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		<title>Study Links Quality Urbanism to Happiness :)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Finally, a scientific explanation for the feeling of depression I get from suburban environments dominated by Applebee&#8217;s, OfficeMax and eight-lane thoroughfares. According to a new study published in Urban Affairs Review, urban design can have a measurable effect on how people feel. Researchers at the University of West Virginia and the University of South Carolina <a href=http://streetsblog.net/2012/02/03/study-links-quality-urbanism-to-happiness/>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Congestion, envy and equity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority plans to add two lanes to MoPac between Lady Bird Lake and Parmer Lane.  The cool part of the plan is that it intends to use dynamic congestion pricing &#8211; i.e., the toll will fluctuate as necessary to keep traffic in the the tolled lanes flowing at 50 mph.   The six existing lanes <a href=http://streetsblog.net/2012/02/03/congestion-envy-and-equity/>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Even More Reasons to Abhor the House Transportation Bill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Want to make your community more walkable and bikeable? Maybe you&#8217;ve heard by now, the transportation bill put forward by House leadership is basically a worst case scenario, gutting programs like Safe Routes to School. Let&#8217;s put aside the fact that it attempts to solve funding shortfalls by drilling for oil in the Arctic National <a href=http://streetsblog.net/2012/02/02/even-more-reasons-to-abhor-the-house-transportation-bill/>[...]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://streetsblog.net/2012/02/02/even-more-reasons-to-abhor-the-house-transportation-bill/</link>
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		<title>Blumenauer, DeFazio blast Republicans over transpo bill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oregon Congressmen Earl Blumenauer and Peter DeFazio are pulling no punches when it comes to leveling criticism at the House transportation bill that was released yesterday. Referring to it as the, &#8220;Republican Highway and Transportation Bill,&#8221; Blumenauer said in an official statement, &#8220;I am appalled at the fantasy finance scheme Republicans are proposing.&#8221; Blumenauer is <a href=http://streetsblog.net/2012/02/02/blumenauer-defazio-blast-republicans-over-transpo-bill/>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Austin&#8217;s Urban Success Threatens Its Iconic Music Venues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nightlife and urban living &#8212; they seem to go hand in hand. But while the success of entertainment venues can draw residents to urban areas, a city made famous by its eclectic music scene is seeing pressure from new residents to quiet things down. Network blog The Overhead Wire says that Austin, Texas lost a <a href=http://streetsblog.net/2012/02/01/austins-urban-success-threatens-its-iconic-music-venues/>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Horrible Surface Transportation Bill Unveiled Today — Bicycle Programs Eliminated</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Moments ago, Congressman John Mica (R-FL) announced the introduction of the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act. The proposed bill eliminates dedicated funding for bicycling and walking as we feared, and it goes much further and systematically removes bicycling from the Federal transportation program. It basically eliminates our status and standing in the planning and <a href=http://streetsblog.net/2012/02/01/horrible-surface-transportation-bill-unveiled-today-%e2%80%94-bicycle-programs-eliminated/>[...]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://streetsblog.net/2012/02/01/horrible-surface-transportation-bill-unveiled-today-%e2%80%94-bicycle-programs-eliminated/</link>
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		<title>Even Some Republicans Don&#8217;t Like the House GOP&#8217;s Oil Drilling Plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember how NRDC&#8217;s Deron Lovaas said the new transportation bill proposed by House Republicans is &#8220;a march of horribles&#8220;? Well, he wasn&#8217;t exaggerating. This bill, which attempts to make up for the country&#8217;s stagnant gas tax by squeezing revenue from domestic oil drilling, takes the concept of sustainability (environmental, fiscal and otherwise) and strives to <a href=http://streetsblog.net/2012/01/31/even-some-republicans-dont-like-the-house-gops-oil-drilling-plan/>[...]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://streetsblog.net/2012/01/31/even-some-republicans-dont-like-the-house-gops-oil-drilling-plan/</link>
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		<title>Smart Growth is Good Sense, Not Partisan Politics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Smart growth has gotten a bad rap as a “liberal” plan that inhibits development and economic growth, while it forces people to live in overly-densely populated areas through restrictive polices.  Some opponents have cited the intrusive polices proposed in the United Nations Agenda 21, which was presented at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment <a href=http://streetsblog.net/2012/01/31/smart-growth-is-good-sense-not-partisan-politics/>[...]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://streetsblog.net/2012/01/31/smart-growth-is-good-sense-not-partisan-politics/</link>
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		<title>Kickstarting a &#8220;Narrow Streets&#8221; Community in Rural Maine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s one version of an urbanist&#8217;s dream: a 125-acre sanctuary where walking and biking are the primary mode of transportation; a community of narrow streets where cars don&#8217;t intrude. Well, one man is seeking to make that vision a reality rural Maine. Tracy Gayton, a former Maine banker, has given his vision the title Piscataquis <a href=http://streetsblog.net/2012/01/30/kickstarting-a-narrow-streets-community-in-rural-maine/>[...]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://streetsblog.net/2012/01/30/kickstarting-a-narrow-streets-community-in-rural-maine/</link>
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		<title>Conscientious Objectors: Long Beach Shuns ‘Motordom’, Strives To Become America’s Most Bike-Friendly City</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While America demonstrates incredible geographic and social diversity, its cities have become far too similar. This found homogeneity is the bi-product of many layered public and private policies reinforcing what author Peter Norton calls Motordom, and it’s adversely affecting not just suburbs, but cities too. Without breaking the inertia of 100 years of applied Motordom, <a href=http://streetsblog.net/2012/01/30/conscientious-objectors-long-beach-shuns-%e2%80%98motordom%e2%80%99-strives-to-become-america%e2%80%99s-most-bike-friendly-city/>[...]</a>]]></description>
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