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Better Block Movement Shows Potential in Struggling Neighborhoods
Barely three recession-wracked years ago, what has become known as the Better Block movement got off the ground when residents and business people in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas decided to...
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Prospects for relatively rapid redevelopment. “Social capital”—strong interest from local businesses and community leaders. Available buildings boasting “good bones,” especially those appropriate for...
View ArticleTwin Cities’ Residents Near Transit Found to Be Happier
Happiness and access to viable transit tend to go together, according to new research by Jason Cao, a transportation expert with the University of Minnesota. That finding might come as a surprise to...
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Chicago’s Novel Infrastructure Trust
Paul Damien/National Geographic Society/Corbis At a board meeting in July of the newly formed Chicago Infrastructure Trust, the quasi-governmental organization’s chief executive Stephen Beitler floated...
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Toll Roads: The Route to Redevelopment?
In Orange County, California, real estate development firm Parker Properties piggybacked off the creation of the San Joaquin Hills toll road in the 1990s as an opportunity to create the Summit...
View ArticleParking Yields to the Sharing Economy
The “sharing economy” includes new transportation modes such as car sharing, bike sharing, and even scooter sharing. These shared transportation modes and services can help reduce the need for...
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How Mayors Responded to the Federal Shutdown
Right, Mayor Pedro Segarra of Hartford, Connecticut, talks about how his city dealt with the federal shutdown. At a ULI Fall Meeting program with four U.S. mayors, Julia Stasch, vice president of U.S....
View ArticleP3 in the U.S.: Opportunities for Real Estate Developers
Public-private partnerships (P3s) have expanded from physical infrastructure to social infrastructure. Successful P3s are highly structured. The litmus test for deals: a P3 advocate, enabling...
View ArticleIn Print: Grand Central Terminal: 100 Years of a New York Landmark
Grand Central Terminal: 100 Years of a New York Landmark New York Transit Museum and Anthony W. Robins; Introduction by Tony Hiss Stewart, Tabori & Chang, an imprint of ABRAMS 115 West 18th Street,...
View ArticleIn Print: The Future of the City: Tall Buildings and Urban Design
The Future of the City: Tall Buildings and Urban Design K. Al-Kodmany and M.M. Ali WIT Press 25 Bridge Street, -Billerica, MA 01821; www.witpress.com. 2012. 460 pages. Hardback: $374. The Future of...
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Estonia’s Experiment With Free Transit Yields Unexpected Results
Last January, Estonia’s capital became the world’s largest city to offer free transit for all its residents. (Vallo Kruuser) Last January, Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia, did something that no...
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Infrastructure Investment in Africa Opens Doors for Developers
From left, Neil Cunningham, senior vice president, real estate investments at PSP Investments; Samuel Ogbu, chief executive of Liberty Holdings Nigeria; and Dale Ramsden, managing partner of RMB...
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World’s Economic Development Rests on Infrastructure
How to make sure that roads, transit, water and power systems, and other infrastructure get the funding and attention they need took center stage during discussions of the infrastructure council at...
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Embracing the Street: Policies Aimed at Transportation Safety Help Land...
A neighborhood main street in Brooklyn, New York, reconstructed with safety improvements for cyclists and pedestrians. (New York City Department of Transportation) Activists learn that piecemeal...
View ArticleNew Ideas for Walking and Biking in U.S. Transportation Programs
With the major U.S. federal transportation law, 2012’s MAP-21 (Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century), expiring this October 1, activity is gearing up to decide what is next for the nation’s...
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How Vancouver’s Olympic Legacy Is Shaping the Future of Transit
Canada Line trains are driverless and fully automated, like the rest of Vancouver’s SkyTrain system. (Atomic Taco/ flickr / CC / no changes) If the $50 billion 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia,...
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Dialogue: How Are Developers Accommodating Walking and Cycling?
Bike racks outside of a local bike store at Via6 in Seattle, Washington. Four developers working in Houston; London; Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee; and Seattle share their experiences with the...
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Transit Planners Look to the Sky with Cable Cars, Gondolas
Built in 2009, this MetroCable line connects San Agustín, Venezuela, with Caracas City. (Doppelmayr Seilbahnen GmbH) In a mountainous suburb of La Paz, Bolivia, construction crews are finishing work on...
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Report: Atlanta, Nashville Areas Rated among Worst for Sprawl
Download the Report (PDF) Smart Growth America, a national coalition of public interest groups, seeks to help policy makers better understand urban development patterns through statistical research. In...
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Quality of Infrastructure Is Key to Real Estate Development Decisions
The quality of infrastructure systems—including transportation, utilities, and telecommunications—is the most important factor influencing real estate investment and development decisions in cities...
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