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Category Archives: Urban Issues
You got the mother and the kid…
… you got the guy and his date. So sang the Violent Femmes back in the 1980s. Well, I’ve been taking the bus to and from work for the past week or so. I’ve been kind of anti-RIPTA in the … Continue reading
Tearing Down Trees for a “Green” Building
I’m all for biking and green buildings, but Zane’s Cycles in Branford, CT has taken the cake. They have torn down a bunch of trees to build a “green” building for their bike shop. The bike shop has been growing … Continue reading
Promoting Public Transit while Promoting Environmentalism
I came across this great idea while reading through some new blogs. It’s an advertisement on the sides of buses that promotes the bus as an attack vehicle against global warming. It’s a no brainer really. A full bus, or … Continue reading
ProJo got it right for once
The Providence Journal has a great editorial today about mass transit issues in Rhode Island. RIPTA, the public transit system (buses) in the state, is going through a financial crisis, one seemingly worse than their annual crisis. Unfortunately, the governor, … Continue reading
Why $4+ Gas is a Good Thing
Gas is expensive. That’s a no brainer. Most people are bemoaning the increased prices in gasoline and pushing the government to do something about it. However, I don’t have a problem with expensive gas. Now before you go and accuse … Continue reading
US Traffic Congestion is Bad
If the title couldn’t be any more obvious. Highways and roads in metropolitan areas across the country are at or above capacity and the problem is only getting worse. Living in the Northeast, I do experience traffic, but it’s nothing … Continue reading
Walkable neighborhoods are important
While perusing CNN.com this afternoon, I came across an article called “Walking hard for many exercisers“. My initial reaction was “that’s ridiculous… they’re just being lazy”. Upon opening the article, I realized that my first impression was very wrong. In … Continue reading
Overnight On-Street Parking
Overnight on-street parking is a seemingly silly issue to be writing about. I mean, this shouldn’t even be something anyone would need to discuss. Unless, of course, you live in Providence. You see, Providence has this silly ordinance that says … Continue reading
Boston v. Providence… one man’s opinion
Ok, so somehow, the W Hotel/110 Westminster thread on UrbanPlanet has become a Providence v. Boston thread. It’s very unfortunate that this has happened. Since it’s off-topic for that thread, I’ll write about it here. Keep in mind that these … Continue reading
The future of Eagle Square
I don’t really have a whole lot to report on the meeting. It was actually what I worried it would become, more of a bitch-fest against “gentrification”, though that term was not used. Here’s my notes and thoughts on the … Continue reading