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Manhattan is still looking at a congestion charge for south of 60th Street

Brandon Donnelly

We talk a lot about congestion charges and road pricing on this blog. I found 46 that were tagged with “road pricing.” In total, this current pricing scheme is expected to generate an additional $1 billion in annual revenue for the city’s transportation authority. Here’s a list of some of those posts.

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Happenings

SW Oregon Architect

The week was equally busy and eventful for me on both the work and home fronts, so I’ll keep things brief and breezy with today’s blog post. City Hall = The Former EWEB Headquarters I’ve chronicled the interminable and almost comically tragic saga of a new, yet-to-be-realized Eugene City Hall for more than a decade now on this blog.

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Reflections on Year 1 in New York City [3]

A Better Built Environment

Walking and Biking became the primary form of transportation as people stayed away from the subway and most stuck close to home. Kids were running around playing laser tag. It made urban spaces incredibly pleasant. Streets were calm and safe. Parks were dominated by the sounds of nature rather than the traffic surrounding them.

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Why Didn't We Do This Sooner? Singing the Praises of Virtual Meetings

Community Architect

Their names were on the display, no need to read a name tag across the room. I have participated in a large transportation conference which, when held in person, was very confusing with its many concurrent events and sessions. Remote work from home is hard on downtowns as I have described in various blog articles before.

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Can the scars of the "Highway to Nowhere" be healed?

Community Architect Daily

I wrote about this highway on this blog under the title " the ultimate insult" in 2016. Maryland officials have their eyes on this 1970s testament of failed transportation and want to remove Baltimore City’s “Highway to Nowhere,” the 1.3 There are brief moments in history where everything seems possible.

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Book Reviews: Robert Moses and Harry Weese - Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Likewise his commitment to transportation solutions that focused on the automobile at the expense of mass transportation is dismissed as reflecting federal funding priorities of the times. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.' I try and keep things light and share a thing or two about what I think I know.

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Building Science, Climate Change and The Pretty Good House (Transcript)

EntreArchitect

So as much as 50 percent of global warming agents are related to construction, either the manufacturer transportation, construction or operating emissions. I blog occasionally at GreenBuildingAdvisor.com , which really should be called building science advisor. Tag Me at EntreArchitect 4. Tag Al at Inside the Firm and 5.