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  Parking, Tolls and Bike Boxes, Oh My!

  Hayley Richardson | Thu, Jan 10th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: hayley richardson, parking, salt lake city, democracy philly style, tolls and bike boxes, changing face of slc, pittsburg's ongoing revitalization | 0

  Fort Worth’s High Cost of Free Parking

  “You might think city leaders had carefully calculated how many spaces would be needed each year and made leasing decisions on that basis — but you would be wrong. In fact, the money subsidizes far more than parking — and in some cases, pays for parking spaces that don’t even exist yet.

  The money comes from the downtown tax increment financing district — a TIF, as it is called — and the free parking program is the biggest outlay of a…

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• The Daily Report

  A New York-centric Thursday, New Orleans Schools, Charlotte’s Ghettos, MORE

  Hayley Richardson | Thu, Dec 13th, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: commentary, hayley richardson, headlines, eminent domain, tolls, ethnic neighborhoods, ghettos, salt lake city, new york-centric thursday, columbia, east river, charlotte suburbs, crescent city | 0

  Columbia Vows Not to Use Eminent Domain

  “Columbia University officials testified Wednesday that they won’t use eminent domain - or evictions - against residential properties or tenants in its $7billion campus expansion. Questioned at a City Council hearing, Robert Kasdin, Columbia’s senior executive vice president, asserted, “Under no condition will Columbia University use eminent domain against any residential properties.”

  But they still left open using the government…

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• The Daily Report

  High-Tech Rickshaws’ in Sacramento, Salt Lake City as employment mecca, MORE

  Hayley Richardson | Thu, Oct 25th, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: commentary, hayley richardson, headlines, sacramento, salt lake city, high-tech rickshaws, employment mecca, barometer of change | 0

  High-Tech Rickshaws

  Sacramento, California unveils fleet of bike-powered taxis with the hopes of meeting the city’s climate change goals, as well as presenting a hip, urban face.

  Denver Hops on the Climate Change Express

  Mayor John Hickenlooper signed legislation yesterday throwing Denver into the pot with other cities nationwide that have come out with their own agenda to address global warming.
  
  Are You Sure You Want To Eat That...?

  New York City reinstates law that…

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