And the Best Street Transformation of 2016 Is…
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Pittsburgh's Strawberry Way captured the most votes. Rochester's Inner Loop highway removal captured the editor's choice award.
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Vote for the Best Street Transformation of 2016
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Street redesigns from Oakland, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, San Francisco, Rochester and Chicago are competing for the title.
How Job Sprawl Robs People of Time, Money, and Economic Opportunity
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What's the cost of a long commute? If you're struggling to make ends meet, spending hours each day just to get to work can not only cost you time, it can also be a major barrier to economic mobility.
Talking Headways Podcast: Escobar’s Escalator
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Did you go to the World Urban Forum in Medellín, Colombia, last week? Neither did your hosts Jeff Wood and I, but we sure found a lot to say about it anyway on this week’s Talking Headways podcast. Medellín’s remarkable urban transformation — undertaken in the midst of war — has gotten a lot of […]
Rochester Wins 2014 Parking Madness Title and Claims the Golden Crater
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An asphalt scar in Rochester, New York, has triumphed over 15 of the world’s worst parking craters to become the Parking Madness 2014 champion. It was a surprising run. Who would have guessed a couple of weeks ago that this scrappy upstart would prevail over some of the sprawliest, most highway-marred urban spaces in North America? […]
It’s Rochester vs. Jacksonville in the Parking Madness Championship!
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Forget Huskies vs. Wildcats — today is all about parking crater vs. parking crater. Through 14 matches pitting some of the most hideous parking expanses in the world against each other, two cities are still standing: Rochester and Jacksonville. These are the worst of the worst downtown asphalt scars. But only one city can claim […]