Day: January 25, 2010
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This Week in Livable Streets Events
Last week, many of you came out to support Streetsblog at its first birthday party. This week, lend a hand to efforts to make the Bay Bridge accessible for all users, redirect funds from the Oakland Airport Connector to struggling local transit agencies, and raise money to help those affected by the Haiti earthquake. Here … Continued
January 25, 2010
The Urban Core as Regional Economic Indicator
The importance of core urban areas to a region's economy is the
subject of a post today from the always thoughtful Aaron Renn, who
blogs at The Urbanophile.
Renn examines data that suggest job growth (or decline) in a metro
region's core counties is a good indicator for the overall health of
those regions. Renn argues that it's important to keep a close eye on
what's happening in the urban core in order to forestall the kind of
catastrophic decline we've seen in places like Detroit and Cleveland.
January 25, 2010