The Naked City Blog
Cities are amazing, and amazingly complicated. I explore what it all means.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
What's been keeping me busy? Trash
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Plastic debris fouls a bridge over the Catawba River. Photo: Nancy Pierce What's been keeping me from blogging regularly these days...
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Can traffic deaths go the way of smallpox?
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In the United States we have become desensitized to traffic deaths. That doesn't mean we don't mourn, of course, but it means we se...
Tree ordinance proposal raises alarms around N.C.
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Photo: Nancy Pierce Charlotte likes to boast of its tree canopy, so a proposal at the state level to gut N.C. cities' tree ordinanc...
Thursday, May 1, 2014
What does Anthony Foxx have to say about transportation funding?
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Former Charlotte Mayor and current Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx gave an interview to Yonah Freemark of the website The Transport P...
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Congestion worsening, so buy more asphalt?
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A new report from a Washington think tank and transportation research group says 44 percent of Charlotte’s major roads are in poor or medio...
Monday, March 24, 2014
Another N.C. city eyes a downtown streetcar
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It's not just Charlotte wanting a streetcar. Winston-Salem's city council is looking seriously at planning a streetcar to run from...
Monday, March 3, 2014
Readers, this ball is in your court
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Readers, engage! Two PlanCharlotte.org articles last week deserve wider play. Honor the places you love One is a way for everyone, not...
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