Posts tagged Kansas
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National links: Building “missing middle” housing won’t solve the shortage alone
Replacing single-family homes with duplexes and fourplexes is an important step, but we also need more apartments. Why is vehicle ownership growing in the country's most transit-oriented cities? The rise of “smart cities” has also sparked deep concerns about surveillance and lack of privacy. Keep reading…
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National stories: This 3D house
You can print anything these days, including a house. McMansions aren't all that popular in the US anymore, and virtually nobody used an on-demand van service in Kansas City but officials still say the pilot will pay dividends in the future. Check out what’s happening around the world in transportation, land use, and other related areas! Keep reading…
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National links: How do bikes work? We don’t really know…
Physicists disagree on what exactly makes bikes work. Kansas City opened a streetcar line earlier this year, and it’s doing really well. A number of US companies are moving parts of their businesses into downtowns but keeping other parts in less urban places. Check out what’s happening around the country (and beyond) in transportation, land use, and other related areas! Bicycles. Keep reading…
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National Links: Seattle is all right
When Seattle shut down a major highway that runs through the city, congestion didn’t get worse. How come nobody clamors to close roads after traffic deaths? Kansas City just got a streetcar, and Milwaukee is going to expand the one it has. Check out what’s happening around the world in transportation, land use, and other related areas! No doom today, Seattle: Some… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Silver lining
Birth of a new line; Vote in Maryland; Build nothing on Bradley; Suburban inversion?; Bad stadium timing; A widening gap; Checking out the Internet; Point up, not down; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: A new look
Bethesda is the future; Private Purple; More Metro morsels; Bike around TJ; A new choice in maps; Little houses on the hillside; Play nice; Half-million-dollar highway signs?; Outlaw sustainability?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Walkable, bikeable Virginia?
King Street turns towards peds; Bikes not part of a mosaic; More get on board with Metro; Another taxi app; St. Thomas mixed-use?; The camera fight to the north; Regions aren’t equal; States opt back in to trail funding; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Go
Hine moves forward; Brown’s money gone; Criminal Courtland; Some Marylanders don’t pay tolls; States keep trails funding; More transparency for highway financing?; NEVVR FORGT flying into DCA; Where am I?; And…. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Science. It works.
Learning about yellow; Better models in San Diego; Gas taxes lowest in a long time; Not the death spiral; Should DC better use triangles? Can it?; No sculpture, no seating; Suburban scholars and museums; Advantages of urban living. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: We like Mike
Too many Michael Browns; 2 bus drivers arrested; Mt. P library patrons not going quietly; Water taxis?; Silly merchants; Sillier merchants; Our brains make no sense. Keep reading…