Nov 5
Homelessness in America: Finally, Glimmers of Light : For Release Sunday, November 8, 2009 © 2009 Washington Post Writers Group Veterans of America’s recent wars left homeless, abused women and their children seeking nightly shelter, out-of-sight medical ...
Citiwire.net
Nov 5
Zoning Ordinance That Allowed a Firing Range Near a Residential Subdivision Does Not Subject Town to Liability for Alleged Due Process Violation : Plaintiffs live in a development one and one half north of a sportsman’s club and they had previously complained of stray bullets reaching their neighborhood and striking their homes in 2006.  The Clu ...
Law of the Land
Nov 5
Local Zoning for a Broadcast Antenna Preempted for AM Radio Station : A reader of Law of the Land brings us of an “oldie but goodie” case…as there is not much law in this area, I agreed to post a 2002 landmark case as a reminder for those who practice in the area. The l ...
Law of the Land
Nov 5
Demographics of the Next Decade Will Transform New Housing and Retail : This post was written for The Ground Floor by Robert Krueger, communications associate with the Urban Land Institute. SAN FRANCISCO -- There is no doubt that the big question at this year’s ...
The Ground Floor
Nov 5
Texas schools are better than you think (but still have a long way to go) : For a while I've been wanting to do a post on this McKinsey report titled "The Economic Impact of the Achievement Gap in America's Schools" (main report, supporting charts).First, the (very) bad news: ...
Houston Strategies
Nov 5
New York State Environment Official Appointed to a Position With the E.P.A. : Judith Enck, Gov. A. Paterson's deputy secretary for environment has been appointed to the Environmental Protection Agency as the administrator of Region 2. ...
Dot Earth
Nov 5
Professional Writing (even Seminars and Talks)--BLUF! (BOTTOM LINE UPFRONT), DIVIDE INTO UNITS, PROOFREAD, SPELLCHECK : In conversations with my colleagues, I realized that many of our students do not realize that most of their professional writing is for a busy audience: bosses, clients, community members, other schol ...
This Week's Finds in Planning
Nov 5
Downtown Cleveland casino : Now that Ohio voters have passed Issue 3, Dan Gilbert says that work on a downtown Cleveland casino could begin in fall 2010 and that it could open in 2012. ...
Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 5
Smart Growth Places 3rd in Houston Mayor's Race : Houston city councilman Peter Brown, unique as a devotee of smart growth (compact development) in this city of light land use regulation, placed third in the mayoral election yesterday. ...
Newgeography.com
Nov 5
Ohio proposals for GLRI dollars : The Ohio Lake Erie Commission is compiling a list of projects (PDF) for potential funding through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. ...
Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 5
Exterior maintenance inspections : The City of Berea is using a streetside inspection program to assist in the enforcement of residential exterior maintenance requirements. ...
Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 5
Reconnecting a Washington State Park to the Local Community : Gustafson Guthrie Nichols and Allied Works won a design competition to create a park that will span an Interstate and connect a two-block section of Washington State’s Fort Vancouver national historic ...
ASLA.org - The Dirt
Nov 5
Brisbane’s 470-meter Solar-powered Footbridge : A 470-meter solar-powered footbridge recently opened in Brisbane’s Central Business District, writes Inhabitat. ...
ASLA.org - The Dirt
Nov 5
Garmin: Chat, Navigate and Steer — But Don’t Drive Distracted : The first time I saw this ad I thought my eyes and ears were deceiving me. ...
Streetsblog
Nov 5
Center Ridge Road motel demolition : The City of Westlake razed the former Hubbs Motel on Center Ridge Road. There are no plans to immediately redevelop the site, which the City acquired as part of a settlement last year. ...
Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 5
NYers Not Sold on Notion That Livable Streets Are Wrecking Economy : Here's a chart breaking down New York Times exit poll results from the mayoral election. ...
Streetsblog
Nov 5
19 urban development types for creatives : Thanks to Chris Leinberger, author of the ...
CoolTown Studios
Nov 5
TourSim: Agent-based modeling for Tourism Planning : While reading the 7.5th Floor blog, I cam across an interesting post about the use of agent-based modeling for tourism/recreational planning. ...
GIS and Agent-Based Modelling
Nov 5
Wanted: Your Photos of Crummy Transit Conditions : Waiting to board the B44 in Brooklyn. Photo: Benjamin FriedOur latest call for photos was inspired by the picture at right, taken by Streetsblog New York's own Ben Fried. ...
Streetsblog
Nov 5
Where the Carbon Emissions Sidewalk Ends : More and more cities in our region—and in the world—are developing plans to reduce carbon emissions. ...
Sightline - The Daily Score blog
Nov 5
Public Options in Transit and Health Care : Over the next few months, Congress will continue to debate health insurance reform - and in particular, whether to create a "public option"- a government-financed insurance company which would compete ...
Planetizen Interchange
Nov 5
Student Killed on Ninth Ave. Is Fourth City Pedestrian Fatality in Five Days : Seth Kahn, pictured here with late TV pitchman Billy Mays. Photo via FacebookNinth Avenue in Hell's Kitchen was the site of another pedestrian death Wednesday. ...
Streetsblog
Nov 5
Parks Dept. Truck Seriously Injures Wheelchair User in 8th Ave Bike Lane : A Parks Department sanitation truck struck a 78-year-old woman using a motor-assisted wheelchair in the Eighth Avenue bike lane this morning shortly before 10 a.m., just north of Bleecker Street. ...
Streetsblog
Nov 5
Let’s go on a lightwalk – next Tuesday! : Here on Urban Omnibus, we are all about urban exploration, maps and interdisciplinary approaches to examining and designing our physical, urban environment. ...
