Posts tagged Raleigh
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Why hasn’t Richmond relaunched its shuttered bikeshare system?
Without a plan in place for relaunching Richmond’s RVA Bikeshare, the city puts riders, health, and mobility at risk. How did another city get their system back online? Keep reading…
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National links: Plans for high-speed rail move forward in two southern states
High-speed rail plans move along in two states this week. A company in the Netherlands rents bikes by the month, and fixes flats. Some towns want streaming companies to pay taxes, and more in this week’s National links. Keep reading…
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National links: We’ll pay you to avoid rush hour
BART, San Francisco’s major transit system, wants to reward riders for avoiding rush hour, drivers have run into a house in Raleigh 6 times in 9 years and the owners can’t sell, and an engineer in Oslo has turned kids into “secret agents” in a bid to report street hazards. Check out what’s going on in the world of housing, transportation, and cities around… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hello?
Can you hear me now?; DC loves rowhouses; Pope prep; Road diets in the works; Slow down in Old Town; Reston founder at rest; Make Dulles less dull; Richmond to Raleigh rail; Biking down, driving up; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Endangered species
Desperately seeking tiny shrimp; Race to replace Bowser; Preservation ethics; Federal workers feel transit pinch; More crosswalks, more gridlock?; Housing homeless vets; Light rail in Research Triangle; And…. Keep reading…
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Videos show bus love, bike hate
Triangle Transit, in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area of North Carolina, has a clever set of videos to publicize their bus service and its advantages: Keep reading…
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Sunbelt cities, urbanizing suburbs can learn from each other
Urbanizing suburbs often suffer from an identity crisis, looking to the big city next door and wondering how to recreate the same vitality and sense of place. But they might find a better comparison with more distant Sunbelt cities, which like many suburbs are only now coming into their own. Take Raleigh, where I spent 5 days last month with my boyfriend and his friend’s… Keep reading…
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This hotel might show the future of small apartments
When I went to Raleigh last weekend to visit a sick relative in the hospital, I wasn’t expecting to find innovations in small apartment design. Then I spent three days in a Hyatt Place hotel by the airport. Though the hotel is geared towards weary business travelers, its cleverly-designed suites might make good permanent homes as well. Most of the hotel rooms I’ve… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links and video: Much to scrutinize
DC shorted millions in fees; Alarms raised at youth program; Lotto contract’s strange dealings; A two-term Virginia?; Travel model incorporates science; Smart growth gets its day; Raleigh steps backward; Reauthorization on video. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links II: Get whisked away
Richmond to Raleigh in 2 hours; DC2beach; Another person pooh-poohs Purple; Coming to Baltimore; $2 million for tax breaks?; Comment on transit formula; APTA stance hurting transit?; And…. Keep reading…