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San Francisco to Implement Bus Rapid Transit Service by 2010

By ksalay@pps.org on Nov 13, 2006 | Add Comment

Two Bus Rapid Transit lines are expected to be in service in the Bay Area by 2010.  The area is already served by three lines that are minimalist versions of BRT, which have fewer stops,  and special traffic signal devices that allow them to cut travel times. 

BRT is gaining popularity nationally, as it [...]

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Affordable Housing on Top of Branch Libraries

By ksalay@pps.org on Nov 13, 2006 | Add Comment

The hunt for new ways of creating moderately priced housing in places with immoderate land prices has led housing experts in New York City to an unconventional thought: Why not tear down obsolete branch libraries and replace them with libraries that not only are bigger and better, but also have apartments built on top?

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Campus Martius Shares Credit for Detroit’s Bright Future

By ksalay@pps.org on Nov 10, 2006 | Add Comment

Detroit’s downtown — a cold, empty symbol of urban decay for decades — is on its way to a warmer, livelier, more entertaining future. Campus Martius, the new downtown square that PPS helped create the vision for, played a role in sparking the revitalization.

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Calgary’s Downtown Is About to See a Change

By ksalay@pps.org on Nov 9, 2006 | Add Comment

“No one wants to stroll Calgary’s downtown. The streets are lifeless and the buildings too boring. But things are beginning to change.”

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Spacing Magazine Doles Out Tough Love for Toronto

By ksalay@pps.org on Nov 7, 2006 | Add Comment

Spacing, a quarterly magazine that focuses on the improvement and preservation of, and affection for, Toronto’s public realm, is run by a creative community of activists and urbanists. Over the course of its three years, the magazine has become more and more influential, and has developed major clout at City Hall.

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Adding Lanes No Way To Go; Wider Roads Mean More Traffic

By ksalay@pps.org on Nov 7, 2006 | Add Comment

“Atlantans hardly need a group of researchers to tell them that traffic in the region is a mess. But a recently released study of transportation patterns shows just how bad it is.

Our average commute time is 31.2 minutes, five minutes longer than in 1990, the highest increase in the country. We have three of [...]

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Hollywood May Place Green Cap on Freeway

By ksalay@pps.org on Nov 7, 2006 | Add Comment

“In a town built on make-believe, Hollywood leaders are hoping to pull off the greatest feat yet: creating a public park out of thin air.

Civic and business organizers want to turn a half-mile portion of the Hollywood Freeway into a tunnel and construct a 24-acre greenbelt swath from Bronson Avenue to Wilton Place on [...]

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Gulf Shores Grants Initial Approval to Mixed-Use Downtown Plan

By ksalay@pps.org on Nov 3, 2006 | Add Comment

“At the base of Alabama 59, several lots once boasting beach houses, restaurants, bars, shops and small amusement parks sit empty, growing weeds as they have since Hurricane Ivan blew through in September 2004.

Though there have been delays…there is a plan in place to transform this central beach area from an intersection of two [...]

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Federal Agencies’ Outward Migration Irks Area Officials

By ksalay@pps.org on Nov 3, 2006 | Add Comment

“As they battle sprawl, Washington area leaders say they face a stubborn foe, and it’s not greedy developers or the tyranny of the automobile or the desire for big houses. It is the United States government.

In scattering employees to the region’s outer edges, local officials and planners say, the federal government has undermined efforts [...]

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Good Architecture Leads to Good Public Libraries

By ksalay@pps.org on Nov 3, 2006 | Add Comment

Voters in the City of Austin will decide whether to approve a bond issue to build a new central public library downtown.

“Like in other cities, we now have chance in Austin to reinvent the central library,” says Loriene Roy, professor of library and information science at the University of Texas and president-elect of the [...]

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Seattle Considers Replacing Highway With Park

By ksalay@pps.org on Nov 1, 2006 | Add Comment

Facing a need to either renovate their crumbling transportation infrastructure or remove it, public officials in Seattle are considering a few options. The city could rebuild the highway, or it could invest a little more money to move a new highway underground, leaving the surface available for a waterfront park. A third idea, backed by [...]

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Downtowns Across The Nation Gaining Residents

By ksalay@pps.org on Nov 1, 2006 | Add Comment

“The “in” thing in real estate used to be sprawling suburban homes with one-acre lots, picket fences and plenty of lawn to mow. But these days, many young professionals, empty-nesters and retirees across the country are either downsizing or looking for a more chic and affordable lifestyle. And they’re finding it downtown.

The number of [...]

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