Nov 10
On Ecology : [Theory Forum: Ecology Line-Up] We are very excited to be taking part in the Theory Forum 09 at Sheffield University.  This year’s theme involves unpacking the term ‘Ecology’.  We will be running a ...
InfraNet Lab
Nov 10
Interviewing Worldchanging's Alex Steffen, Part 1 : Editor's Note: Alex Steffen, the editor and cofounder of Worldchanging-a global network of independent journalists, designers and thinkers--sat down with writer Emily Knudsen to discuss some of th ...
Sightline - The Daily Score blog
Nov 10
Prince Charles, Vancouverism, and the search for Sustainable Urbanism : This past Saturday, I had the honour of joining a select group of invited urbanists and sustainability experts, in a special dialogue put on by The Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment, and V ...
Planetizen Interchange
Nov 10
Where's My Green Job? : Last Saturday, two stories about green jobs caught my eye. ...
Sightline - The Daily Score blog
Nov 10
Until Proven Safe: An Interview with Krista Maglen : [Image: Airfield at Guantanamo Bay converted for the quarantine of 10,000 Haitian migrants; via Wikimedia].Krista Maglen is Assistant Professor of History at Indiana University, where her research exp ...
Bldgblog
Nov 10
Until Proven Safe: An Interview with Krista Maglen : [Image: Airfield at Guantanamo Bay converted for the quarantine of 10,000 Haitian migrants; via Wikimedia].Krista Maglen is Assistant Professor of History at Indiana University, where her research exp ...
BLDGBLOG
Nov 10
State DOT Channels Spirit of Robert Moses in Major Deegan Expansion Plan : These are enlightened times for New York City's local streets. The city is building sidewalk extensions, protected bike lanes, and better busways. ...
Streetsblog
Nov 10
An idea for bicycling advocates : Steven Litt suggests that advocates of a bike lane for the new Innerbelt Bridge should hire an independent engineer to draft plans for a bridge that would include the bike lane. ...
Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 10
Business Management Tips from Leading Author : This post was written by Trisha Riggs, vice president of communications for ULI. In a rough economic environment, forget success--pursue excellence as the goal, and success ...
The Ground Floor
Nov 10
More RTA cutbacks likely : In order to balance its 2010 budget, RTA leaders are considering additional service cuts and extending earlier temporary fare increases. Update: WCPN has more details. ...
Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 10
New Models for Environmental Communication : New ways to cover a world full of environmental stories at a time when old models for communication are eroding. ...
Dot Earth
Nov 10
The FAA, an active and vigilant partner in aviation safety : Today I want to focus on aviation safety and share some things I told the National Air Transportation Association earlier in the week.The basic point--that safety is this DOT's number one priority--ca ...
Welcome to the Fast Lane
Nov 10
Port Authority criticisms : The board of the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority is being criticized for its silence about the departure of CEO Adam Wasserman and his $300,000 buyout. ...
Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 10
"Subprime Carbon": Risk or Hype? : On the announcement that the Clean Energy Jobs (CEJ) bill cleared a key Senate committee last week, Friends of the Earth complained: The bill’s backbone is a poorly regulated carbon trading scheme th ...
Sightline - The Daily Score blog
Nov 10
ULI Global Awards for Excellence Winners Announced : Five outstanding developments have been selected as winners of the 2009 Urban Land Institute's (ULI) Global Awards for Excellence competition, widely recognized as the land use industry’s most prestig ...
The Ground Floor
Nov 10
Recession's Effect on FHA, Agency Backed by Full Faith of Treasury Department : Today's Washington Post includes an article on the Federal Housing Administration's (FHA) soon-to-be-released annual audit, which, according to FHA Commissioner David H. ...
NHC Open House Blog
Nov 10
Bomb Grid : [Image: The Key Lake uranium mine].I'm in the process of finishing Tom Zoellner's compulsively readable book Uranium, and I'm finding it extremely hard to put down. ...
Bldgblog
Nov 10
Story Behind the Story: Spending Election Night Online : posted by Alan Greenblatt I have to admit that I'm a very late adopter. I'm a big music fan, but all my friends had iPods before I did. ...
Governing.com: 13th Floor
Nov 10
Bomb Grid : [Image: The Key Lake uranium mine].I'm in the process of finishing Tom Zoellner's compulsively readable book Uranium, and I'm finding it extremely hard to put down. ...
BLDGBLOG
Nov 10
In Bad Times, ULI Talks Planning, Not Development : The Urban Land Institute has a reputation of being an organization in which enlightened developers get together with the occasional savvy planner and designer. ...
California Planning & Development Report Blogs
Nov 10
Tonight: Carmine Street Parking-Protected Bike Lane Back Before CB 2 : With the support of DOT, Community Board 2 and the local block association, a parking-protected bike lane could be in the works for Carmine Street in the West Village. ...
Streetsblog
Nov 10
Eyes on the Street: The Case of the Vanishing Bike Shelter : Now you see bike infrastructure, now you don't. Photos: Brad AaronLast October, DOT installed Inwood's first bike shelter on Dyckman/200th Street at Broadway. ...
Streetsblog
Nov 10
In Bad Times, ULI Talks Planning, Not Development : The Urban Land Institute has a reputation of being an organization in which enlightened developers get together with the occasional savvy planner and designer. ...
California Planning & Development Report
Nov 10
Epic Announces Free Unreal Development Kit : Epic Games, Inc. has announced the launch of the Unreal Development Kit (UDK), a free edition of Unreal Engine 3 that provides community access to the game engine and toolset. ...
Digital Urban
Nov 10
“All Infrastructure — and No People” : Yesterday, as I was scrolling through the Streetsblog Network feed, I came upon this headline from network member Sprawled Out: "We Americans are all infrastructure -- and no people." I clicked th ...
Streetsblog
Nov 10
Learning the material... by being courageous and resourceful... : Recently, I helped a student work through some problem in the statistics for planning class. They wrote me, "Again, thank you for your patience and assistance. ...
This Week's Finds in Planning
Nov 10
Light at the End of the Tunnel : This post was written by Trisha Riggs, vice president of communications for ULI. Has the financial meltdown ended? Yes. Is the recession over? Yes. ...
The Ground Floor
Nov 10
Fresh Demands From 'Front-Line States' in Climate Fight : Poor countries restate their case that rich countries need to help them confront climate risks and stanch emissions propelling warming. ...
Dot Earth
Nov 10
The Fourth Plinth: London Planetarium : [Image: London's Fourth Plinth, via Google Image search].In an odd coincidence with the previous post, I actually saw a show at the American Museum of Natural History's planetarium yesterday—an experi ...
Bldgblog
Nov 10
The Fourth Plinth: London Planetarium : [Image: London's Fourth Plinth, via Google Image search].In an odd coincidence with the previous post, I actually saw a show at the American Museum of Natural History's planetarium yesterday—an experi ...
BLDGBLOG
Nov 10
Goodbye London - Metropolis Art Prize Entry 2009 : Babelgum Metropolis is looking for the globe’s best and edgiest artists for what is being termed'the world’s biggest art show'. ...
Digital Urban
Nov 10
Automating Geospatial Dataset Metadata : James K. Batcheller, Bruce M. Gittings and and Robert I. ...
Digital Urban
Nov 10
High Speed Rail: Not One Big Happy Family : California High Speed Rail Commission member Rod Diridon is chafing at all of the competition that has been created by the billions committed by the federal government to high speed rail. ...
Newgeography.com
Nov 10
Today’s Headlines : Cycling Up Big in New York... ...
Streetsblog
Nov 10
Streetfilms: NYC Biking Up Big for Two Years Running : This year the New York City Department of Transportation measured a 26 percent jump in commuter cycling. ...
Streetsblog
Nov 10
ASLA Communications and Advocacy Internship, Spring 2010 : The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) is seeking applicants for its 2010 spring semester (January – May) internship program. A spring internship with ASLA provides an excellent opportuni ...
ASLA.org - The Dirt
Nov 10
More Transit Data : Recently, the Federal Transit Administration added Historical Data Files to the National Transit Database. ...
The Antiplanner
Nov 9
Substantial Evidence Supported Variance Denial for Telecommunication Tower : Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC (ITW) alleged that the East Kingston Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA) improperly denied ITW’s application for a variance to construct a wireless telecommunications t ...
Law of the Land
Nov 9
Grilling Octopi in a Flooded New York : [Image: A flood strikes Manhattan; image via New York magazine]/.Jace Clayton, aka DJ /rupture, who is interviewed in The BLDGBLOG Book, has a new album out with Matt Shadetek—and he's s ...
Bldgblog
Nov 9
Grilling Octopi in a Flooded New York : [Image: A flood strikes Manhattan; image via New York magazine]/.Jace Clayton, aka DJ /rupture, who is interviewed in The BLDGBLOG Book, has a new album out with Matt Shadetek—and he's s ...
BLDGBLOG
Nov 9
Port Mann Bridge BC has RFP out for all-electronic highway speed toll system : California's old Title 21 electronic toll (ET) system spec written nearly 20 years ago by engineers at Hughes - long since departed ET - has life still. ...
Toll Roads News
Nov 9
Thursday in Cambridge: Designing for how we move through space : For those interested in the role design has in transportation advocacy, come hear Shauna Gillies – Smith and Mark Pasnik at a presentation hosted by the Boston Society of Architects and LivableStreets ...
Planning Livable Communities
Nov 9
Planes vs. high-speed vs. 'higher-speed' rail in Texas : This story on the Eurostar London-Paris high-speed rail caught my eye yesterday in the Chronicle Travel section. I have ridden it before, and it is a wonderful service. ...
Houston Strategies
Nov 9
Dangerous by Design : Dangerous by Design, a new report from Transportation for America and the Surface Transportation Policy Project, examined pedestrian safety in American cities. ...
Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 9
Sustainable redevelopment models : The discussion on The Sound of Ideas this morning was about sustainable development and lessons that Cleveland can learn from other cities. ...
Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 9
Count on It: NYC Bike Commuting Climbs 26 Percent : The screenline count has risen dramatically since 2007. ...
Streetsblog
Nov 9
E.P.A. Intervenes on Video by 2 Employees : The E.P.A. tells two agency lawyers to make clearer that a video they posted criticizing the Obama administration's climate policy solely reflects their own opinions. ...
Dot Earth
Nov 9
Monday's Numbers and Noteworthy News : Noteworthy News Commercial Mortgage Alert mortgage spreads based upon a weekly survey of 15 active portfolio lenders conducted by Trepp, the analytics firm. ...
The Ground Floor
Nov 9
Surviving and Thriving : This post was written by Trisha Riggs, vice president of communications for ULI. A big part of weathering real estate cycles is using the downturns wisely--to polish profes ...
The Ground Floor
Nov 9
Pennies for Pedestrians: NY State Spends Small on Street Safety : New York State devotes just 1 percent of its federal transportation funds to pedestrian infrastructure. ...
Streetsblog
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