Did You Know That Transit...
Mobilizes Voters?
With a 79% success rate, 2011 was another great year for transit at the ballot box. Voters once again demonstrated their support for investment when the benefits are made clear. Twenty-eight measures were on the ballot in 5 states throughout the year and 22 were approved by voters. Election Day alone resulted in more than $30 million in new funding for transit.
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Hello everyone! This is Bill Spriggs and I have found several news articles, links, and blogs that I wanted to share along THE BACK FENCE & beyond in the Sunday, March 11, 2012 Edition. |
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West Corridor, Denver & Region
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 | Finally! Northern Lakewood Colorado has an iconic structure developing it can be super proud of -- Thanks to Transit!
>Early stages of the Wadsworth
Light Rail Station taking shape<
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TheDenverPost/Editorial A Full FasTracks Can Still Happen
By The Denver Post, Mar 10, 2012
Passing a tax hike this fall would be difficult, but it could be RTD's last chance to get the project right.
TheDenverPost.com
Architects Push to Make Denver's Santa Fe Arts District More Pedestrian Friendly
By Margaret Jackson, Mar 07, 2012
"The connection between the light-rail station and the arts district is seen as a critical element for the neighborhood's success," said Kimball Crangle, project manager for the redevelopment of 10th between Osage and Mariposa streets, which is controlled by the DHA.
TheDenverPost.com
Three DIA Redevelopment Contracts Merged Into One
By Ann Schrader, Mar 07, 2012
Contracts for three projects cranking up at Denver International Airport have been combined into a single contract by a Denver council committee.
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BoulderDailyCamera.com
Skinny Study: Boulder Has Smallest Percentage of Obese Residents
By Mitchell Byars, Mar 07, 2012
... According to the poll, Boulder has a 12.1 percent obesity rate...The national average was 26.1 percent in 2011.
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National
| DC.StreetsBlog.org
Day One of Votes: Senate OKs Two Amendments, Rejects Keystone Pipeline
By Ben Goldman, Mar 09, 2012
After two consecutive failed attempts, floor votes are finally proceeding on the Senate's two-year, $109 billion transportation bill. The votes come on the heels of an agreement between party leaders Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell, which will allow certain non-transportation-related amendments to be voted on. As part of the deal, those amendments will require 60 votes for passage instead of the customary simple majority.
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TheHill.com
View From Beyond the Beltway: Pass a Bipartisan Transportation Bill By Three VIP's, Mar 09, 2012 We hail from three different levels of governance in three states, across three geographic regions, and from both parties, but we strongly agree on this: We desperately need an updated, bipartisan federal transportation bill that meets the 21st-century needs of communities like ours.
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TheAtlanticCities.com
Explaining Transit's Secret Language
By Eric Jaffe, Mar 08, 2012
It's difficult to categorize Jarrett Walker's excellent new book, Human Transit. It's not quite for a popular audience, though it's written with engaging ease. It's not for academics, though it's as thorough as most published research and far more approachable. It's not strictly for a policy audience, though it's fresh grist for any transit wonk's mill.
Planetizen.com
Does Density Raise Prices? By Michael Lewyn, Mar 07, 2012
It seems to me that density-phobia involves a similar litany of contradictory complaints. Traditionally, low-density zoning has been based on a desire to exclude so-called "undesirables" and thus keep property values high....But now that compact neighborhoods are becoming more desirable (and thus more expensive), the argument that density leads to poverty and plummeting property values can no longer be taken seriously.
CityBuilderBookClub.org
Michael Mehaffy on the Need For Concentration and the "D" Word By Michael Mehaffy, Mar 07, 2012
Ah, the "D" word, "density" - surely one of the thorniest in the world of planning! But Jacobs takes it on in this chapter with her usual fearless perspicacity.
TheAtlanticCities.com
Why Don't Real Estate Developers Just Ask Us What We Want?
By Emily Badger, Mar 08, 2012
It's not all that difficult to identify what kinds of new development a neighborhood needs. There's no pharmacy, no grocer, no gas station for miles? These are pretty obvious missing pieces in a community. It's much trickier, though, to identify what the people who live there want. A bagel shop? A vintage store? A vegan farm-to-table karaoke bar?
READ MORE...CitiWire.net City Freeway Teardowns: More on Their Way?
By Neil Peirce, Mar 10, 2012 Will the 20th century's urban freeway legacy - interstate roads cutting huge swaths through American cities - be reversed in the 21st?
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StreetsBlog.net
Women in Transit Still Swimming Upstream By Angie Schmitt, Mar 09, 2012 State DOTs, generally speaking, are crowded with white, male engineers whose training is in building highways. Perhaps the inevitable result is that the issues facing a mother trying to load her stroller onto a crowded city bus tend to get short shrift.
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News.Medill.NorthWestern.edu
Shifting View of Car Ownership Driving Younger Users to Car Sharing By Kimiteru Tsuruta, Mar 01, 2012 Practicality and economics may be the main reasons increasing numbers of people use car-sharing services, but there also seems to be an underlying shift in how young people perceive car ownership.
