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Sign the Petition: Improve America's Walk Score

Submitted by norabeck on Thu, 07/17/2008 - 2:52pm.

In partnership with Transportation for America, Walk Score has created an online petition to tell Congress to support walking, biking and transit in the 2009 Transp

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Video: CEOs for Cities' Driven to the Brink

Submitted by norabeck on Wed, 07/16/2008 - 9:03pm.
Check out this fun video from CEOs for Cities:
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Energy Prices Spurring "Reversal of Desirability"

Submitted by norabeck on Wed, 06/25/2008 - 8:19pm.

Great article by Peter Goodman in today's New York Times, "Rethinking the Country

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Write Your Senator Today on the Lieberman-Warner Bill!

Submitted by norabeck on Thu, 06/05/2008 - 3:46pm.

As the senate continues debate on the Lieberman-Warner Bill today, please consider sending a message to your Senator in support of the bill, but also urge them to increase the proport

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OK City says OK to Freeway Teardown

Submitted by norabeck on Thu, 05/15/2008 - 4:35pm.

USA Today reports that the aging Crosstown Expressway in Oklahoma City will be demolished in 2012. The Crosstown Expressway is an elevated 4.5-mile stretch of Interstate 40.

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Hartford, New Haven Contemplate Freeway Teardown

Submitted by norabeck on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 9:19pm.

Norman Garrick, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the Center for Transportation and Urban Planning at the University of Connecticut, and CNU Board member poste

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Local Austin News Coverage of CNU XVI

Submitted by norabeck on Thu, 04/10/2008 - 3:15pm.

Here's a series of clips from local Austin news outlets covering CNU XVI. Thanks "russrhea" for posting to YouTube!

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Big Dig's Big Bad Example

Submitted by norabeck on Fri, 03/14/2008 - 10:11pm.

Noah Bierman, in the Boston Globe piece, 'No Big Dig Copycats' notes that the $15 billion dollar tunnel

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Former DOT Engineer Supports Buffalo Boulevard

Submitted by norabeck on Mon, 02/25/2008 - 10:28pm.

Joe Tocke, former transportation engineer with the NYSDOT, wrote a great opinion piece in the Buffalo News last Friday,

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Buffalo's Top Scribe: "Wall-Like Road Makes No Sense"

Submitted by norabeck on Wed, 01/30/2008 - 7:37pm.

Donn Esmonde weighs in on the waterfront debate again this week with his commentary in the Buffalo News, "Route 5 barricade heads to c

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