Posts tagged Urban Policy
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National links: How SUVs and trucks replaced small cars
Small cars largely disappeared from the US, but could they make a comeback? How fire departments have opposed policies that prioritize street safety and transit funding. AI as a tool for generating support for development projects. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Revitalize vs. regress
Wider sidewalks for Georgetown; Chinatown sans Verizon Center; The future of Howard Theater; Homes for “grandfamilies”; Montgomery’s share of the Purple Line; Transit talk for I-66; Accident becomes crash; No more NextBus; Bet on education; Metro makes the news; Fair on housing and crime; Less zoning, more housing. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Are you ready to ride?
DC Streetcar opening February; Not in your backyard; A dedicated rowing lane; Fight Baltimore’s blight; Reston speed bump; Walk dangerously; The math on housing policy; Wi-Fi in the City; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: May day
Budget math; Fare skipping; Baltimore’s deep-rooted problems; Successful service; CaBi workhorse; No parking history; How we commute; Good transit, strong economy; And…. Keep reading…
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Ask GGW: What are the best urban planning and policy books?
A while back, we rounded up a list of urbanist books for kids. But what about grownups who want a bit more detail and background? We asked our contributors for their recommendations. Abigail Zenner‘s favorite is Happy City, by Charles Montgomery: Montgomery talks about how the built environment and transportation choices affect on people’s happiness. It’s… Keep reading…
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Violence against our neighbors is an urbanist issue
For several days now, the editors at GGW have struggled over what to say about the events leading up to the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown. Such acts of violence are unconscionable. How does an online community like ours invite open, compassionate, productive discussion about it? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Pushing business away
Perception costs Georgia Avenue; Bike lanes great for parking?; Height limit allows a camel; Oakville Triangle set for makeover; Pushing Silver Line over finish line; Don’t pass the bus; Breaking: our region is expensive; Things are different in Europe; Worldly subways; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Polar vortex
Brace yourself; Arrest cyclists in winter?; Bike signals get green light; Reduce DC property taxes?; Have problems dispersed or just people; Do mixed income communities work?; Crazy elections coming; Charlotte to DC high-speed rail; A wider I-66?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hot and cold
More snow today; Education debate gets heated; DC’s ugliest buildings; Car2Go raises rates; Free bus to Metro continued; Restore service or decrease fares?; Unfortunate Charm City milestone; Unusual crime fighting methods; High Line critters; And…. Keep reading…
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Cities are more than just poverty
John Edwards has a plan to “revitalize urban America.” It encompasses many important goals, like creating affordable housing, ending poverty, and reducing crime. But this agenda also belies a common conception, especially among liberals, that equates cities with poor minority people, that helping cities means helping the poor, and uses the language of charity… Keep reading…