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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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Holly Otterbein | Nov 10th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: New York, Philadelphia |
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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Holly Otterbein | Oct 15th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Los Angeles |
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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Holly Otterbein | Oct 1st, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Baltimore |
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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Holly Otterbein | Sep 17th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Dallas |
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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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. (keep reading…)
