Smart Growth
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Mass transit wins big in ballot initiatives
On a bleak night for progressives, voters across the country backed transit projects.
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Racism stands in the way of Obama’s push for affordable housing
Low-density zoning is often really about keeping non-whites from moving in. But that gives the federal government power to fight it.
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Romney, once an anti-sprawl crusader, created model for Obama ‘smart growth’ program
As governor of Massachusetts, Romney fought sprawl and promoted density -- another set of issues on which he looks to be seriously out of sync with the Tea Party and the GOP base.
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Microsoft’s ‘avoid ghetto’ app is kind of gross
Microsoft has come up with an app for people traveling by foot that will route them around areas with high crime rates. This function is being called the “avoid ghetto” feature (not by Microsoft, of course, because they’re not that dense), and it’s, uh, controversial. As a person who sometimes walks around in cities at […]
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IKEA to design an entire neighborhood
Exciting news for those whose entire house is populated by IKEA furniture (we know you're out there): the Swedish furniture company is going to be building an entire neighborhood in London. We know. It'll be like living in the IKEA store! With a Swedish meatball shop on every corner and 24/7 access to lingonberry jam. […]
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How transit and smart growth are saving Cleveland
Cleveland is one of those ailing American cities constantly held up as an example of the country's decline. But The New York Times has taken a look at a revitalization plan the city's been working on and found that, in one uptown area at least, the city is actually growing. And the drivers of that […]
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People love smart cities, as long as you don't call them smart cities
The vast majority of Americans — almost 80 percent — are totally on board with living somewhere that's close to jobs and schools, where the environment is clean and you don't have to spend much money on gas. They just don't want to live in places that are "sustainable" or involve "smart growth," because that […]
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Chicago hearts urban agriculture [VIDEO]
With new laws on the books and an airport garden in the works, Chicago is embracing its leafy greens.
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The Atlanta BeltLine: The country’s most ambitious smart growth project
The Atlanta BeltLine shows some progress and much remaining potential.