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About Bill Adams

Bill Adams is the founder and chief editor of UrbDeZine. He is also a partner in the San Diego law firm of Norton, Moore, & Adams, LLP. He has been involved with land use and urban renewal for nearly 25 years, both as a professional and as a personal passion. He currently sits on the boards or committees of ,The Public Interest Advocacy Collaborative, San Diego Historic Streetcars, The Food and Beverage Association of San Diego County, and the Heal the Gash Committee (reconnecting communities divided by freeways).

Coming closure of NYC’s L Train an opportunity for a demonstration project?

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http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2017/04/03/brooklyn_s_l_train_transit_crisis_will_require_buses_bikes_and_a_new_williamsburg.html?wpsrc=sh_all_mob_em_top

Slate’s Henry Grabar reports on how the 15 month planned closure of NYC’s much used L Train for repairs (starting in April 2019) is an opportunity to prioritize 14th St. for non-vehicular transportation (meaning buses, bikes, and pedestrians). This would open it up as an alternative for L Train riders and be a demonstration project for cities around the country.

In the Boroughs: Queens may yet take the High Line

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Queens high line: Park or Transit?

http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20121216/REAL_ESTATE/312169983

A half-century after the last commuter train ran along a 3.5-mile stretch of track connecting central Queens to the Rockaway peninsula, the fate of the badly deteriorated right of way that remains has suddenly become a hot topic. Read more: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20121216/REAL_ESTATE/312169983#ixzz2FGNddPV7

To Fight Climate Change, College Students Take Aim at the Endowment Portfolio

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Fossil fuel college divestment movement gains traction among students but will colleges follow?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/05/business/energy-environment/to-fight-climate-change-college-students-take-aim-at-the-endowment-portfolio.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&hpw&pagewanted=all&

Students are demanding that university endowment funds rid themselves of coal, oil and gas stocks in hopes of bringing climate change onto the national political agenda.

Opinion: A crisis far worse than the fiscal cliff – Jennifer Granholm

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More climate change math from Gov. J. Granholm

http://www.politico.com/story/2012/12/a-crisis-far-worse-than-the-fiscal-cliff-84649.html?hp=r4

Munich RE is an insurance company: what progressives often consider a methodical, calculating, machine using cold, heartless data to maximize profits. In a report to fellow insurance companies, Munich RE noted that the number of weather-related losses had quintupled over the past thirty years. In October, the company said, “Nowhere in the world…

Interest grows for major seascape projects to protect New York harbors from future storms

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A sampling of designs to protect New York Harbor from storm surges.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/interest-grows-major-seascape-projects-protect-new-york-harbors-article-1.1211607

Picture an 80-foot rock barrier rising from the Atlantic Ocean, stretching for 5 miles from Breezy Point, Queens, to Sandy Hook, N.J. — and topped with a new highway.

Bloomberg questions using fed disaster aid to protect New York’s subways from future flooding

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Maybe fed $ would be better spent on expanding subways & transit than flood protection but is it the same $?

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/bloomberg-questions-aid-protect-flooding-ny-subways-article-1.1210855?localLinksEnabled=false

Considering how quickly subway service was restored after Sandy, and the likelihood that it could be years before another mega storm strikes, it might be better to invest in expanding and improving the transit system, Bloomberg said.