Lots of good reading for this weekend. Don't miss Item Six if you're a fan of absurd humor.ITEM ONE: Deputy Dog (photo credit) went all out on this post about where different vehicles go once they are decomissioned. Kind of makes me wonder if there's a forest of defunct CTA train cars somewhere in Chicagoland...
ITEM TWO: According to APTA, "when compared to other household actions that limit carbon dioxide (CO2), taking public transportation can be more than ten times [more effective] in reducing this greenhouse gas."
ITEM THREE: I *heart* Jane Jacobs, but I really strongly do not *heart* how her message has been co-opted and bastardized over the years. This wonderful and succinct piece from New York magazine sets the record straight. (Found via Neighbors Project's excellent daily Neighbor News report -- a must-read for anyone interested in gentrification!)
ITEM FOUR: A trust fund for affordable housing, first proposed in the 1980s, may finally be on its way to becoming a reality. (Here are some more good ideas about the subject).
ITEM FIVE: Wendy Waters speculates about an urban baby boom over at All About Cities.
ITEM SIX: Some guerilla urban art on the CTA trains that'll give you a good laugh. Cut, paste, and try it in your city. The more ridiculous, the better!
ITEM SEVEN: Can Second Life actually improve real-world physical environments? Here's the first compelling argument I've read that says "yes."
Have a great weekend!
(Photo from Flickr user shadeofmelon.)
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I know of a thicket of retired CTA rail cars down in Union, IL at the Illinois Railway Museum, which also has a derelict yard of its own for tons of rolling stock that sits rusting away. Most of the CTA cars you can actually ride and they've got an old L station there too.
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