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  The Big Apple’s Little Gambles

  Diana Lind | Thu, Jul 10th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: New York | Tags: transportation, downtown, transit, brooklyn, diana lind, paris, manhattan, bikes, congestion, bike share 2008, city room blog | 1

  New York is experimenting with a bike share program and a peak-rate parking scheme — will either of these ideas get implemented for real?

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• The Daily Report

  Picking the Perfect City in The Relocating Game

  Jeffrey Hill | Tue, Jun 24th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Bakersfield | Tags: jeffrey hill, philadelphia, detroit, california, economy, crime, energy, education, transit, city-data.com, nac, research, alaska, forbes, lists, parks, salary, juneau, relocating, city data, moving, new city, bakersfield | 9

  Next American City’s Jeffrey Hill is leaving Philadelphia, but not before a tiring search for a new city that, in a matter of a few weeks, turned him into a stockpile of statistics on the nuances of America. Hill reveals some hints and secrets on playing the relocation game.

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• The Daily Report

  Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act Funds Amtrak For Five Years

  Andrew Perez | Fri, Jun 13th, 2008 | Category: Report | City: Washington, D.C. | Tags: transportation, energy, transit, legislation, metro, 2008, washington d.c., senate, amtrak, consumption, investment, andrew perez, act, passenger rail, improvement | 0

  With gas prices skyrocketing and little indication of slowing down anytime soon, many Americans are looking to alternative modes of transportation. A measure passed on Wednesday by the House of Representatives may provide those bearing the burden of high energy costs with a cleaner, faster method of transportation. 

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• The Daily Report

  Condo Country: Seniors Ditch Florida For The Windy City

  Jeffrey Hill | Mon, May 12th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Chicago | Tags: jeffrey hill, suburbs, economy, growth, transit, chicago, florida, rodney rothman, retirees, seniors, senior citizens, retirement | 4

  As America’s baby boomers grow older and economic woes shift the elderly from suburbs to center city, developers capitalize on the demographics as seen in Chicago, where billions of dollars are being spent to transform the Windy City into the next Boca Raton.

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• NAC News

  Urban Policy and the Presidency

  Scott Gabriel Knowles | Thu, Apr 24th, 2008 | Category: NAC News | City: NAC News | Tags: transportation, obama, clinton, foreclosure, transit, president, pennsylvania, scott gabriel knowles, nac, hillary, next american city, nominee, homeownership | 0

  Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have bolted Pennsylvania for now, but one of them will be back in the fall.  When they do return, they will be pressed to address urban issues that Philadelphians face, in detail. A first attempt to get the candidates’ views on urban policy took place on April 17 at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.  The event, “Urban Policy and the Presidency,” was co-sponsored by the Penn Institute for Urban Research and Next American City Magazine.

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• The Daily Report

  Wither American City: Change and Hope for Urban Areas?

  Diana Lind | Tue, Apr 22nd, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Philadelphia | Tags: suburbs, republican, infrastructure, transit, pennsylvania, democrats, diana lind, ohio, texas | 1

  It’s election day in Philadelphia. And Diana Lind is not voting. Read on to find out why. 

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• The Daily Report

  Sprawl in D.C. is Sputtering to a Stop

  Larry Martin | Mon, Apr 21st, 2008 | Category: Report | City: Washington, D.C. | Tags: transportation, news, suburbs, economy, growth, transit, jobs, mortgage, metro, 2008, washington dc, larry martin, bus, consumers, inflation, traffic, sprawl, gas prices, virginia | 0

  Sprawl in the Metro-DC area has all but stopped.  The deflating housing bubble, price inflation and the economic downturn accomplished (at least temporarily) what slow-growth advocates were achieving at best, very slowly.  However, with a growing economy the DC suburbs are reeling not only from the sub-prime mortgage bust; there are strong indications that the region’s residents are beginning to calculate the cost of transportation to and from work into their housing selection.

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• The Daily Report

  City Transit May Need More Than “Technical Corrections”

  Evan Miller | Wed, Apr 16th, 2008 | Category: Guests | City: Seattle | Tags: transportation, california, republican, growth, seattle, transit, evan miller, legislation, the new argument, democrats, construction, highway, gop, laws, congress, advocate, nevada | 0

  Rail transit systems across America increase urban livability and contribute to the development and growth of cities. With this in mind, will members of congress fight for this much sought after form of city transit, or will they be blinded by partisanship and legislative technicalities? Evan Miller of The New Argument reports. 

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• The Daily Report

  Subconscious Segregation: Boundaries Still Separate Cities.

  Jeffrey Hill | Fri, Apr 4th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: jeffrey hill, downtown, crime, education, infrastructure, transit, construction, metro, art, baltimore, bus, mcdonalds, utopia, buses, minorities, racial segregation, martin luther king, dr. martin luther king jr. | 0

  The newswire is flooded with memorials today—odes to a man who gave his life to racial harmony. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered on this day 40 years ago. As journalists, writers and broadcasters compare his legacy to the progress of race relations in America, there are still many barriers, both physical and subconscious, that separate cultural communities in cities. 

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• Headlines

  SoDal, Kampala Green, Urban Peripheries, Semicolon Love , more

  Hayley Richardson | Mon, Feb 18th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: hayley richardson, new york city, transit, minneapolis, dallas, semicolon, dulles airport, walker art center, green space, sodal, urban peripheries, kampala, transition towns, favelas, peak oil | 0

  Fixing Southern Dallas (Start by Calling it SoDal)

  “Fixing southern Dallas requires interrupting the cycle of failure and creating enough reverse momentum for success to start breeding success. It won’t be easy, and it won’t happen quickly, but here are some ways that might help get it started:”

  Transition Towns

  “The Transition Towns movement, a coalition of community-led response initiatives to peak oil and climate change, has been spreading rapidly. Starting in Ireland, and…

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