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Mammoth’s excellent series of posts covering any and all topics on The Infrastructural City recently touched on chapter 5 – Blocking All Lanes, the first of the book’s section on the fabric of this city of networked infrastructure. Mammoth notes a couple of big themes from the chapter, each with profound implications for how cities

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Adaptation in housing, organically

A few housing-related tidbits that I’ve accumulated over the past week.

Richard Layman laments the lack of quality development, noting the difficulties involved with larger scale infill projects, especially when compared against smaller scale renovation projects of single rowhouses or small apartment buildings. The smaller scale renovations take on a more organic character, while the scale

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As Financial Industry Challenges Crowd-Funding Model for Real Estate, Fundrise Eyes New Markets – Next City 2013/06/18
OK - I think crowdfunding a million-dollar infill real estate project is one thing, but multi-billion dollar infrastructure projects is probably a whole 'nother scale.
Seriously, We Have to Stop Giving Away Free Parking to the Disabled - Emily Badger - The Atlantic Cities 2013/06/18
And this doesn't even get into the fraud potential with these disabled placards.
Human Transit: how to (not) sound elitist when discussing transit 2013/06/18
Excellent discussion of the disconnect between architects/designers and transit planners. This gap leads to things like Arlington's one million dollar bus stop.
Slow Jam – Next City 2013/06/17
Fascinating story about buses in Lima. Includes formal vs. informal transit, confusion via many private operators, and challenges in planning for future infrastructure.
The Politics of Dumb Infrastructure | StarTribune.com 2013/06/12
Proof of payment for mass transit: The best way. 2013/06/12
Matt Yglesias discovers the operational benefits and cost-effectiveness of POP fare collection.
Malls: the long goodbye | west north 2013/06/11
We barely knew ye.
Riders try out Metro’s new stainless steel fare gates - The Washington Post 2013/06/07
The obsession with stainless steel continues.
When i say "city"... / fake is the new real 2013/06/07
I remember seeing this scroll across my twitter feed in real time. Great stuff.
Venn Diagram: Why Conservatives Hate Citi Bike -- Daily Intelligencer 2013/06/06
I do love a good Venn Diagram.

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