(archives) "Harry Davis for Rochester City Council" (last year's story)

Submitted by hdavis on Sun, 07/04/2010 - 12:32

Harry Davis for Rochester City Council (last year's story)

This post has some good information on it.
Please click here to see all the pics:
http://www.rochestersubway.com/topics/2009/08/harry_davis_for_rochester_...
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Harry Davis on High Speed Rail
http://www.harrydavis2010.com/node/5
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John Robert Smith on Transit Oriented Development

Report: U.S. May Have Been Abused During Formative Years

Submitted by hdavis on Sun, 07/04/2010 - 09:56

Report: U.S. May Have Been Abused During Formative Years
The Onion
June 21, 2006 | ISSUE 46•26 ISSUE 42•25

http://www.theonion.com/articles/report-us-may-have-been-abused-during-f...

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Is this the sustainable city of the future?

Submitted by hdavis on Sun, 07/04/2010 - 00:49

Is this the sustainable city of the future?
According to a New York design group, this is how tomorrow's metropolis may look – just don't ask how it will work

Rowan Moore The Observer, Sunday 4 July 2010 Article history

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jul/04/sustainability-design-...

Bring out the blimp: design group Terreform One's impression of a city in which people hop on and off blimps fitted with hanging seats.

Myths of Austerity

Submitted by hdavis on Fri, 07/02/2010 - 23:15

By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: July 1, 2010

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/opinion/02krugman.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

When I was young and naïve, I believed that important people took positions based on careful consideration of the options. Now I know better. Much of what Serious People believe rests on prejudices, not analysis. And these prejudices are subject to fads and fashions.

Obama to expand broadband Internet across U.S.

Submitted by hdavis on Fri, 07/02/2010 - 22:03

Obama to expand broadband Internet across U.S.

By Reid Davenport | McClatchy Newspapers

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/07/02/96983/obama-to-expand-broadband-in...

WASHINGTON — More than a year after Congress passed the economic stimulus package, President Barack Obama announced that $795 million of that money will go toward expanding Internet access across the country to provide jobs and improve communication.

Obama's plan, announced Friday, will allocate more than $1 billion for installing broadband Internet across the country.

What Ever Happened to Public Transportation?

Submitted by hdavis on Fri, 07/02/2010 - 18:26

What Ever Happened to Public Transportation?

John RobbinsAuthor of The New Good Life, Diet For A New America, and many other bestsellers
Posted: July 2, 2010 09:24 AM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-robbins/what-ever-happened-to-pub_b_6...

US Bicycle Route System begins connecting America

Submitted by hdavis on Fri, 07/02/2010 - 18:08

US Bicycle Route System begins connecting America
July 02, 2010
http://fastlane.dot.gov/2010/07/us-bicycle-route-system-begins-connectin...

If you're traveling by car or airplane this 4th of July weekend and would rather be packing your luggage onto your bike, you may be interested in the US Bicycle Route System.

How The Media Gets High Speed Rail Wrong

Submitted by hdavis on Fri, 07/02/2010 - 17:59

How The Media Gets High Speed Rail Wrong
Jul 2nd, 2010 | Posted by Robert Cruickshank
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2010/07/how-the-media-gets-high-speed-rail-wron...

There were two important high speed rail reports released this week in California. One of them, by CALPIRG, showed how HSR is a clear success around the world, having no trouble meeting its ridership goals and improving transportation. The other, by the Berkeley Institute for Transportation Studies, questioned some of the assumptions of the HSR ridership study.

Bill Cala's vision for Rochester

Submitted by hdavis on Thu, 07/01/2010 - 23:12

Bill Cala's vision for Rochester
May 14, 2010

http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/news/opinion/2010/05/Bill-Calas-vi...
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Where Does Harry Bronson Stand On Mayoral Control?
http://www.harrydavis2010.com/node/268
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Harry Davis & The Media
http://www.harrydavis2010.com/node/326
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Slaughter: $2.5 million allocated for intermodal station

Submitted by hdavis on Thu, 07/01/2010 - 21:48

Slaughter: $2.5 million allocated for intermodal station
Staff reports • July 1, 2010
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20100701/NEWS01/100701056/Sl...

Rochester is one step closer to beginning development of a new high-speed rail-ready intermodal train station, according to Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-Fairport.

Slaughter said in a statement Thursday that $2.5 million has passed a key benchmark in Congress and is being directed to the city of Rochester to begin planning and design an intermodal station.

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