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City Planning Classic Ahead Of Its Time In Environmental Efficiency (VIDEO)

Progressive Book Club | Posted 11.06.2009 | Books

Read More: Environmentalist, David Owen, Jane Jacobs, New York City, Environment, Urban Development, Environmental Activism, Environmental Efficiency, Urban Design, Books, Environmental Books, City Planning, Urban Planning, City Planning Books, Books News

Progressive Book Club In the annals of urban design and city planning, no book holds a higher place than The Death and Life of Great American Cities ...

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Chicago Transit at a Crossroads

Aaron Renn | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Transit Authority, Public Transportation, Pace, Metra, Midway Airport, Urban Planning, Cta-Orange-Line, City Planning, Illinois Budget, Cta, Indianapolis, Rod Blagojevich, Mayor Daley, Global Cities, Rta, CTA Bus Tracker, El, Chicago News
Aaron Renn

The CTA doomsday budget, even if it doesn't come to pass, has done a great service by showing the city the inevitable future. Service has been trending downward for decades.

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A Free-Bike Solution to Traffic Congestion

Alexia Parks | Posted 10.05.2009 | Denver

Read More: Trek, Crispin, Mass Transportation, Bicycle, Bike, Humana, B-Cycle, Louisville Kentucky, Urban Planning, Porter and Bogusky, Denver News
Alexia Parks

In 2010, Denver will be the first major city in the U.S. to launch a "Paris-style" free bike program. Minneapolis, Boston, and Miami will come on-line soon after.

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Other City Leaders' Advice to Boulder: Confront 'Affordability,' Lack of Green Jobs

Jerry Lewis | Posted 09.30.2009 | Denver

Read More: Affordable Homes, Green Jobs, Sesquicentennial, Colorado, Boulder, Portland Oregon, Urban Planning, Santa Fe New Mexico, Developers, Madison Wisconsin, Aspen Colorado, Urban Development, College Towns, Denver News
Jerry Lewis

No one will ride to a city's rescue for affordable housing. Developers, Aspen Mayor Mick Ireland said, are not going to buy $500,000 lots and put in affordable duplexes for schoolteachers.

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The Stranger in Everyday Life

Reverend Billy | Posted 09.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Consumerism, Neighborhoods, New York City, Jane Jacobs, City Life, Urban Planning, Developers, Surveillance, Immigrants, JFK Airport, New York News
Reverend Billy

The city-as-monoculture can only continue with surveillance, stop-and-frisks, eminent domain, developer tax windfalls and all the illegal activity brazenly called Progress and New York Greatness.

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New York State of Mind

David Byrne | Posted 09.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Traffic, David Byrne, Urban Policy, Talking Heads, Rio De Janeiro, Urban Planning, New York City, Bicycling, Streetscapes, Bike Lanes, Cities, Berlin, New York News
David Byrne

Does living in New York City foster a hard-as-nails, no nonsense attitude? Is that how one would describe the New York state of mind?

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Resilience Takes Form -- A Handbook for Transition

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 09.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Uk, Self Help, Urban Planning, Transition-Towns, Sustainability, Community Organizing, Green Living, Rob Hopkins, Totnes, Green News
Cameron Sinclair

Totnes, a sleepy seaside town in the West of England, has become the accidental epicenter of a quiet revolution.

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International Art on Governors Island: Watermill Center teams with Dutch for performance festival

Lauren DiGiulio | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York

Read More: Watermill Center, Art, Robert Wilson, Urban Planning, Public Spaces, Governors Island, ny400, New York News
Lauren DiGiulio

Throughout this month, Governors Island plays host to the Dutch government-sponsored New Island Festival, a two-week art extravaganza featuring provocative theater, installation, and music events.

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A Fourth Urbanism, Part 6: Limitations on Urbanism

Frank Gruber | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Urban Design, Cityism, New Urbanism, Urban Planning, Urbanism, City Planning, Politics News
Frank Gruber

Bad schools and even the perception of disorder drive people from the city more effectively than bad urban form, and keeping people in the city is more important than the form the city takes.

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Village Green: Security Measures Are Degrading the Urban, Architectural (and Human) Experience

F. Kaid Benfield | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Architecture, Public Space, Urban Planning, Homeland Security, Cities, National Security, Politics News
F. Kaid Benfield

One of the ways in which city life isn't what it used to be is that so much of what used to be public is no longer public. As a result, some of our humanity is lost, to say nothing of efficient travel.

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Searching for a Fourth Urbanism, Part 5: Cityism and Parking

Frank Gruber | Posted 08.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Parking, Urban Design, Cityism, Parking Requirements, Urban Planning, Urbanism, Donald Shoup, Living News
Frank Gruber

Cityism is differentiated by a commitment to join high density and intensity of uses with a congenial urban landscape, and this requires heroic efforts to deal with parking.

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4 Hottest Green Jobs

thedailygreen.com | Posted 09.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Skylight, Green Urban Planning, Green-Jobs, Best Green Jobs, Green Jobs, Roofing Installer, Urban Planning, Going Green, Green Business, Green Living, Insulation Installer, Best-Green-Jobs, Green Techology, Green News, Sustainability, Urban-Planning, Green News

One of the quickest ways into a green collar job is through the burgeoning field of green building. ...

