10 American Cities Running Out Of Water?
Las Vegas, Nevada (Image credit: Wikimedia Commons) - – - 24/7 Wall St. evaluated a couple recent studies (from Ceres and the NRDC) and also conducted some of its own analysis, focusing on the 30...
View ArticleCaltrain is in Serious Trouble
(Image credit: Wikimedia Commons) - – - A few days ago, I began to see news that Caltrain will face a huge operating deficit starting this summer. However, the magnitude of that deficit didn’t sink in...
View ArticleClimate Change Hits Home
(Image credit: flickr user heidi.nutters, via SPUR) A recent report by SPUR entitled “Climate change hits home” addresses how we should plan to adapt to climate change in the Bay Area. The report...
View ArticleBART Seat Lab
Bay Area Rapid Transit, or BART is a common fixture in the lives of Bay Area California residents. The above-and-underground train network spans northward to Richmond, southward to Fremont, and...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Friday Video Series!
We have come across an increasing number of interesting and informative videos by local experts, tours of tiny houses or efficient buildings, and graphical explanations of how infrastructure works. We...
View ArticleToday is PARK(ing) Day!
You can find events in your area through the map on the Parkingday.org site. – - - What is PARK(ing) Day, you ask? According to Parkingday.org, PARK(ing) Day is a annual open-source global event where...
View ArticleA Year Ago on Zero Resource – November 2010
Blue Roofs Photo – The Elevator More Tiny Houses! Home Energy Improvements New LEED Draft Open for Comment For The Truly Nerdy – An ASHRAE Download 3rd Round of AC Transit Cuts Averted – For Now PCL’s...
View ArticleSnippets – City Infrastructure
Today, stories about developing and improving cities and their infrastructure. The City of Chicago announced the Chicago Infrastructure Trust, which will leverage private investment for retrofits...
View ArticleInteractive Map of ARPA-E Projects
ARPA-E (the Advance Research Projects Agency-Energy) has launched a new interactive project map that allows users to identify ARPA-E funded projects based on a project location and project type. You...
View ArticleAssorted Links
Berkeley, San Francisco, and Oakland have a proportionally higher stock of older housing than many East Coast and Midwestern cities that were founded and developed much earlier — places such as...
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