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Urban Nation | Ben Adler | Dec 14th, 2008 | Topic: Urban Nation | Region: Urban Nation | Cities: New York, Urban Nation |
President-Elect Obama chooses New Yorkers to run HUD and the new office of urban policy. (
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Diana Lind | Next American City | Dec 5th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
Does the name R.T. Rybak ring a bell? If you’re not from Minneapolis, perhaps not. The rumor is he deserves to be Obama’s new secretary of transportation. Maybe we’ll add Rybak to our perfect-for-a-moneyless-holiday wish list: people we hope Obama will appoint. (
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Urban Nation | Ben Adler | Nov 25th, 2008 | Topic: Urban Nation | Region: Urban Nation | Cities: New York, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Urban Nation |
Smart growth activists are eager to see a visionary appointment in the federal Transportation Department to shake up our car culture. (
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Josh Leon | Nov 24th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Philadelphia |
Most days if you walk around Philadelphia, you can sense the racial segregation — what kind of impact will Obama, local budget cuts and the memory of Frank Rizzo have on the city’s slow efforts to make the center city all-inclusive? (
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Urban Nation | Ben Adler | Nov 12th, 2008 | Topic: Urban Nation | Region: Urban Nation | Cities: Chicago, Miami, Urban Nation |
While he first floated the idea of a cabinet position to coordinate urban policy at the annual conference of mayors in Miami this past summer, now Obama has promised action. (
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Holly Otterbein | Nov 11th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Los Angeles |
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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Urban Nation | Ben Adler | Nov 10th, 2008 | Topic: Urban Nation | Region: Urban Nation | Cities: New York, Washington, D.C., Urban Nation |
Next American City’s first Urban Leaders Fellow, Ben Adler, will be periodically commenting on Washington, D.C. In his first column, he gives a quick tour of the land. (
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Josh Leon | Nov 5th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia |
In a brief word — yes. But Obama’s plan for cities needs to be even more robust.
Next American City Columnist Josh Leon looks at what this election means for cities. (
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Diana Lind | Next American City | Nov 5th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
Barack Obama (city) + Joe Biden (transit) = awesomeness for American cities (
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Josh Leon | Oct 27th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
We are more globally connected than ever, but adjacent city blocks can be worlds apart. (
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In a brief word — yes. But Obama’s plan for cities needs to be even more robust. Next American City Columnist Josh Leon looks at what this election means for cities. (keep reading…)
