mock-shocked, at the E.P.A.’s Brownfield conference in Atlanta....
ASLA.org - The Dirt
Jun 5
NYC: Today’s Headlines : DEP to Install 5,500 “Curbside Gardens” Bioswales to Handle Storm Runoff (WSJ) In Wake of FreshDirect Ruling, South Bronx Residents Consider Options (City Limits) Upset About Citi Sponsorship of Bike-...
Streetsblog
Jun 5
The Indispensable Greenery of Astana, Kazakhstan : Astana, Kazakhstan. Astana’s extensive greenery contrasts sharply with its backdrop, the Kazakh steppe, an expansive plain characterized by whipping winds and extreme seasonal temperature fluctuati...
Global Site Plans: The Grid
Jun 5
A Dangerous Ride: Why Melbourne’s Bike Lanes Are Not Promoting A Sustainable Commute : How we integrate cycling paths into developed cities can be challenging, as cities’ centuries-old built forms are having to be designed to appease the growing population of cyclists....
Global Site Plans: The Grid
Jun 5
The Weight of Development: Could Shanghai Be Sinking? : Shanghai’s economy is rapidly growing, but the city itself may be sinking. Reports of cracks in the sidewalks and streets in recent years have left residents and city officials worrie...
Global Site Plans: The Grid
Jun 5
Apartment project planned on The Strip : The BP site on the Cumberland Strip may soon get a six-story student housing project with retail space. Gerald Witt has the details in the KNS: The 218-bedroom, 59-unit building had to meet local st...
Property Scope
Jun 5
Wednesday briefing : Medical Arts, Marble Alley, Neel's Wholesale, JCPenney and now the former Baptist Hospital site -- apartment projects are hot in urban Knoxville. KNS Nov....
Property Scope
Jun 5
NextGen Transit Debate : At CNU 21, two teams squared off against each other in a great debate over the proposition, "To be successful, a city must have transit."  Mike Lydon and Ian Rasmussen argued in favor of the propositi...
Strong Towns
Jun 5
Smugness Alert : Young people have been told so often that they are especially virtuous for living in inner cities and riding transit instead of driving that they have developed a serious epidemic of smugness....
The Antiplanner
Jun 4
Will we be driving less? And how should roads be adapted? : 2013-06-04:A report by environmental groups declares that "The driving boom - a six decade long period of steady increases in percapita driving - is over." That is old news to most people in the toll...
Toll Roads News
Jun 4
The challenge of ethanol in Brazil : Sugar cane harvesters on break in Brazil. Photo by johnmcq. While a debate continues about the future of biofuels, Brazil is currently facing an important decision for its own future....
The City Fix
Jun 4
NYC: Viral Anti-Bike Content — The Daily News Is Doing It Wrong : The Wall Street Journal schooled the world on how to generate pageviews with this instant classic of anti-bike insanity starring editorial board member Dorothy Rabinowitz....
Streetsblog
Jun 4
2013 Roadcheck hits the streets with one goal: safety : It's time once again for the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's (CVSA) annual Roadcheck, the largest targeted inspection and enforcement program on commercial motor vehicles in the world. Each year...
Welcome to the Fast Lane
Jun 4
NYC: Why Werner Rides : Photo copyright Dmitry Gudkov Werner is a retired sociology professor living in Cobble Hill....
Streetsblog
Jun 4
WSJ on Vancouver’s add-on dwellings : Today’s Wall Street Journal includes a front-page feature on Vancouver, BC’s secondary suites and laneway houses and a video interview with Conor Dougherty, the author....
Sightline - The Daily Score blog
Jun 4
With the Beltline, Atlanta Wants to Become a New City : A bit more than 10 years ago, Ryan Gravel, a Georgia Tech architecture and urban planning master’s student, delivered a whopper of a thesis....
ASLA.org - The Dirt
Jun 4
NYC: QBB Bike Access Improvements Advance to CB 6 Full Board With 13-1 Vote : A DOT proposal that would extend protected bike lanes and add shared lane markings to First Avenue and 59th Street received a 13-1 supportive vote from Manhattan Community Board 6′s transportation com...
Streetsblog
Jun 4
A Self-Driving Future : Hop on in! Google’s self-driving car....
Sightline - The Daily Score blog
Jun 4
NYC: Council Candidates on the Issues: Marc Landis, District 6 : We continue our series on City Council candidates with a Q&A with Democratic Party District Leader Marc Landis, who’s running to represent District 6 on the Upper West Side....
Streetsblog
Jun 4
I : I have had an interest in volunteered geographic information (VGI) for quite some time (see my publications or blog posts) but only recently have I had an opportunity to look at the spatial error of f...
