Posts tagged Pittsburgh
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Breakfast links: Less money, more students
Ehrlich’s school funding lacking; Public schools still on the rise; Big city school superintendents’ future uncertain; Hit-and-run near Dupont Circle; Purple Line in November; Developers shifting to Smart Growth; Metro riders impossible to please; Supporting food trucks; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Still in the works
Roll on-roll off trains still in the works; Pentagon Metro access won’t change much; More sad news for bikes & peds; MWCOG to discuss helicopter noise; More tips for Mayor Gray; Still planning Rosslyn boathouse; Gen Y passes on cars; Photographers are shady. Keep reading…
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The shiny future, through the eyes of the past
In the 1950s, many center cities were in decline, crime-ridden, smelly, and crowded. Meanwhile, suburbs were new, shiny, and full of promise. Civic leaders very seriously believed that ripping out most of the old downtowns and replacing them with tall towers surrounding by parking would actually improve the quality of life in the city. This 1955 video from Pittsburgh extols leaders’… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Where the rubber meets the road
Busing around; U-may have choice in car sharing; Hipster obsession, suburban stereotypes block Post from actual trends; On planning in the east; Two bicycle hit-and-runs; No rubber trolley for Herndon; Texting getting peak attention; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stupidity and violations
Move cars faster, geese or no geese; Bus not a good getaway vehicle; You’d get there slower in Zipcar marketing’s brain; Bad driver, bad rider; Three Steeple Square?; Bike & ride the Alleghany; New York’s planning drama in books. Keep reading…
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More connectivity for ChiPitts
Creative Class scholar Richard Florida (one of the six authors on my great urbanism books list, at the bottom of the sidebar) feels poor transit connectivity between Pittsburgh and Chicago is holding back the “ChiPitts” megalopolis, 85% the size of “BosWash.” Keep reading…