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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Sep 7th, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure, Governance | Region: | Cities: San Francisco |
Is real-time data a recipe for happier citizens? Websites and applications that provide citizens with real-time data can help them make better use of their time – which translates into fewer frustrated drivers and irate residents at the local government office window. (
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Grassroutes | Yonah Freemark | May 3rd, 2010 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: Central, East Coast, West Coast | Cities: Denver, New York |
As New York expands the use of pedestrian-only spaces, Sacramento pulls back. (
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Omnibus | Justin Glick | Nov 9th, 2009 | Topic: Governance | Region: | Cities: Washington, D.C. |
With serious bi-partisan support, the Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2009 may prove to be a major step forward in traffic safety. (
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Julia Ramey Serazio | Sep 11th, 2009 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: | Cities: Austin, New York, San Francisco, Seattle |
A roundup of the week’s news from America’s cities. (
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Josh Leon | Dec 1st, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco |
In the second of three pieces, NAC will explore the recent approval of a $10 billion bond measure to construct a high-speed rail link between Sacramento and San Diego. Holly Otterbein already voiced her thoughts
here. Stay tuned tomorrow for Ben Adler’s take on it. (
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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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Simmons Buntin | Oct 20th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
Transit anywhere can be a paradox, but especially so in the low-density Desert Southwest. Simmons Buntin explores transit, or the lack thereof, in his Tucson community of Civano, and in the high-end residential development Saguaro Ranch, as he searches for a personal auto that lightens his carbon footprint. (
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Ray Hainer | Aug 14th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Houston |
Tom Vanderbilt’s breezy new book,
Traffic, looks at the science and humanity of driving, and asks why people can’t get along on the road. (
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Jeffrey Hill | Jul 26th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Washington, D.C. |
Next American City’s Jeffrey Hill was on hand at The Brookings Institute’s Hamilton Project panel discussion last Friday, validating his predictions over the last few months over infrastructure. As Linda Richman would say - America’s infrastructure is neither “in” nor “structured,” discuss… (
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Jeffrey Hill | Jun 11th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
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Is real-time data a recipe for happier citizens? Websites and applications that provide citizens with real-time data can help them make better use of their time – which translates into fewer frustrated drivers and irate residents at the local government office window. (keep reading…)
As New York expands the use of pedestrian-only spaces, Sacramento pulls back. (keep reading…)
With serious bi-partisan support, the Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2009 may prove to be a major step forward in traffic safety. (keep reading…)
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…)
Next American City’s Jeffrey Hill was on hand at The Brookings Institute’s Hamilton Project panel discussion last Friday, validating his predictions over the last few months over infrastructure. As Linda Richman would say - America’s infrastructure is neither “in” nor “structured,” discuss… (keep reading…)
