Saturday, February 15, 2014

D.C. planner: Affordability is cities' next big challenge

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“Rock star planner” may be an oxymoron, but if there are rock star planners, Harriet Tregoning is one. Tregoning has been chief city planne...
Thursday, February 13, 2014

Weirdest city list ever?

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Mural in downtown Kings Mountain. Photo: Nancy Pierce We all love to look at those lists of "Best Places To ... " I plead gui...
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

LaHood-Foxx love-fest?

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Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx in 2012 as city's bike-share program opened. When former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told Pres...
Thursday, January 23, 2014

You call that an auto mall?

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An auto dealership in an urban environment in Manhattan I was in New York over the weekend for a meeting, and Saturday morning I went ...
Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Not just unwalkable. Charlotte is 'least dense city in world'

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 A new article from Wendell Cox at New Geography , "The Evolving Urban Form: Charlotte," is probably bringing glee to suburban re...
Tuesday, December 24, 2013

North Carolina, land of lost opportunity?

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As more researchers burrow in to the idea of economic mobility, the Equality of Opportunity Project (led by four economists, two from Unive...
Tuesday, December 17, 2013

'Local food' for thought: How healthy is a commuter lifestyle?

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I heard this morning that NPR has discovered "agriburbia." Here's a link to Luke Runyon's report on the phenomenon of de...