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Interactive Infographic: 100% Renewable Energy Benefits in the 50 States

Tuesday, February 25th, 2014
The Solutions Project: 50 Plans, 50 States

This interactive infographic from The Solutions Project gives you a glimpse into the future of renewable energy. By analyzing each state’s renewable-energy potential, The Solutions Project was able to predict which types of renewable energy could contribute to meeting each state’s energy needs, in a future where fossil fuels and nuclear power are no longer options. Each state’s profile includes additional effects of switching to renewables, like reduced mortality and illness costs, and the percentage of land needed for wind, water and solar projects.

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Infra Week: 11-25-2013

Friday, November 29th, 2013
Unity3D Visualization – Marmoset Street

Neighborhood got you down? Design your own
Pennsylvania’s $2.3 Billion Transportation Bill
Recovery Act Rail Project Completed Early and Under Budget
U.S. Immigrants Drive Less Than Natives
Has the U.S. Passed Peak Gasoline?

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Places in the Making: How Placemaking Builds Places and Communities

Monday, October 28th, 2013
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MIT DEPARTMENT OF URBAN STUDIES AND PLANNING
Since the 1960s, placemaking has grown up. What began as a reaction against auto-centric planning and bad public spaces has expanded to include broader concerns about healthy living, social justice, community capacity-building, economic revitalization, childhood development, and a host of other issues facing residents, workers, and visitors in towns and cities large and small. Today, placemaking ranges from the grassroots, one-day tactical urbanism of Park(ing) Day to a developer’s deliberate and decades- long transformation of a Denver neighborhood around the organizing principle of art.

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Centennial Hills, NV: Arts in Transit

Friday, October 11th, 2013

The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC) commissioned international artist Patrick Sullivan to create a custom, outdoor sculpture for its Centennial Hills Transit Center and Park & Ride. With more than 30 years of stone sculpting experience, Sullivan’s portfolio includes an array of pieces showcased in Germany, British Columbia and the United States among […]

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Kinston, NC: Global TransPark

Wednesday, October 9th, 2013

The North Carolina Global TransPark is a 2,500 acre, multi-modal industrial park offering unparalleled access to air, rail, highways and North Carolina’s two international ports. The GTP boasts a pro-business climate aimed at growing the aerospace, logistics, manufacturing, emergency services, defense contracting and supporting industries. –NCDOTcommunications on YouTube.

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San Diego, CA: City Hall Runaround Leaves Community Gardens High and Dry

Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013

At a small community garden on the corner of Ridgeview Drive and Fairmont Avenue in City Heights, there are a few plots filled with straggling end-of-summer vegetables. There are tomatoes, pole beans and squash, but the lot is noticeably bare. Out of the 19 garden beds, only six have anything growing in them. That’s because […]

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Car Pollution is Architectural

Monday, September 9th, 2013

Most people disagree with me about change in urban design — so don’t be surprised if you also think i’m an idiot.
-sgcollins on YouTube

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California: Yosemite, It Never Lets You Down

Monday, August 26th, 2013

Local legislators discuss the importance of Yosemite and why they supported Senate Joint Resolution, Senator Berryhill’s measure urging Congress to expand Yosemite’s borders.

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Austin, TX: Back to the Future

Thursday, August 8th, 2013

Reconnect Austin is a long-term urban design and economic development solution to a traffic problem. For more information, visit www.reconnectaustin.com –Reconnect Austin on YouTube.

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What Kind of Bike Lanes Are Safest?

Friday, August 2nd, 2013
What Kind of Bike Lanes Are Safest?

Transportation Issues Daily The research seems pretty clear on what kind of bike lanes are safest, and bring out the most bicyclists: cycle tracks. But perhaps it is not clear enough: Hennepin County (Minnesota) is intent on building in-the-street,non-separated bicycle lanes instead of separated cycle tracks. David Maki was skeptical, solicited input from some experts, […]

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