(December 25, 2011) The New York State Transportation Equity Alliance reports on deep funding cuts by the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority and explains how these cuts mean worse service and higher costs for transit users. Note: Empire State Future is […]
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Huge increases in Twin Cities’ cycling and walking: ho…
(December 25, 2011) The statistics are almost unbelievable, but they’re true. The Twin Cities–despite the reality of a harsh climate–has seen remarkable increases in rates of cycling and walking. Cycling shot up 22% in just one year, and 53% since […]
continue readingIn NYC, developers and citizens team up to give vacant lots …
(December 25, 2011) In New York City, vacant lots dot neighborhoods in the boroughs. Developers wishing to avert blight and ride out the recession that is resulting in delayed development projects are teaming up with enterprising residents to put many […]
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Saranac Lake latest to open a community-owned department sto…
(December 20, 2011) The Adirondack mountain town of Saranac Lake didn’t want a Walmart, and they also didn’t want to drive 50 miles for staple goods such as clothing. Inspired by a town in Wyoming that had even greater distances […]
continue readingCorning Inc. to convert industrial land into city park
(December 16) For about 150 years, a stretch of Tioga Avenue along the Chemung River in the city of Corning was used for railroading, and then for–you guessed it– glass manufacturing. Since the industrial buildings on the site were razed […]
continue readingFascinating aerial before-and-afters of Buffalo in Atlantic …
(December 15, 2011) Atlantic Cities has published a fascinating set of aerial images, each featuring a slice of Buffalo split in half. One of the halves is a modern day view, and the other half a detailed hand-drawn map from […]
continue readingNew York Times features the rapid rise of planning for walka…
(December 4, 2011) The New York Times printed a major feature story about efforts in on Long Island to make communities exponentially more pedestrian friendly. From Wyandanch to Great Neck to Ronkonkoma, plans and projects are transforming automobile-focused built environments […]
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Walmart ignores its greatest effect on climate change
(December 5, 2011) Big Box Swindle author Stacy Mitchell explains how Walmart’s land use practices have directly and indirectly driven up global warming gases to levels that dwarf its stated emissions. Her analysis includes not only the physical and material aspects of […]
continue readingSmall-town downtown loft apartments springing up Upstate
(December 2, 2011) The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported on the rise of downtown upper-floor lofts in villages throughout the Genesee-Finger Lakes region. Once considered only possible in cities–and even recently frowned upon by local governments believing upper floor residential […]
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National Geographic magazine article extols cities as the so…
(November 24, 2011) In the December 2011 issue of National Geographic, writer Robert Kunzig explains why cities are essential to achieving real sustainable development in a world streaking towards ten billion human inhabitants. Read The City Solution in National Geographic […]
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