Urban Omnibus
Nov 5
Walk Score Adds Transit : Walk Score, which has become the most widely-used measure of pedestrian friendly neighborhoods in North America, has added a new trick: they're now incorporating transit data into their walkability ra ...
Sightline - The Daily Score blog
Nov 5
1st Ave Bike Lanes Will Get Plastic Bollards : According to some chatter on the bike blogosphere (bikelosphere?), the 1st Avenue bike lanes will be getting (or perhaps have already gotten) orange plastic bollards to more clearly delineate the bike ...
Net Density
Nov 5
Words in Space : I'll be speaking tonight in Brooklyn, at the Pratt Institute of Architecture, in case anyone is around and up for an architecture talk. It starts at 6pm, and is free and open to the public. ...
Bldgblog
Nov 5
Cliff House : I randomly came across this image, below, of Adolph Sutro's now-lost Cliff House, perched on the rocks outside San Francisco. ...
Bldgblog
Nov 5
Aqueous : [Image: From Amphibious Architecture by The Living; photo by Chris Woebken].New York architects The Living, mentioned in an earlier post, have completed another recent project called Amphibi ...
Bldgblog
Nov 5
Aqueous : [Image: From Amphibious Architecture by The Living; photo by Chris Woebken].New York architects The Living, mentioned in an earlier post, have completed another recent project called Amphibi ...
BLDGBLOG
Nov 5
Cliff House : I randomly came across this image, below, of Adolph Sutro's now-lost Cliff House, perched on the rocks outside San Francisco. ...
BLDGBLOG
Nov 5
Words in Space : I'll be speaking tonight in Brooklyn, at the Pratt Institute of Architecture, in case anyone is around and up for an architecture talk. It starts at 6pm, and is free and open to the public. ...
BLDGBLOG
Nov 5
Many densities, many foods : My favorite LA novel is The Tortilla Curtain by TC Boyle. ...
Peter Gordon's Blog
Nov 5
Boxer Okays Senate Climate Bill, Without Amendments or GOP : The Senate environment committee approved its climate change bill today on a 10-1 vote, shrugging off a boycott by all of the panel's Republicans but missing out on the chance to consider amendments t ...
Streetsblog
Nov 5
The Perils of Cul-de-Sac Development : Loads of good stuff today on the Streetsblog Network. ...
Streetsblog
Nov 5
New Models for Resort Development : This post was written for The Ground Floor by Robert Krueger, communications associate at the Urban Land Institute. SAN FRANCISCO -- What will resort development look like in a post-recessio ...
The Ground Floor
Nov 5
Today’s Headlines : NYCT Prez Howard Roberts Forced to Step Down in MTA Shakeup (NYT, News) Meet His Replacement: Former NYC Subway Chief Tom Prendergast (News) How Will Bloomberg Pay for His Transit Promises ...
Streetsblog
Nov 5
Paranoid Optimism: The Best Attitude Toward Economic Recovery : This post was written by Trisha Riggs, vice president of communications for ULI. "Paranoid" optimism--a belief in the ability to overcome the negatives that could be coming ...
The Ground Floor
Nov 5
Climate, Housing and Health: A tripartite challenge for the poor : The urban poor are particularly in danger from the effects of climate change because of substandard housing and poor environmental conditions, says Peter Williams of the ARCHIVE Institute. read more ...
Planetizen Op-Eds
Nov 5
New Landscape Rating System to Transform the Industry, Complete Green Building Puzzle : The Sustainable Sites Initiative released the nation’s first rating system for the design, construction and maintenance of sustainable landscapes, with or without buildings. ...
ASLA.org - The Dirt
Nov 5
Normal Service Resumes Next Tuesday... : A quick post as we are taking some time out to move flats here in London town. ...
Digital Urban
Nov 5
DOT supports twin maritime efforts: commercial competitiveness and port-readiness : Most of us know that strategic seaports must operate with peak efficiency and effectiveness to attract commercial shippers and keep commerce flowing freely in our highly competitive global marketplace ...
Welcome to the Fast Lane
Nov 4
Free flowing traffic good for babies' health - study based on ET startup dates : A study using data from several northeastern tollers before and after E-ZPass electronic toll collection (ETC) finds the reduced tailpipe emissions from free flowing traffic produces a marked improvem ...
Toll Roads News
Nov 4
Citizens Claiming an Adverse Impact May Challenge Annexation Where Their Land is Not Part of the Annexed Property : Lifestyle initiated a voluntary annexation by requesting the City of Reno annex 7,000 acres of land in Cold Springs Valley. ...
Law of the Land
Nov 4
HYDROCity Exhibition opens tonight : [HYDROCity exhibition opens tonight at the Toronto Free Gallery and features 30 projects on hydrology and urbanism.] With almost 30 projects and proposals addressing the opportunities and challenges ...
InfraNet Lab
Nov 4
TCA third laning on 241TR opened, 4th laning of 73 SJ Hills TR ongoing : Transportation Corridors Agencies who run The Toll Roads in Orange County California celebrated the opening of a third lane each direction at the 241 or Foothill/Eastern Toll Road this week. ...
Toll Roads News
Nov 4
"Ideological Mildew" : Against ideological mildew, from Z (dir. ...
a456
Nov 4
November 2009 election results : Election recap Broadview Heights Issue 12 (commercial rezoning): passed Cleveland Issue 17 (Planning Commission alternates): passed Solon Issue 83 (retail rezoning): pas ...
Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 4
Doubletree at the Tudor Arms : The historic Tudor Arms in University Circle is under renovation and is scheduled to reopen as a 154-room Doubletree Hotel in spring 2011. ...
Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 4
Driving Ohio Forward : On November 10, Clean Fuels Ohio and the Levin College Forum will host a discussion about the future of transportation in Ohio. ...
Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
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