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Hi 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 this Wednesday Edition, Sep 19 2012. |
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West Corridor, Denver & Region
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West Corridor Progress - Knox Station By Ryan Mulligan, Sep 18 2012
Crews have begun finalizing construction at the stations along the corridor. The Knox Station - even without parking - was home to some of the most intense construction thanks to the total reconstruction of the Knox Court box culverts expansion. Crews have installed benches, station canopies, signage, and crossing arms across Knox.
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TheDenverPost Obesity Rates Suggest Colorado is on Track For a Ton of Health Trouble
By Jason Pohl, Sep 19 2012 If Colorado waistlines continue thickening at the current rate, almost half of all adults will be obese by 2030, according to a study released Tuesday.
So finally, RTD has decided to promote Bus Rapid Transit along the NW Corridor by turning to the creative folks who know how to sell transit? Naw... I wake up and realize that this video below that has gone viral on the internet is a commercial selling bus transit in Denmark. First, Danes have one of the highest concentrations of bicycle commuters in the world, and now this......geesch...How lucky can a country get!
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Midttrafik commercial: The Bus (UK version)
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TheWallStreetJournal
The Gas Tax Is Running Low. But What Should Replace It? By Michael Totty, Sep 17, 2012
Almost everyone agrees that there has to be a better way. The question is how to get there.
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USAToday
Front Porches are Making a Big Comeback.
by Haya El Nasser, Sep 18 2012 It's not quite a return to Norman Rockwell's Americana, but the rise in the number of new homes with porches hints at a shift in the way Americans want to live: in smaller houses and dense neighborhoods that promote walking and social interaction.Money.CNN
Young Americans Ditch the Car
By Steve Hargreaves, Sep 17 2012
America's young people just aren't buying cars like they used to. The share of new cars purchased by those aged 18-34 dropped 30% in the last five years, according to the car shopping web site Edmunds.comGristDotOrg Energy Democracy: Three Ways to Bring Solar to the Masses By David Roberts, Sep 13 2012 One measure that serves both those goals at once is simply to get renewable energy in more people's hands. Let more people get jobs in it, invest in it, receive tangible benefits from it. Nothing diminishes partisan opposition like an income stream. That's why renewable power remains untouchable in German politics - lots of Germans are directly involved with it. READ MORE...
HollywoodLAist Women Share Their Stories Of Sexual Harassment (And Worse) On Public Transportation By Emma G. Gallegos, Sep 16 2012 Last week we wrote about one woman's hoffifying story of sexual harassment on the Metro. We were so blown away by the stories that our readers shared in response that we decided to do a follow-up post.
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TheAtlanticCities The Surprising Economics of Sex Ratios By Eric Jaffe, Sep 17 2012 The cities of Macon and Columbus, in Georgia, have a lot in common. They're located within a hundred miles of one another and have similar histories and economies. So at a glance it's hard to explain why the people of Columbus have, on average, consumer debt that's roughly $3,500 more per capita than the people of Macon READ MORE...
Blog.WalkScore
By Duncan Hurd, Sep 18 2012
Bicycles. What can't they do? They take you to work, save you money, help you exercise and can even make you popular.
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LA.StreetsBlog
Pro Walknomics/Pro Bikenomics
By Gary Kavanagh, Sep 17 2012
In order for our society to tackle the challenge of creating a more walkable and bikeable North America, with the appropriate devotion of money, resources and public space, we have to build a solid political consensus.
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TheAtlanticCities
The Fiscal Conservative's Case Against Sprawl
By Kaid Benfield, Sep 18 2012
I don't know that I was the first national writer to notice Chuck Marohn's Strong Towns family of web sites and enterprises, including a very good blog. But I know I was early since, in Chuck's new book, Thoughts on Building Strong Towns (Volume 1), he says he started writing the blog in 2009 and that's when his work also makes its first appearance in my own writing.
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Spinlister: Bikesharing By the People, For the People
By Dave Burdick, Sep 17 2012
I'm traveling this week, leaving my favorite two wheels (see above) safely locked up in an undisclosed location in Denver. While I'm going to Los Angeles, a city not really known for being super bikeable, I'm staying in two neighborhoods that will be pretty bike-friendly. Here's my problem: Los Angeles doesn't have its bikeshare program yet. I'm crashing on somebody's couch, so why can't I crash on-er, borrow-somebody's bike? READ MORE...GristDotOrg
Brave Driver Confronts Portland's Rabid Cyclists
By Jim Meyer, Sep 11 2012
At last, someone is doing something about the horrifyingly dangerous traffic situation in this country! That's right, there is finally a movement to make it more difficult to ride your bike on city streets.
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International (when available)
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Public Art: What is it For? By Gillian Sharpe, Sep 17 2012 Every urban regeneration project seems to come with its own piece of public art. Scotland has a long tradition of art in public spaces. But what is it actually for?
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TheAtlanticCities
Europe's Great Untapped Revenue Source: Property Taxes
By Mary Newsom, Sep 14 2012
ARIS - In the sidewalk cafes of Paris, people jam the tables, nursing coffee and kir. If global financial trauma has bludgeoned the French capital, it's not obvious. But clues are there, if you look closely. Broken ticket machines and escalators in the Metro hint at deferred maintenance. On the pricey rue de Rivoli, a shop window proclaims a liquidation sale.
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Wednesday's Film (when available)
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Things you need to know along the West Corridor
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>Denver, Wednesday Oct 03 2012 5:30pm.
Residents of the Sloan's Lake area and the West Corridor are invited to join the redevelopers of St. Anthony, EFG Brownfield Partners and RNL Design, for a first look at their site plans for the former hospital as a new mixed-use development. The developers want resident's feedback and answer questions.
Where: The Auditorium Room at the former St. Anthony Central Hospital (Parking available in the lot at the NE corner of Quitman and Conejos (Enter at the east entrance).
Denver Union Station
Construction Cam
Wish You Could Find an Apartment/Condo near a Light Rail Station? As part of TBF's continuing efforts to bring TOD's to the West Corridor & elsewhere, this link from Walk Score.com will now be a permanent feature. Thanks.
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Commercial Real Estate Assemblages, Land or Buildings Available on The West Corridor
Please note: TBF does not
own or sell any real property.
Prices displayed may not be correct.
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>3415 West Colfax Ave TOD Assemblage
>4917 West 11th Ave Assemblage [sold]
Sold, See Press Release
>10th Avenue Light Rail Assemblage
>1010 Sheridan Blvd TOD Site
>5310 West 10th Ave TOD opportunity
>13th Avenue & Newland St., Light Rail Vacant Land
>5830 West Colfax Ave
>1025 Ammons Complex
>6990 West Colfax Ave Pad Site
THE BACK FENCE supports a corridor wide, regional vision, with individual nodes of unique "places" within that corridor. We hope that the listing of commercial properties available will help to speed this vision to fruition sooner. Learn more about this vision below from the Center for Transit-Oriented Development.
West Corridor Vision
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Things You Need to Know Around the Region
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>Denver, Thursday, November 8th, 2012, 7:00am to 10:30am The Transit Alliance Presents the Transit Event of 2012
Union Station:
Community Trans-Formation
Celebrating the Vision of FasTracks Coming to Life The Ritz Carlton Denver, $75 - Individual, $700 - Table
Stay tuned for reservation details
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