Harvey Gantt Cashes in on Jim Black Building Urban Transit, Big frickin? surprise. The Charlotte Business Journa.l reports that the former Charlotte mayor's firm will help design the $46m. Uptown building for UNCC, state funds for which were secured by former Speaker and convicted felon Jim Black. More: The center city campus building will house classrooms, lecture halls, a 300-seat auditorium, faculty offices, an art gallery, an outdoor plaza, a small bookstore and a coffee shop. Rodgers Builders Inc. of Charlotte will serve as the project's construc.

Freeway Park Presentation This Afternoon Downtown! The HABEAS INDEX presents: PARK 101, Thursday, July 24 12:30 - 1:30 PM Informal lunchtime discussion with Project Managers Gaurav Srivastava and Mike Williams, + Intern Program participants Gustavo Alejandro Garcia.rik Olsson. 5:00 - 7:30 PM Reception and public forum, question and answer period with the EDAW Team + urban designer Simon Pastucha. PARK 101, the focus of EDAW's 2008 Intern Program (www.edaw.com), is a proposed visionary urban design solution to cap the half-mile length. Tickets.

Sub Federal Efforts To Reduce Oil Dependency Begin To Take Off Columbus, Various states and cities in North America are adopting legislation to target specific goals reducing their carbon footprints and they are ahead of the game compared to their federal counterparts. The projects highlight a display of creativity and appear feasible if only because they all have clear, measurable targets. Authorities at sub federal level who are taking action to reduce their carbon footprint or draw up plans to account.r peak oil generally are motivated by concerns for their.

Car-free Market Street in San Francisco Ticket, A proposal to shut Market Street to cars is re-emerging, according to this from SFGate: Fight brews over plan to shut Market Street The evidence on pedestrian and transit malls is not uniform, but it is important to distinguish causation and correlation. Which pedestrian malls failed because of lack of cars, and which malls were pedestrianized because there was already a decline underway this technique was hoping, but failed, to correct. In Planning for Place and Plexus we discuss the issue.

A ?Good? Conflict of Interests? Urban Transit at Columbus, Butterfly on Scarlet Milkweed (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Saturday night was the WSGA pool party where there was a little bit of frolicking going on. We had a good time together spending almost too much time in the water where my fingers looked like not just raisins, but dehydrated? ones. It was a great feeling when we were wrapped in our arms and legs together, trying to stay afloat with those noodles. But what felt even better was how hot his lips were when we were kissing. We were supposed to recon.

Operation Hydra Air Force disaster relief training, flying all over California, GWB .&.me? With all of us internet buffs getting such a wide selection of interesting articles in our inboxes each day, why should you bother to read this story ? which is, after all, rather long? Because it is a detailed account of the state of our armed forces? readiness capabilities in case of a natural disaster or terrorist attack here in America ? and also anywhere else on the globe. This is important information to know. Plus. Urban Transit tickets.

Emergency Evacuation Planning For Special Needs Populations Inadequate Columbus ticket broker, Emergency Evacuation Planning For Special Needs Populations Inadequate July 24th, 2008 Millions of people each day rely on transit, yet few urban area emergency plans have focused on its role in an emergency evacuation, says a new report from the National Research Council's Transportation Research Board. Transit systems could play a significant role in transporting carless and special needs populations in times of emergency, but these groups are inadequately addressed in most local emergency .

Ridin' the rails. Clickety Clack. ?I?ve been workin? on the railroad, All the live long day. I've been workin? on the railroad, Just to pass the time away. Don't you hear the whistle blowing? Rise up so early in the morn. Don't you hear the captain shouting ?Dinah, blow your horn? Quaint words from a bygone era, no doubt. Unfortunately, not everybody leaves the choo-choos back in the memories of childhood long ago. Oh no, there are those, especially politicians, that can't keep trains a fond remembrance. They feel the need . ticket brokers.

RTD and FasTracks: 4 letters Re'RTD might raise fares, charge for parking? July 20 news story. You have to be kidding me - $4 gas and RTD still has falling revenues? As an avid RTD rider who quit riding the rails over the expense, inconvenience of parking, and longer commute times for riders, I will tell RTD how to increase revenue: Do you see all those people on the interstate? They are driving because it is still cheaper to drive your car than to ride the bus. For the average commuter, it costs about $5, takes.tickets.

Militant Update: Oh Crap! It's Finally Ready. tickets, Over a year since he first blogged about it, and some eight months since he wrote about the last visible activity on it, the long-awaited JCDecaux automatic pay toilet at the (M) Vermont/Santa Monica Metro Red Line station is finally operational. The Militant saw it while passing through the East Hollywood area en route to his compound this afternoon. In fact, he asked the maintenance dude on the right.".Is it ready.".and halfway through the Militant's question, he said.".Yeah, it's ready.".