Posts tagged Pittsburgh
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National links: Rising heat could drive residents out of Phoenix
Phoenix could soon be uninhabitable, vulnerable populations could exit first. Cities don’t realize their public wealth. Nashvillians use nuisance codes against neighbors. Keep reading…
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National links: This LA-area school used kids to protest a subway project
A school in Beverly Hills has gotten into hot water for using students to protest a subway project. All those bankrupt Sears buildings leave a lot of empty space in malls across the US. While most of the town of Mexico Beach was wiped away, this one house was left standing mostly unscathed. Keep reading…
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A “rogue” bikeshare company, Mobike, may be coming to DC
DC could soon get a new kind of bike sharing from a Chinese company, Mobike, which has advertised for two job positions here. Would that be good or bad for bicycling and transportation? Keep reading…
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In Washington, we’re adding jobs faster than we’re adding housing
263,700 new jobs came to the Washington region between 2011-2016. But as we’ve added those jobs, we haven’t built enough homes to actually house all of the new workers that come with them. Keep reading…
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National links: This week in pedestrian shaming…
Pedestrian safety campaigns in New York and Pittsburgh are kind of missing the point, just like Zillow did when it tried measure the best places to trick-or-treat. But Oakland’s new transportation department is making some very progressive moves. Check out what’s happening around the country in transportation, land use, and other related areas! Stop the shaming: The New York… Keep reading…
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National links: Fair housing in Arizona
Arizona is cracking down on racial discrimination in housing, there’s lots we don’t know about how people get home from transit stations, and in Chicago, old pipes and telegraph lines at excavation sites may no longer be a problem. Check out what’s happening around the country in transportation, land use, and other related areas! A win for fair housing: In… Keep reading…
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DC Streetcar ridership is… actually not bad
The DC Streetcar is drawing a decent number of riders, so far. Compared to other US light rail and streetcar systems, it ranks near the middle in terms of riders per mile of track. It’s slightly above average, neither horrible nor spectacular. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: DC scores a gooooaaaallll?
Soccer stadium a go; New transit authority in MoCo?; Stevens School gets new life; Metro hat in hand; Scrap public land for affordable housing?; Steel City welcomes bikes; Zoning is never about exclusion; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Purple Line lawsuits
No lawsuit from Chevy Chase; Eminent Domain for Purple Line?; Fannie Mae selling headquarters; A new Ward 5; Stop blocking the streetcar; Howze outlines streetcar improvements; Bike lanes over car dependence; Massive sprawl in Belgium; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transit trials
Plans for BRT; Study first; Should busking be allowed?; Less transit regulation?; Faster transit projects; A city without slums; A better bus stop; And…. Keep reading…