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Village Green: Tax Sprawl, Subsidize Infill

F. Kaid Benfield | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Urban Planning, Sustainability, Sprawl, Climate Change, Real Estate, Development, Smart Growth, Global Warming, Green News
F. Kaid Benfield

When it comes to policy on sustainable progress, we should be including measures that change the way we are doing things, not merely advance the technology that allows us to do things the same.

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VOICES FROM JERUSALEM: What Is Behind Jerusalem's First Master Plan Since 1967?

Ir Amim | Posted 07.30.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Land Use, Ir Amim, Urban Planning, East Jerusalem, World News
Ir Amim

Today, 42 years since the annexation of East Jerusalem, it seems that the future of Palestinian Jerusalemites is gloomier than ever, and that their pathways of existence are narrowing.

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City Leased The Streets Along With Its Parking Meters: Study

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 07.24.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Active Transportation Alliance, Chicago Parking Meters, Chicago Parking Meter Deal, Chicago Right of Way, Urban Planning, Chicago Parking Meters LLC, Active Transportation Alliance Parking Meter Report, Scott Waguespack, David Hoffman, Chicago Parking Meter Privatization, Margo O'Hara, Chicago News

The deal to lease Chicago's parking meters to a private company has crippled the City's ability to make comprehensive transportation planning, a new r...

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Village Green: New Numbers Prove Smart Growth Reduces CO2, Cost-Effectively

F. Kaid Benfield | Posted 07.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Community, Carbon Emissions, Neighborhoods, Urban Planning, Smart Growth, Global Warming, Transportation, Green News
F. Kaid Benfield

Suddenly people who two years ago wouldn't give smart growth advocates the time of day are talking about things like transit-oriented development and growth boundaries.

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Village Green: Revitalizing Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine (Part 1)

F. Kaid Benfield | Posted 07.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Cincinnati, Community, Development, Neighborhoods, Urban Planning, Cities, Smart Growth, Green News
F. Kaid Benfield

Cincinnati's historic Over-the-Rhine neighborhood is poised to become one of America's greatest revitalization stories, in the process creating a national exemplar of sustainable development.

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Bike to Work Day: Motivation for Getting Back on the Bike

Scott Dodd | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Health, Urban Planning, Bicycling, Commuting, National Bike Month, Pollution, New York City, Smart Growth, National Bike to Work Day, Transportation, Green News
Scott Dodd

The theory is that drivers get more used to seeing bikers on the road and know how to deal with them. So it might actually be a smart strategy not to be out there by yourself.

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Village Green: Putting the "UD" Back in HUD, Sustainably

F. Kaid Benfield | Posted 06.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Housing, Neighborhoods, Urban Policy, Urban Planning, Sustainability, Community, Smart Growth, Shaun Donovan, Green News
F. Kaid Benfield

Let's be honest -- HUD has become the Department of Subsidized Housing, and that must change. We've got to put the "UD" (urban development) back in HUD.

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When the Real Estate Market Recovers, Smarter, More Sustainable Development Will Claim a Larger Share.

F. Kaid Benfield | Posted 05.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Neighborhoods, Urban Planning, Sustainability, Real Estate, Demographics, Smart Growth, Recession, Cities, Green News
F. Kaid Benfield

Suburban sprawl as we have known it may not be dead but it is surely not well, and we are already seeing the beginning of its end.

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Don't Take Your Drinking Water for Granted this World Water Day

Scott Dodd | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

Read More: History, World Water Day, Water Pollution, Urban Planning, Clean Water Act, Public Health, Catskills, Natural Gas Drilling, World Water Forum, Drinking Water, New York City, Marcellus Shale, Green News
Scott Dodd

Where does your drinking water come from? Natural historian Sidney Horenstein has been asking that question around New York City for decades. The ans...

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Stimulating Physical Activity by Building Healthy Neighborhoods

Peter A. Ubel | Posted 04.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Obesity, Outdoor Exercise, Urban Planning, Zoning, Private Property, Health, Living News
Peter A. Ubel

With intelligent regulations, such as thoughtful neighborhood zoning, we can influence our ability and willingness to engage in healthy activities like biking and walking.

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Burnham Memorial Planned For Museum Campus: The Right Site?

Chicago Tribune | Blair Kamin | Posted 04.04.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Burnham Memorial Contest, Burnham Memorial Site, Chicago Museum Campus, Daniel Burnham Memorial, Urban Planning, Daniel Burnham, Chicago News

I am both happy and horrified that some well-meaning people want to a build a lakefront memorial to Daniel Burnham, the architect and urban planner wh...

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Paris Toujours: A Reply to Roger Cohen

Joan Z. Shore | Posted 01.18.2009 | World

Read More: Paris, France, Urban Growth, Cities, Urban Planning, Roger Cohen, World News
Joan Z. Shore

It's true that Paris has changed. Evolved, I'd say. But it is trying, in some ways, to stop the alluring march of "progress."

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