Category: Economics
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Pave, Baby, Pave!
Madison: A city hardwiring itself for mandatory driving, mandatory energy gluttony, mandatory dirty water, mandatory flooding. Pave, Baby, PAVE!
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Cycle Chic and Urban Revival
It’s happening…the hipsters are taking over the world, and infiltrating the fashion world! Next thing you know, bloomers will be back in vogue! The whole bike fashionista thing has long been brewing here in Madison, and the best viewing perches are Cafe Zoma and Mermaid Cafe on the East Side, and, of course, any cafe…
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‘Sleeper’ items on Tuesday Council Agenda: Before the Pave, the Pipe
Below is an excellent little analysis of a couple of items destined to be rubber stamped by our paving council this evening. This comes from a small local listserv*: On just about every City Council Agenda you’ll find ‘sleeper’ items — seemingly innocuous — but which have huge implications in future. Twenty-or forty-years from now,…
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How Bad Planning Reduces IQ…and Pay
Denser cities do better economically. Why? Because they bring people together, through proximity & design.
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Americans Ditching Deathmobiles in Droves
Americans scrapped more cars than they bought over the past 15 years — Wooooooh-Hooooo!!!!!