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August 04 2008 Edition: A Service of P***tizen - The Planning, Design & Development Network |
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News HeadlinesThe 20 most popular headlines over the last three daysWatch WalMart Spread Across the American Landscape Jul 31 2008 -- Flowing Data Flowing Data used zip codes and other data to create an animated map showing the growth of WalMart from the first store in Arkansas in 1962 until today, when the map is covered with stores. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/34302 The Eight Aspects of Good Downtowns Aug 01 2008 -- Baton Rouge Business Report As the downtown master plan of Baton Rouge turns ten years old, planners are looking at the next stages of development. They say eight factors play into making this and other downtowns successful. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/34316 A Move Back into Cities Indicates Changing Middle-Class Mores Aug 01 2008 -- The New Republic Author Alan Ehrenhalt says that conditions are ripe for the permanent return of downtown residential neighborhoods, and that a "demographic inversion" has already begun in Manhattan, Chicago and Washington, DC, among other cities. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/34331 'Tolls Not Gas Tax', Says Bush Jul 31 2008 -- Wall Street Journal Keep gas and diesel taxes stable and add new road tolls and private investment, and the road funding deficit will be solved, according to the new Bush transportation plan released July 30. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/34307 Daily Show Looks at 'The Big Sort' Jul 31 2008 -- The Daily Show Author Bill Bishop discusses the "big sort" that's resulting in increasingly homogeneous voting patterns in the segment on Comedy Central's Daily Show. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/34311 Pay No Attention to the Neighborhood Behind the Curtain Jul 31 2008 -- The New York Times In a last-minute effort to beautify the city before the start of the 2008 Summer Olympics, officials in Beijing have put up walls and screens to hide unsightly neighborhoods from the eyes of visitors. Those behind the walls are not happy. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/34297 Rebel Without a Car Jul 31 2008 -- Globe Gazette Want to be a rebel, a real counter-culturalist? This commentary says it's easy: ride a bike. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/34273 Toyota Announces Smaller, Hipper Segway Aug 02 2008 -- The Guardian U.K. The 'Winglet' is a new, Segway-like vehicle in development by Toyota. The video shows the Winglet in action. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/34339 Should Store Owners Be Allowed to Repel Teenagers? Jul 31 2008 -- National Post Stores in Vancouver suburbs have installed a device outside their stores called a 'Mosquito' that emits a high-pitched frequency that the average adult can't hear. The device is effective in decreasing vandalism, but at what cost to public space? » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/34294 Suburbs and City Cores Need Cohesion Jul 31 2008 -- Citiwire Rising energy prices and falling home values are bringing many exurban dwellers closer to the city core. In this commentary, Keith Schneider argues that central cities and inner-ring suburbs need to work with each other to stay afloat. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/34296 If They Don't Like It, Why Build It? Aug 02 2008 -- Building Architecture Robert Adam likens modern architecture to modern democracy, where decisions made on high supposedly represent the will of the people. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/34338 What More 'Livable Streets' Could Mean for New York Aug 02 2008 -- The New York Observer This article from The New York Observer looks at how New York City might be different with more "livable streets". » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/34324 Suburbs Aren't the Only Places Reacting to Rising Energy Prices Aug 01 2008 -- USA Today This article from USA Today looks at how some big cities are reacting to rising energy prices. Two examples from metropolitan Phoenix highlight the fact that it is not only suburbs that are being forced to respond. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/34317 Toronto's Waterfront: For Cars or People? Aug 01 2008 -- Toronto Star Christopher Hume argues that Toronto's planners, in planning for easy vehicle access to the revitalizing waterfront, will be harming it as a pedestrian environment. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/34299 Affordable Housing Relief Coming to Southern California Aug 01 2008 -- The Planning Report In the same week that Congress passed the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, Los Angeles announcemed the New Generation Fund, a $100 million program for affordable housing. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/34332 From Toilet to Faucet Aug 01 2008 -- The Christian Science Monitor Orange County, CA's new $480 million Groundwater Replenishment System is the world’s largest water recycling facility of its kind. It can turn wastewater and into drinking water, churning out up to 70 million gallons a day. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/34305 The Idea of Vertical Farming Aug 03 2008 -- Big Think Dickson Despommier, a professor at Columbia, says that global climate change will require us to reconsider growing food indoors, and proposes that farming go vertical. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/34341 Curbside Dining Aug 03 2008 -- New York Times In the summer, a handful of New Yorkers like Calvin Tsao remake public space into their own personal dining rooms. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/34313 An Argument for Congestion Pricing in Los Angeles Aug 02 2008 -- The Planning Report Robert Poole, director of transportation at the Reason Institute, delivers an open letter to Los Angeles-area elected officials in the hopes of persuading them to adopt a federally-supported pricing system for the region's freeway network. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/34329 New Museum Restores Milwaukee Streets. Oh, and There's Motorcycles. Aug 03 2008 -- New York Times The new Harley-Davidson Museum recently opened it's doors to the public, and the architecture firm Pentagram designed both the enormous exhibit space and the outdoor public spaces that connect the museum to the grid. » http://www.p***tizen.com/node/34326
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