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Complete Streets or Complete Networks?

June 5, 2011 by Ben Schulman
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This is a guest post by Ruth Walker.The “complete streets” idea - the concept that streets need to be designed for all users, including pedestrians and cyclists as well as SUVS and fire trucks - has caught on well in recent years. Maybe it’s caught on too well, in fact.   That was one of the messages in the NU 202 session on “... [read more]

Ray LaHood’s HSR Smackdown

December 17, 2010 by Next American City
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A bullet train in Japan. Credit: flickr user jamesjustinJust last week, the Ray LaHood’s Department of Transportation pulled high-speed rail funding from Ohio and Wisconsin, the two states with incoming Republican governors, John Kasich of Ohio and Scott Walker of Wisconsin, who both swore to oppose the projects. They got their wish, and... [read more]

Green Building Law--Battle of the Blogs

June 23, 2010 by Shari Shapiro
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Today, my co-conspirator and green building blog buddy over at Green Building Law Update criticized a post I wrote a few weeks back on Wisconsin governor Jim Doyle vetoing a green building bill that mandated 15% of gross square footage of state space to be LEED certified.  The essence of Chris' piece is that The Governor... [read more]

When Should Green Building Regulations Be Vetoed?

June 23, 2010 by Chris Cheatham
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I recently co-authored a chapter with Shari Shapiro of a soon-to-be-published book about green building law.  I am a regular reader Shari's Green Building Law Blog and she is one of the authors who helped me launch my own blog. However, I am going to respectfully disagree with one of her recent posts regarding green building... [read more]

Time for leadership on 27th street roundabouts

June 14, 2009 by John Michlig
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I remember the first time I encountered a roundabout. My wife and I were en route to IKEA, and I recall releasing an expletive under my breath as, suddenly jolted from my semi-autopilot revelry, I navigated through to the other side. Whereupon I reengaged the autopilot.To the uninitiated driver, roundabouts seem to be little more than... [read more]