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anonyme May 20, 2021 (8:06 am) Surely you’re not suggesting that 35th Ave is not densely populated enough to warrant bus service?  Or that Arbor Heights is some rural outpost – even though the city persists in treating us that way?  It is far from unreasonable to expect that the Delridge corridor could have service oh, let’s say, every 9 minutes so that citizens in another neighborhood, comparably populated, could have a mere hourly shuttle.  PUBLIC transit should be available in...

Atlanta BeltLine Buying More Land for Affordable Housing Todd Litman James Brasuell James Brasuell Richard Dion View Jobs See a full list of jobs in planning and related fields: urban design, architecture, landscape architecture, development, engineering, and more. View all jobs Post a Job Research thousands of planners, designers, architects, developers, and other professionals and academics who are working w...

Hennepin County approves record $17.1M for affordable housing projects Published  (FOX 9) - Hennepin County approved $17.1 million to support 27 affordable housing and development projects, the Board of Commissioners announced Wednesday. According to a release, the board, acting as the Housing and Redevelopment Authority, approved the funding Tuesday. The awards represent more than double the amount of county funding available for affordable housing as recently as 2018. Officials say the 27 pr...

Ashby, North Berkeley BART housing developments aim for affordability Ryan Kendrick/Staff A $53 million housing investment around the Ashby and North Berkeley BART stations was approved by Berkeley City Council. According to Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín, Berkeley has a memorandum of understanding with BART to reach “35% affordability at both sites." Last Updated May 3, 2021 Berkeley City Council approved a $53 million investment in building housing around the Ashby and North Berkeley BART s...

click to enlarge Waiting for donuts at Glazed Over. The city of Beacon didnt quite know what to do when the first food truck arrived on its rapidly changing streets five years ago. The city was wary about granting permits in worries that it would lead to food trucks parked up and down Main Street. So the two young CIA grads who ran the Beacon Bite bought a vacant lot on Main Street and parked their truck on it. They planted a community garden on the lot and painted mu...

Article content Kirkland Mayor Michel Gibson is confident there will be some type of public parking available once the REM light-rail station is fully constructed near the RioCan Centre along Highway 40. Gibson said discussions are taking place between the major stakeholders, including the Broccolini Real Estate Group and RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust, who are partnering to redevelop the RioCan site with a massive residential, commercial and office complex. We apologize, but this video ha...

Alan Slavin, an incumbent Selectman who has been on the board for nine years, is running for another term because he hopes to see some major projects through. Slavin has had a focus on transportation and infrastructure during his time in town politics, and that’s work he hopes to continue.  “Things take forever,” Slavin said. He explained that the South Coast Rail Program that extends commuter rail service to New Bedford and Fall River has been in process for 37 years, and he’s been wo...

Transit-Oriented Communities Would Take Advantage of Bus System Changes in New Orleans Transit planning is land use planning and land use planning is transit planning. April 26, 2021, 7am PDT | James Brasuell | "Mayor LaToya Cantrells administration is studying how to use a coming redesign of New Orleans public-transportation system to create housing, retail and public amenities along new transit routes in the city," reports Jessica Williams. "The transit-oriented communities City Hall wan...

KEC named development manager for Madinah Gate project RIYADH, 6 hours, 29 minutes ago Riyadh Capital Company has appointed Knowledge Economic City Company (KEC) as the development manager for its key project - Madinah Gate.    Announcing the deal for the management of Madinah Gate Fund Project Development, KEC said it was signed by the groups CEO Engineer Sami Al Makhdhoub and Riyad Capital CEO Sabti Al Sabti under the patronage of Prince Faisal bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Governor...

For USDOT, a Scientific Approach, and TOD Funds Robert C. Hampshire, Ph.D. Resurrecting a position that was abolished more than 40 years ago, the U.S. Department of Transportation is appointing a Chief Science Officer for the entire agency, and has taken additional steps “to act on the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to address the climate emergency and restore scientific integrity.” And the Federal Transit Administration has made available $10 million in TOD (transit-oriented de...