GIS and Agent-Based Modelling
Jun 4
New USMMA Advisory Board members will help steer a course to excellence : The Department of Transportation is committed to providing every midshipman at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy the highest-quality education possible....
Welcome to the Fast Lane
Jun 4
How Storm Chasers Have Made Tornado Alley Safer : A meteorologist focused on severe weather hails the contributions of storm chasers....
Dot Earth
Jun 4
Hotel, apartments planned for ex-Baptist site : The city on Tuesday unveiled plans for a new mixed-use development on the former Baptist Hospital site, in South Knoxville. Georgia developer Blanchard & Calhoun's redevelopment is slated to include...
Property Scope
Jun 4
NYC: Amidst Tabloid Attack on Bicycling, Another Child Killed By Reckless Motorist : A young child and a woman were struck by the driver of an SUV during a police pursuit this morning on the Upper West Side, according to reports....
Streetsblog
Jun 4
Does Urban Agriculture Have a Real Future in San Francisco, California? : After reading articles about residents growing vegetables in their backyards and seeing community gardens sprouting (pun intended) up in dense cities, I have become intrigued by this idea of growing y...
Global Site Plans: The Grid
Jun 4
Two New Intermodal Stations for Miami, Florida : Travel to and from Miami is about to get a whole new look....
Global Site Plans: The Grid
Jun 4
NYC: Today’s Headlines : Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against EDC’s South Bronx FreshDirect Subsidies (Crain’s, DNA, News) Driver Falls Asleep, Rear-Ends Garbage Truck; Sanitation Worker May Lose Leg as Result (Post, WCBS) Traffic...
Streetsblog
Jun 4
Tuesday briefing : Historic North Chattanooga fire hall for sale after restoration. Times Free Press Ceremony held for new Carter Elementary School....
Property Scope
Jun 4
AR Navigation System for Pedestrians – Android App : Sung-Hyun Jang, one of my Ph.D. students here at CASA, has launched an Android app called AR Navigation System for Pedestrians. The app is a part of his Ph.D....
Digital Urban
Jun 4
High-Speed Rail in Court : Last Friday, opponents of California’s high-speed rail line told a California state judge that the California High-Speed Rail Authority has not met all the requirements to start building the first sta...
The Antiplanner
Jun 3
Steinberg's CEQA and Redevelopment Bills Move Forward : Bill Fulton After a variety of setbacks, Senate leader Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, is doggedly moving forward with bills to reform the California Environmental Quality Act and r...
California Planning & Development Report Blogs
Jun 3
Steinberg's CEQA and Redevelopment Bills Move Forward : Bill Fulton After a variety of setbacks, Senate leader Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, is doggedly moving forward with bills to reform the California Environmental Quality Act and r...
California Planning & Development Report
Jun 3
How to Encourage Terrorism : Shutting down cities as a response to terrorism makes such violence more rewarding and thus more tempting....
Planetizen Interchange
Jun 3
National press continues its Houston love-fest, the essence of our competitive advantage, and more : Another round of smaller misc items this week: Gotta love it: 17 Reasons Why Houston Is The Best City In America in Business Insider magazine....
Houston Strategies
Jun 3
Chula Vista Bayfront Plan Shows Power of Consensus-Building : CP&DR Staff Early one Sunday morning in early February, the South Bay Power Plant in Chula Vista – a fixture on San Diego Bay for decades – was blown up....
California Planning & Development Report Blogs
Jun 3
County of Los Angeles v. City of Los Angeles : William W....
California Planning & Development Report Blogs
Jun 3
County of Los Angeles v. City of Los Angeles : William W....
California Planning & Development Report
Jun 3
Chula Vista Bayfront Plan Shows Power of Consensus-Building : CP&DR Staff Early one Sunday morning in early February, the South Bay Power Plant in Chula Vista – a fixture on San Diego Bay for decades – was blown up....
California Planning & Development Report
Jun 3
NYC: Why Carol Rides : Photo copyright Dmitry Gudkov Carol is a talent manager. Before signing up for Citi Bike she had not been on a bike in New York in many years....
Streetsblog
Jun 3
Rising Aggression Against Turtle Conservationists Preceded Costa Rica Slaying : Costa Rican news reports show a pattern of rising violence before the murder of a turtle guardian....
Dot Earth
Jun 3
NYC: Council Candidates on the Issues: Ken Biberaj, District 6 : Streetsblog continues our series on City Council candidates with a look at the race for District 6 in Manhattan, covering the Upper West Side. The seat has been held by Gale Brewer, who is term-limite...
Streetsblog
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