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After almost three years of twice-a-week publications, The Back Fence will be shifting to only once a week later this fall. This will allow us to focus more on our cycling advocacy in conjunction with the opening of the West Rail Line and the "final mile" from each station to dwellings & destinations in the area.
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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, October 03, 2012. |
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West Corridor, Denver & Region |
AN IMPORTANT NOTICE:
FOR THE WEST CORRIDOR! >Lakewood, Saturday, October 13th 2012, 10am - 12noon >Clements Community Center, 2nd floor, 1580 Yarrow St. Lakewood, CO 80214 RTD District M Board Member Candidate Forum between Matt Cohen & Natalie Menten UrbanLand About the Mile-High Vista Development Fall 2012
The Urban Land Conservancy purchased this two-acre parcel of land along west Denver's FasTracks light rail corridor. ULC will be the master developer of the site that will include the new west Denver library, a mixed-use workforce housing development with Del Norte Neighborhood Development, and a commercial building. This acquisition will provide enormous opportunity for additional transit oriented development (TOD) along west Colfax and the future Knox and Decatur light rail stationsREAD MORE...DailyCamera Boulder's 20-Cent Fee on Disposable Bags Moves Forward in Initial 5-0 Decision By Erica Meltzer, Oct 02 2012 A proposed 20-cent fee on all disposable grocery bags -- paper or plastic -- took a step forward Tuesday night as five Boulder City Council members approved it for a second reading
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As MAP-21 Takes Effect, Road Builders Vie for TIFIA Funds
By Tanya Snyder, Oct 01 2012
It's October 1, the start of the federal government's fiscal year 2013, and the first official day of the MAP-21 transportation law. The law was signed July 6 but got a three-month grace period to let U.S. DOT set guidance and give states a little time to get ready for the new requirements - things like setting up grant programs to distribute bike/ped funding to local communities (though they can also just squander that money).
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Bloomberg
Five Taxes We Should Raise. Really. (Includes Gas Tax)
By Josh Barro, Sep 28 2012
Some taxes work better than others. Good taxes do little damage to the economy and are difficult for taxpayers to avoid by changing their behavior. And if you look at America's long-term budget projections, we're going to need more taxes in the future, so we should be extra sure that we're choosing good ones.
StreetBlogs
NYC Bloomberg: Transit Should Be Free, and Drivers Should Pay More
By Stephen Miller, Yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg rode the Staten Island Ferry, which has the distinction of being one of the few forms of public transportation in New York that is free to its users. At the press conference to announce the world's largest ferris wheel (plus additional parking!) near the ferry terminal in St. George, the mayor was asked for his thoughts on transportation. He replied:READ MORE...TheAtlanticCities
L.A.'s 'Carmageddon' Produced Dramatic, Instantaneous Air Quality Improvements
By Emily Badger, Oct 02 2012 Nature doesn't normally present the kind of opportunity that "Carmageddon" did in Los Angeles last year, an opportunity to catch a glimpse of atmosphere that's typically saturated with pollutants on a suddenly pristine day.READ MORE...StreetsBlog.net
How Streets Designed for Speed Led to the Death of a Seventh Grade Girl By Angie Schmitt, Oct 01 2012
Get hit by a car traveling 20 miles per hour, and the odds are 19 to 1 that you, the pedestrian, will live to see another walk around the block. But if the vehicle's speed at impact increases just ten miles per hour, your chances are barely better than 50-50. And if a driver hits you at 40 miles per hour, there's almost a nine in ten chance that you won't survive.READ MORE...USAToday
Downtowns Enjoying Robust Population Growth
By Haya El Nasser, Sep 28 2012
After decades of decline, America's downtowns once again are attracting new residents -- not just workers and shoppers. In many of the largest cities in the most-populous metropolitan areas, downtown populations grew at double-digit rates from 2000 to 2010.READ MORE...
