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Grassroutes | Yonah Freemark | Oct 29th, 2010 | Topic: Culture | Region: West Coast | Cities: Los Angeles |
The Safety Problem: People have to feel comfortable taking transit. (
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Ferentz Lafargue | Aug 25th, 2010 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix |
Today, police chiefs representing twenty-seven major cities will gather in New York for an unprecedented discussion of law enforcement responses to racial profiling, immigration policy and in approaches to countering intra-departmental racism. (
keep reading…)
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Vincent Valk | Aug 11th, 2010 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: West Coast | Cities: Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami |
Joel Kotkin may not think so, but there’s more to cities than high-rise condos. (
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Christine Fisher | Aug 9th, 2010 | Topic: Governance, Culture | Region: West Coast | Cities: Los Angeles |
Los Angeles announces plans to curb homelessness by getting homeless populations with cars away from the curbs and into safe, overnight parking lots. (
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Jul 7th, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: | Cities: |
With budget belt-tightening happening across the country, investments in the types of new technology projects that help create more efficient and open government are being threatened. But IT spending has the potential to save governments money—and is something the public supports. (
keep reading…)
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Kevin McMahon | Jul 7th, 2010 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: East Coast, West Coast | Cities: Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia |
Kevin McMahon writes on the growing appeal of modernist architecture, and preservationists’ efforts to get buildings from the ‘50s and ‘60s onto historic registers. (
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Jul 1st, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure, Governance, Built Environment | Region: | Cities: Los Angeles, San Francisco |
In an era of tight public budgets, cities need all the help they can get. Crowdsourcing is one strategy that cities can adopt to enlist the help, knowledge and time of their citizens. Now, two examples from California are showing how such an effort can work to help create and maintain other public data sets. (
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Harry Moroz | Jun 15th, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure, Economy | Region: West Coast | Cities: Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. |
A look at Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s 30/10 transit proposal, which, Harry Moroz says, combines cost-effectiveness and job creation with an ambitious challenge to Los Angeles’s auto addiction. (
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Julia Ramey Serazio | May 24th, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure | Region: | Cities: Austin, Los Angeles |
At NAC, we receive dozens of books each year. Here, a collection of new and interesting titles about urbanism, sustainable development and social justice. (
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Grassroutes | Yonah Freemark | Mar 19th, 2010 | Topic: Culture | Region: East Coast, West Coast | Cities: Los Angeles, New York |
A conference could help form a citizen coalition of advocates for improved cycling, walking, and other transportation alternatives. (
keep reading…)
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The Safety Problem: People have to feel comfortable taking transit. (keep reading…)
Today, police chiefs representing twenty-seven major cities will gather in New York for an unprecedented discussion of law enforcement responses to racial profiling, immigration policy and in approaches to countering intra-departmental racism. (keep reading…)
Joel Kotkin may not think so, but there’s more to cities than high-rise condos. (keep reading…)
Los Angeles announces plans to curb homelessness by getting homeless populations with cars away from the curbs and into safe, overnight parking lots. (keep reading…)
With budget belt-tightening happening across the country, investments in the types of new technology projects that help create more efficient and open government are being threatened. But IT spending has the potential to save governments money—and is something the public supports. (keep reading…)
Kevin McMahon writes on the growing appeal of modernist architecture, and preservationists’ efforts to get buildings from the ‘50s and ‘60s onto historic registers. (keep reading…)
In an era of tight public budgets, cities need all the help they can get. Crowdsourcing is one strategy that cities can adopt to enlist the help, knowledge and time of their citizens. Now, two examples from California are showing how such an effort can work to help create and maintain other public data sets. (keep reading…)
A look at Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s 30/10 transit proposal, which, Harry Moroz says, combines cost-effectiveness and job creation with an ambitious challenge to Los Angeles’s auto addiction. (keep reading…)
At NAC, we receive dozens of books each year. Here, a collection of new and interesting titles about urbanism, sustainable development and social justice. (keep reading…)
A conference could help form a citizen coalition of advocates for improved cycling, walking, and other transportation alternatives. (keep reading…)
