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Midtown Manhattan, New York City boasts the most expensive daily and monthly parking rates of any city in the United States. Photo by Jason Kuffer.
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Many transit advocates agree that bus rapid transit (BRT) can provide high-quality, efficient transportation at a fraction of the cost of rail. However, a common concern about BRT is that routes are not as ...
Let’s be honest.
For a BRT advocate, it was really exciting to wake up this morning to a front-page, above-the-fold article in the New York Times, with Transmilenio as the central picture. Reading Elisabeth Rosenthal’s article, though, I must say that there were a lot of things that it needed.
I’ll start with the good news, though. That picture [...]
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A few highlights from our TheCityFix DC site-if you’re not reading it regularly, you’re missing out:
LEED Neighborhood Development Wants You to Build More More More: Why doesn’t LEED-ND certify already existing neighborhoods? It’s one more example of green consumerism, or, as I like to call it, eco-narcissism.
Uncovering The Militarized City: D.C.
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The BeyondDC newsfeed yesterday just blew my mind. Of yesterday’s five headlines, each and every one is about some part of Montgomery County embracing a more sustainable, more urban land use pattern. Let’s go through them one by one:
Read more at The City Fix DC…
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A graphic rendering of the proposed “Central Plaza” of CityCenter DC. Illustration via CityCenter DC.
There’s been a lot of big transportation news in the last two days. Between the Purple Line vote and Sec. Ray LaHood and Rep. Jim Oberstar’s competing proposals for the transportation bill (a topic that you should definitely follow over at [...]
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Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood vows to make “livable communities” a priority. Photo by Daquella manera.
Heard via the NRDC Switchboard:
March 18, 2008 WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan and U.S.
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood vows to make “livable communities” a priority. Photo by Daquella manera.
Heard via the NRDC Switchboard:
