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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 Sunday Edition, October 21, 2012. |
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West Corridor, Denver & Region
| TheDenverPost
RTD Candidate Profiles: FasTracks Completion Dominates Board Election
By Monte Whaley, Oct 27 2012
Candidates for the 15-seat Regional Transportation District board of directors say they will make big changes to a body that has been lashed repeatedly this year for delaying portions of the FasTracks project by decades.
TheDenverPost/Opinion Crossing RTD's River Charon
By Teresa Keegan, Oct 28 2012 In Greek mythology, the boatman Charon ferried the souls of the dead across the River Styx to Hades. The fare: a coin placed under the tongue. The poor lost souls unable to pay for their passage were doomed to wander the riverbanks for 100 years.
TransportationNation
Denver Bike Share Membership Almost 90% White. By Kate Hinds, Oct 25 2012
Denver's bike share users are overwhelmingly white. "Our demographic profile is nothing to be proud of , and we know that," said Parry Burnap, executive director of Denver's bike share program.
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New Union Station Project: 1650 Wewatta
By Ken Schroeppel, Oct 24 2012
If you thought there's a lot of exciting development happening around Denver Union Station, then hold on... it's about to get even better! Holland Partner Group, the firm wrapping up construction on the
Line 28 project at 16th & Boulder in Lower Highland, is bullish on Denver.
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Could Gen-Y Become the Heroes of the Recovery?
By Derek Thompson, Oct 24 2012
Young people are the lazy, smelly scapegoat of the recession. They're not working, they're living at home, they're constantly complaining about their debt, they're not buying cars or houses, and they're not even having babies.
TheEconomist
Cities Are Turning Into Vast Data Factories October 27 2012
In 1995 George Gilder, an American writer, declared that "cities are leftover baggage from the industrial era." Electronic communications would become so easy and universal that people and businesses would have no need to be near one another. Humanity, Mr Gilder thought, was "headed for the death of cities". It hasn't turned out that way.
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TheAtlanticCities
The Best Cities for Green Commuters
By Kaid Benfield, Oct 25 2012
As most readers know only too well, the US pales by comparison to the rest of the world when it comes to getting around by anything other than single-occupancy cars. Starting in the 1950s, we fell in love with spread-out living and with automobiles...We soon simply (and wrongly) assumed that everyone could and should drive to do most anything, and built our suburbs accordingly, guaranteeing that the trend would perpetuate. BikeLeagueBlog
The Gen-Y Mile: How do we Turn Less Driving Into More Bike Advocacy.
By Katie Omberg, Oct 25 2012
On Tuesday, I sat down with more than 20 active-transportation professionals and allies at the Moving Millennials workshop hosted by Transportation for America. The aim of the full-day session: Learn about trends in transportation for 18-35 year-olds - and figure out how to turn the decreased interest in driving into an increased energy around bicycling.
Blog.BikeLeague
Iconic US Companies Become Bicyle-Friendly Businesses
By Carolyn Szczepanski, Oct 25 2012
"Businesses are the engine of our economy, but more and more companies are realizing the bicycle can be a powerful catalyst for increased profits, reduced health care costs, happier employees and more customers..." READ MORE... AtlanticCities
Please Bring This to America: Heated Bike Lanes
By Emily Badger, Oct 26 2012 While we're still debating in the United States whether and where to build bike lanes at all, here comes yet another cycling innovation from Northern Europe to stoke your seething jealousy. Towns in the Netherlands are hoping to pilot-test heated bike lanes, or geothermal infrastructure at 20,000-40,000 euros a kilometer that would melt the snow and ice from your morning commute. |
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International (when available)
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What Really Happens When a City Makes Its Transit System Free? By Henry Grabar, Oct 26 2012
When Jean-Francois Mayet became mayor of Châteauroux in 2001, the town's transit system was descending into irrelevance. Each of Châteauroux's 49,000 inhabitants took the bus, on average, 21 times per year, well below the 38 per annum average for small French cities.
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Sunday Film (when available)
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RTD Educating Students Ahead of New Light Rail Opening
Written by Luke Simmons, Oct 22 2012 When RTD's West Line opens in April, it presents a whole new safety issue for thousands of children in Denver and Lakewood - the tracks sit four blocks or less from six different schools.
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Political Endorsements for Jefferson CountyVote early and avoid the rush.
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Matt Cohen, RTD District M
Re-elected Matt Cohen.
He walks the talk.
http://www.cohen4rtd.com/ Barack Obama & Joe Biden for President and Vice President of the United States
Obvious.
http://www.barackobama.com/
Ed Perlmutter, 7th Congressional District.
Fair and Steady as a Rock
http://perlmutter.house.gov/
Andy Kerr, State Senate District, SD 22
Rising Star For Education
http://www.andykerr.org/
>Max Tyler, HD 23
Champion For Solar
http://www.maxtyler.us/ >Casey "Ed" Tighe, Jefferson County Commissioner
Highly Recommended
http://www.facebook.com/tighe.casey >3A & 3B
Yes
Time to support our school kids the way we used to.
http://www.supportjeffcoschools.com/support-jeffco-schools/unanimous-yes-on-3a-and-3b/ >Amendment 64
Yes
Time to stop supporting the Prison-Industrial Complex over this issue. If you want to control this "evil" then tax it to death and over-regulate the industry. >Amendment 65
Yes
Corporations are not people and therefore don't have "Freedom of Speech." >Amendment S
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Flexibility for the Governor in hiring decisions. |
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Things you need to know along the West Corridor
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>Lakewood, Every October Wednesday at Noon, 12 noon to 1:15pm. Community Room in the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, 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: Lakewood's Schedule for Community Planning Month 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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Residential Real Estate Agents
Who Get the "Big Picture" of Transit Oriented Living
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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
Click on the UNION STATION logo above to RSVP.
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