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Benevolent Dictator or Democracy?

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Since all of Oak Cliff is spending all of their litigious days toiling away on facebook, I though I might pose a question I raised in one of the endless and countless threads about Oak Cliff development.  It’s one that I don’t believe has an answer: We could argue that more [business owners] need to […]

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Talking Headways Podcast: Building Relationships to Build a Better City

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This week’s guest is Janne Flisrand, an independent consultant and writer at Streets.mn. In her work as a “network weaver,” Janne thinks about how to elevate different voices and make sure everyone in a movement has a place to share their expertise and opinions. In this episode we talk about the importance of relationships in cities — between neighbors and between elected [...]

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Parking and the Lizard Brain

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“When it comes to parking, people’s mental activity drops to a lower level.”  Parking guru and recently retired professor from UCLA, Donald Shoup. —————————————- I thought it worthwhile to post this article and this story/radio piece about parking in LA and like all things urban, the counter-intuitive nature of how it really works. The first […]

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Newark Clears Bike Lane of Cars, Solves Parking Problem With Meters Instead

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Newark’s stopgap solution to a parking crunch was to allow parking in the bike lane (see upper right). Since then it’s found a more sensible option: meters. Photo: WalkBikeJersey Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. Three months after Newark drew national [...]

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