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  The Digital Divide in Houston: Now What?

  Holly Otterbein | Tue, Nov 18th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Houston | Tags: philadelphia, digital divide, john street, wi-fi, houston, helen hwang, municipal wireless, hot city, houston digital inclusion initiative | 0

  First, Houston planned for a “cloud” of free wireless to blanket the entire city. When that didn’t work, it settled for small “bubbles” of wireless in certain neighborhoods. The Houston Chronicle recently reported that it, too, did not pan out. What’s next — a “nanopocket” accessible only to molecules?

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  California’s Lesser-Known Proposition

  Holly Otterbein | Tue, Nov 11th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Los Angeles | Tags: los angeles, barack obama, california, france, holly otterbein, bullet train, gov. arnold schwarzenegger, proposition 1a, spain | 1

  Last Tuesday, Californians voted to build a high-speed bullet train that will connect the state’s major cities. It’s costing them $10 billion.

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  Sharing the Road

  Holly Otterbein | Mon, Nov 10th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: New York | Tags: new york city, philadelphia, transportation, traffic, bikes, urban design, holly otterbein, bike lanes | 0

  In the “Designing the 21st Century Street” competition, architects and urban designers reconstructed a troubled intersection in Brooklyn. Other cities could benefit from adopting the winners’ proposals, which treat pedestrians, bikes and cars as equals.

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  The Fallacy of Freeways

  Holly Otterbein | Wed, Oct 29th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: New Orleans | Tags: congress for new urbanism, freeways | 8

  Freeways, which were erected when gasoline was inexpensive in the mid-20th century, now lack purpose and cause blight. The Congress for the New Urbanism has named North America’s 10 worst freeways in order to encourage their removal. Is the one you schlep to work on on the list?

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  Density Or Else

  Holly Otterbein | Wed, Oct 15th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Los Angeles | Tags: los angeles, sprawl, holly otterbein, arnold schwarzenegger, vegetarianism | 1

  Last week, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Senate Bill 375 into law, thereby mandating that the state curb its rampant sprawl patterns. The bill also seeks to cut greenhouse gases. Is it too good to be true?

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  Will WiMAX Bridge the Digital Divide?

  Holly Otterbein | Wed, Oct 1st, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Baltimore | Tags: baltimore, holly otterbein, digital divide, international herald tribune, haiti, wi-fi, jeff evans, wi-max, research horizons | 2

  When WiMAX was just a geek buzzword seven years ago, people predicted that the successor to Wi-Fi would eventually bridge the digital divide. Baltimore recently became the first WiMAX city in America, and the service’s prospects look mediocre at best. Will WiMAX live up to its hype, or turn the divide into a chasm?

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  Rethinking the Bodega

  Holly Otterbein | Wed, Sep 17th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: las vegas, obesity, holly otterbein, bodega, food and liquors | 3

  Shopping at your neighborhood’s corner store is a great way to support the local economy. The Neighbors Project encourages people to do just that, while also helping citizens to bring more fresh produce into their local bodegas. Read about their latest project, “Bodega Party in a Box,” after the jump.

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