MomentumMag
How to Sell the Cycling Lifestyle to American Women
By Mia Kohout, Oct 01 2012
First and foremost, women often don't feel safe because there is a lack of a complete, separated bike networks and a lack of lower and enforced speed limits. However, there is also a lack of women-centric marketing and merchandising when it comes to selling the "cycling lifestyle" to American women.READ MORE...TheNewYorkTimes
To Encourage Biking, Cities Lose the Helmets
By Elizabeth Rosenthal, Sep 29 2012 One spectacular Sunday in Paris last month, I decided to skip museums and shopping to partake of something even more captivating for an environment reporter: Velib, arguably the most successful bike-sharing program in the world. In their short lives, Europe's bike-sharing systems have delivered myriad benefits, notably reducing traffic and its carbon emissions. A number of American cities - including New York, where a bike-sharing program is to open next year - want to replicate that success.READ MORE...TheWashingtonPost
The Challenges of Preserving a Historic Neighborhood
By Roger K. Lewis, Sep 28 2012
While restoring and remodeling historic homes is a daunting task, preserving historic neighborhoods facing change likewise can be difficult. Knowing what to do - and what not to do - to both preserve and renovate a historic house is usually informed by well-understood design standards and practices.
TheAtlanticCities
Paying People to Plant Trees
By Kaid Benfield, Oct 02, 2012
Chicago has a great new program to help residents join the city in reducing storm water pollution cleaning the air, cooling "heat islands," and improving public health. It's called Sustainable Backyards, and the genius of it is that it's educational, participatory, and effective at the same time. |
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International (when available)
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Ride-Sharing Services Grow Popular in Europe
By Eric Pfanner, Oct 01, 2012
PARIS - On a recent Friday evening, Vincent Accart maneuvered his 20-year-old Mercedes station wagon through the rush-hour traffic to a rendezvous at a busy fuel station on the edge of Paris. There he met three strangers who hopped into his car for a three-and-a-half-hour drive to Rennes, in Brittany. It had all been arranged beforehand, via the Web.
FinChannel
High-Tech Cars Alone Can't Fix Problem of Transport Emissions September 29 2012
Developing countries need to transition to a low-carbon transport sector now to avoid locking themselves into an unsustainable and costly future, says a new report release by the World Bank.
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Wednesday's Film (when available)
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Observation Deck: Designing Cities For People Not Cars Adam Rogers, senior editor at Wired, contemplates the car-free metropolises of the future.
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Things you need to know along the West Corridor
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AN IMPORTANT NOTICE:
FOR THE WEST CORRIDOR!
>Lakewood, Saturday, October 13th 2012, 10am - 12noon
>Clements Community Center, 2nd floor, 1580 Yarrow St. Lakewood, CO 80214
RTD District M Board Member Candidate Forum between
Matt Cohen & Natalie Menten [As a reminder, THE BACK FENCE endorses Board Member Matt Cohen for re-election. Show up and show your support for Director Cohen!].
>Lakewood, Every October Wednesday at Noon, 12 noon to 1:15pm
Community Room in the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 South Allison Street, Lakewood, Co. 80226.
Each October the American Planning Association and the City of Lakewood celebrate National Community Planning Month to show the important role that planning plays in communities across the U.S.
National Community Planning Month highlights the contributions of sound planning and also publicly recognizes the participation and dedication of Lakewood residents who have contributed their time and expertise to the improvement of our city. These citizens participate on planning committees, in public hearings and in community meetings to become better educated about issues affecting Lakewood and to voice their opinions and desires for community planning efforts in Lakewood. To learn more, click below.
>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). >Lakewood, Thursday Oct 11 2012 7pm
Holy Shepherd Lutheran Church, 920 Kipling St. Lakewood 80215. All are invited. The Lakewood Chapter of the American Association of University Women and Jefferson County League of women voters will cosponsor a forum on the Jefferson County School District mill levy increase (3A) and bond issue (3B) and discuss the pros and cons of both issues.
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
>Lakewood, Saturday, October 13th 2012, 10am - 12noon
>Clements Community Center, 2nd floor, 1580 Yarrow St. Lakewood, CO 80214
RTD District M Board Member Candidate Forum between
Matt Cohen & Natalie Menten
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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
Click on the UNION STATION logo above to RSVP.
>Denver, Wednesday, October 17, 2012 5pm to 6:30pm RTD Meet & Greet. Come and meet and greet the RTD candidates and current RTD Board Members.
The Pour House, 1435 Market Street, Denver Co, 80202
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