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Planetizen Interchange
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Added Sep 9, 2008
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Activity Rank #3 : Popularity Rank #13
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1 posts in 24 hours : 15 posts in 4 weeks
Nov 6
Fleeting Design :
If you’ve ever worked in distressed communities, you’ve
faced the dilemma that there simply is no private market for what you want to
see built. You can chip away at the
problem of vacant land with t...
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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...
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Nov 4
Let Me Clear My Throat :
For those who either have been wondering about, or not regularly following, the private life and times of your correspondent, I believe some sort of explanation is in order for what appears to have be...
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Nov 2
Don't Bogart That Joint, My Friend :
"Don't Bogart That Joint, My Friend"
Lyrics: Lawrence Wagner
Music: Elliot Ingber
(on the soundtrack of "Easy Rider")
Chorus
Don't bogart that joint...
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Nov 2
Healthy, Wealthy and Wise Transportation Policy :
An important new book, Healthy, Equitable Transportation Policy: Recommendations and Research, and it’s summary report, The Transportation Prescription: Bold New Ideas for Healthy, Equitable Transport...
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Oct 31
Mixing It Up at RailVolution :
BOSTON -- If you've ever seen the bar menu at Trader Vic's then you know about such vague wonders as Tropical Passion, Moku Nani, and of course the Potted Parroti....
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Oct 27
Finding Planning Schools :
Confused about where to study planning? Of course there’s
the Planetizen guide but in the United
States two free sources of information
provide extensive lists of potential schools.
read more...
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Oct 27
Halloween Costumes for Urban Planners - 2nd Edition :
It's almost Halloween, and that means it's time to celebrate America's most important holiday by dressing up in a silly costume. But what's that? Tired of culturally relevant costumes?...
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Oct 27
Rea Vaya ("We are Moving") In South Africa :
To celebrate an important victory a winning team sometimes parades around the arena with their coach on their shoulders as the fans cheer in adulation. Planners sometimes deserve similar treatment!...
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Oct 27
Miami Adopts Largest Known Form-Based Code :
After four years of political wrangling, hundreds of public and internal meetings, several revisions, and one determined planning department, consultant team, and Mayor, the City of Miami made urban p...
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Oct 27
Open Data: Coming to a City Near You? :
City data catalogs are fast moving from the exception to the norm for large U.S. cities.
Washington, DC's Data Catalog, spearheaded by former CTO Vivek Kundra, was an early leader....
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Oct 27
How to drive traffic away :
A few days ago, I was trying to take a streetcar in Toronto- and the
streetcar was just as congested as any suburban arterial....
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Oct 27
Sidewalk Design Vehicle :
A few days ago I posted a blog that discussed the concept of Universal Design (transportation facilities designed to accommodate all possible users, including those with disabilities and other special...
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Oct 27
The Genesis of Stalemate :
Some of my acquaintances believe that
climate change may end human life (or at least civilization) and that the only
way to save humanity is to massively reduce economic growth and consumption....
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