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    Uniform color cabs

    So DC has finally, after lots of thought and effort, decided to impose a uniform taxi color like NYC's: http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2013/05/01/new-cab-design-is-inspired-by-circulator-buses/ Question: Has Boston even ever considered this? If not, why? The city would stand...
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    Did East Cambridge have the world's first monorail?

    Much more here: http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/odmeig.Html
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    Portland car ownership drops dramatically

    Portland people, I thought you'd enjoy this: http://www.pressherald.com/opinion/portland-can-benefit-from-car-free-trends_2012-07-30.html "From 2004 to 2011, the number of registered passenger vehicles has declined in the city by 23 percent even as the population has grown. Registrations have...
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    MassDOT secretary: "We will build no more superhighways"

    http://dc.streetsblog.org/2012/10/10/massdot-secretary-we-will-build-no-more-superhighways/ This seems like it was already the de facto policy, but still sounds good?
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    Frank Gehry to scald Toronto eyes with aesthetic horror-show

    WTF!?!? Back story: Toronto is getting not one, but three new Gehry skyscrapers, and this is to be their base. See http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/frank-gehry-to-remake-david-mirvishs-king-street-in-toronto/article4577221/ Oh, they're demolishing a historic theatre to build this...
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    Radical 60s plans for Boston world's fair / floating neighborhood

    I didn't know where else on the forum to put this. Also, wow. EDIT: Found the images that accompanied the story here: http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2012/07/28/boston-lost-island-neighborhood/iQT5PsdwW6Jo0xX1WuH3XN/picture.html Holy Brutalpolis!
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    Bridges with buildings

    I caught some photos of a highway overpass in Columbus that had been fitted out with retail: I know something similar is being proposed for Mass. Ave., but why not do this for all bridges over the Mass. Pike, as a temporary measure? Is the cost of this kind of really minor air rights...
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    Almere, Netherlands

    We've all seen the images of Amsterdam's Java Island, which everyone considers a good prototype of what a contemporary Boston rowhouse could look like if an area like the Seaport had actually been developed along the same lines as the South End or Back Bay. Here's another Dutch planning...
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    Instant Bridges

    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/18/us/rapid-construction-techniques-transform-infrastructure-repair.html?hp Waiting for someone here to tell me the downside of this, and/or how unions are insidiously benefiting at the public's expense in some way despite this being as good as it sounds...
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    New Haven

    I searched for a New Haven thread as I thought there was one...but guess not. Anyway, this is sad. NH was planning to tear down its downtown highway (not sure why a city of its size ever thought it needed this) in a sort of Little Dig scheme, sensibly sans tunnel. Unfortunately, the idea got...
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    A car-free town in rural Maine?

    http://www.matternetwork.com/2012/2/maine-man-wants-build-car.cfm https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dfxsxhdw_251f75rgsg4 https://www.facebook.com/villageproject
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    Inside the mind of a NIMBY

    Ever wonder what NIMBYs are picturing when terms like "density" or "development" are thrown about? Look no further.
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    Boston Complete Streets Initiative

    Not my idea, though thought it was worth posting here: http://americancity.org/buzz/entry/2850/ http://www.bostoncompletestreets.org/
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    Lynn/Salem Revitalization Discussion

    Unsure where to put this so I started a separate thread: http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2010/08/05/lynn_and_salem_follow_different_paths_toward_resurgence/
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    Landmarking Brutalism

    Op-ed in today's Globe: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/07/30/landmark_decision/
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    Parking for scooters and motorcycles

    City unveils new motorized bike parking on Newbury St. Not sure if this is necessary; never had a problem with these things tied up on the sidewalk. http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/07/29/parking_bargain_lures_efficient_vehicles/
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    Remember how much worse it could be

    These photos will make you literally cry with affection for Boston: http://www.kunstler.com/Grunt_Atlanta%20Tour.html
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    Boston Harbor Flood Protection Projects

    Epic project proposed to link Boston's islands to prevent the city from being inundated by storm surges in the wake of ice cap melting: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/06/06/defending_boston_from_the_sea/
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    Amazing shit other cities get that Boston doesn't

    I'll start us off with this amazing bike parking facility slated to replace a real (car) parking lot in Philadelphia: http://inhabitat.com/2010/05/27/philadelphia-parking-lot-transformed-into-cycling-oasis/ Pwns the shit out of the Filene's sheep farm.
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    Jane Jacobs' great ideas have morphed into pettiness

    Some incisive anti-NIMBY rhetoric from Toronto: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/columnists/christie-blatchford/jane-jacobss-great-ideas-have-morphed-into-pettiness/article1506694/

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