TheAtlanticCities.com As Usage Rises, Libraries Struggle to Stay Open
By Nate Berg, Mar 07, 2012
It's an all-too-familiar cycle in municipal budgeting: the city's on the verge of going broke, officials propose cutting funding to libraries, community members protest. It's happened in countless cities, especially since the onset of the recession.
GreaterGreaterWashington.org Will Driverless Cars Really Slow for Pedestrians?
By David Alpert, Mar 08, 2012
Driverless cars will bring many changes to the way we see transportation. Some will be very good, some bad. But some commentators aren't convinced when I say a huge fight is brewing over how much the road system defers to pedestrians and cyclists or pushes them aside.
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BikePortland.org
All Signs Point to a Big Year for Women on Bikes By Johnathan Maus, Mar 08, 2012 Everywhere I turn I see signs of a growing recognition that there needs to be more women riding bikes in American cities and increasingly - both from the grassroots and on a national advocacy level - people are doing something about it. Given that women played a big role in cycling's popularity in the late 1890s and early 1900s, this is a resurgence that is long overdue.
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International (when available)
| ThisBigCity.net
109 Ideas to Improve 21 Cities By Joe Peach, Mar 07, 2012 Things are heating up with the Living Labs Global Award 2012, with their shortlist of 109 potentially transformative ideas for 21 cities announced yesterday. Living Labs Global is a non-profit located in Barcelona and Copenhagen, and their annual awards aims to reward 'companies and organizations that have developed solutions that add high value to users in cities around the world'.
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ThisBigCity.net
World's First Vertical Forest Under Construction in Milan Forum, March 01, 2012 In Milan, a forest will soon be planted in the sky. Building works for a pair of skyscrapers that will become home to the world's first vertical forest is underway.
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News.Yahoo.com/video
Italian Engineers Pioneer Floating Solar Panels
Wed, Feb 22, 2012
Solar panels floating on the sea: the idea may sound like something from science-fiction, but an Italian firm has made it a reality. In the first scheme of its kind in the world, the panels turn on the water in order to follow the sun. As well as providing renewable energy, the scheme is cheaper to install than traditional solar panels
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Progress on the Wadsworth Light Rail Station, March 06, 2012
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Things You Need to Know Along The West Corridor
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>Lakewood, Wednesday, March 14, 7:3- - 8:30am Cindy Baroway and Scott Koop, Lakewood City Council representatives for Ward 2, will meet with residents and considerate guests from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at the Lakewood-West Colfax Business Improvement District Office, 7125 W. Colfax Ave. The West Rail Line traverses the northwestern section of their Ward. >Lakewood, Saturday March 17, 9am to 10:30am? Karen Kellen and Ramey Johnson, Lakewood City Council representatives for Ward 1, will meet with residents and considerate guests at 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 17 at the Lakewood-West Colfax Business Improvement District Office, 7125 W. Colfax Ave. The West Rail Line traverses the northern section of their Ward. >Lakewood, Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 9:15am to ? 1425 Brentwood, Ste #7, Lakewood, Co. 80214 The Jefferson County League of Women Voters will examine the proposed expansion of Chatfield Reservoir to help meet future metro area water demand. Members will discuss the need and effects of expanding the reservoir, which could flood park facilities, impact recreational use and wildlife habitat, among other things. The meeting is open to all. For more information, call Carmah at (303) 239-0981. To learn more about Jeffco LWV - visit May 19-20th, 2012
June 9-15, 2012
August 20-26
September 21-23
The very popular RTD West Corridor bus tours are back!! All tours will be from 9am to 11am on the 3rd Friday of the month (April thru Sept). Each reservation that is made is for one seat only; please sign-up all attendees individually. You will receive e-mail confirmation within one week of your registration.
Denver Union Station Construction Web Cam
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Commercial Real Estate Assemblages or Individual Sites Available on the West Corridor
Major construction is done on the RTD West Rail Line and now is the time to begin Phase 2: Creating a new image of the West Corridor by building high-quality, high-density development along RTD's West Rail Line. Let's get the party started.
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Things You Need to Know in The Region (when available)
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>Arvada, Thursday, March 22, 6pm to 8pm?
A regularly scheduled meeting of the Gold Line Advisory Committee (GLAC). The meeting will be held at Arvada City Hall, 8101 Ralston Road (same as 58th Avenue)
As part of their 15th anniversary celebration they invite you to:
THE ROAD AHEAD 2012
"Connecting Livable Communities"
Featuring"
Denver Mayor Michael B Hancock
Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan
Glendale Maory Larry Harte
Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Kelly J. Brough & other local experts will respond with an interactive panel discussion.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Registration & Breakfast 7:45am
Program 8:00 am to 10:30am
Infinity Park Event Center Ballroom
4400 E. Kentucky Ave, Glendale
Click Here to Register
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