February 2012
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Workable Cities
Thank you to all the guests and panelists for participating in this past Tuesday’s Workable Cities event. It was an truly incredible experience! We’ll soon be posting photos and a video of the thought-provoking discussion.
Special thanks to Angela Tam, NJCC, HANDS, the Lau family, as well as our panelists and moderator for helping make Workable Cities such a huge success!
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January 2012
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“What Citizens Add to Planning
Kaid Benfield. Jan 6, 2012.
The video at the end of this post is a rare and engaging inside peek at two planning workshops in the small, historic city of Belfast (population 6,658) and the town of Lincolnville (population 2,042), both in Maine. The most eloquent voices in the room are not professional planners, but ordinary citizens who care about their...
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December 2011
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Imagining a City Without Its Public Transportation →
Interesting article about a WMATA study on what people would do without public transit. From the data that they gathered, they showed that the loss of the metro and rail systems would’ve lead to a more “local economy.” According to the study, if people were left to depend on cars and the road infrastructure, they become dissuaded from traveling too far to avoid traffic and...
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“Urban Forests = Cleaner, Cooler Air
Key Facts:
Poor air quality has led to an explosion of asthma cases and other health problems among vulnerable populations including children, the elderly, and low-income residents. Each year bad air causes two million deaths worldwide. Also, in the U.S., there have been 8,000 premature deaths from excessive heat over the past 25 years. Urban heat...
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November 2011
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