(November 24, 2011) Not long ago, Canandaigua’s main street struggled like many others in the Finger Lakes region. Today, Main Street is booming and brimming with independent businesses. The bustle downtown during an opening holiday shopping event illuminated the downtown […]
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Budget deal in Congress includes elimination of high-speed r…
(November 16, 2011) Proposed federal funding for high speed rail has been nixed as part of a Congressional budget deal. Federal funding for Amtrak, however has been restored–a good thing considering that Amtrak’s ridership in numbers are up in the […]
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Will widened Tappan Zee Bridge spawn more sprawl?
(November 11, 2011) An engineer based in Airmont warns that a widened Tappan Zee Bridge will induce even more traffic and sprawling development. […]
continue readingTristate Transportation Campaign, regional funders offers gr…
(November 15, 2011) The Tristate Transportation Campaign, in partnership with several regional funders, is managing a new collaborative grants program to support advancement of transit-oriented development plans and projects. Read more about the Transit-centered Development grant program Read a press […]
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Bass Pro Shops coming to Syracuse Inner Harbor?
(November 11, 2011) New York State Canal Corporation has received three proposals for the redevelopment of Syracuse’s Inner Harbor. One of the three proposals involves the construction of a Bass Pro Shops outlet on the waterfront. Just last year, […]
continue readingAre block-lots the answer for shrinking cities, vacant prope…
(November 8, 2011) As “Rust Belt” cities accept their population shrinkage and advance “right-sizing” plans, one of the right-sizing tools just received significant coverage in The Atlantic. Block-lots, or blots, are created when house and landowners scoop up adjacent lots […]
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Buffalo planner dispels myths about his city, explains brigh…
(November 11, 2011) Chris Hawley is an urban planner in Buffalo, and got the chance recently to extol the virtues and debunk the myths of his city, and his city’s future, in Next American City. Citing the city’s solid and […]
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Red Hook bestowed state zoning innovation award
The Town of Red Hook received the 2011 Pomeroy Award for zoning excellence from the New York Planning Federation. The “Centers and Greenspace” zoning amendments, designed through an intermunicipal task force among the Town, the Village of Red Hook, and […]
continue readingHouse Transportation Committee Chair says focus high speed r…
(November 9, 2011) John Mica (R-FL), the powerful Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said this week, said that the country’s best chance to accomplish a high speed rail corridor is the northeast corridor from Boston to Washington, […]
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Syracuse Creekwalk winning many users and admirers
(November 7, 2011) Creekwalk in Syracuse, which roughly follows Onondaga Creek from downtown to Onondaga Lake, has a growing number of users and admirers, including a Post-Standard writer who eloquently shares why the trail is great, why it is important, […]
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