Taking the week off.
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April 22, 2008 by V Smoothe
A Better Oakland will return to regularly scheduled programming on Monday. Feel free to entertain yourselves in the comments section.
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2 Responses to “Taking the week off.”
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- len raphael: I would guess that as soon as real estate financing finds an equilibrium point, non-profit housing organization sponsored rental housing for lower income people...
- dto510: Navigator, there is a DTO streetcar study, it was a follow-up to the study that recommended Bus Rapid Transit along the Telegraph-International route. I think that CM...
- Navigator: A street car system in Oakland has to be done as a tourism/redevelopment endeavor. The transportation aspect would be a secondary benefit. The main benefit would be...
- Ken O: Limited funds is a stickler. I’m all for BRT, don’t get me wrong. I simply have train lust. Trains aren’t always great of course — BART/NYMTA can...
- livegreen: David, Thanks for your correction. Re. the mandates, what amazes me from Tom’s post is Oakland is permitting Moderate Income (MI) developments even below the...
- David: Correction: It’s not “interest-free” it’s tax-exempt, like most Muni bonds (except the new Build America Bonds, which I suspect this is). The...
- livegreen: Has Oakland tried using Recovery Zone Facility Bond for any new/existing DT high-rises? If other cities are getting interest free bonds for such projects, why...
- Aaron Priven: I think some of Ken O’s points are (understandably) confusing streetcars, which are generally small vehicles about the same size as a bus, and light rail...
- Becks: Max (and anyone who’s interested) – I posted the photos of the Eindhoven Airport BRT system here, at the bottom of the post: http://oaklandliving.wordpr...
- Ralph: LG, the one key piece of information the builder whether they are high or low margin still needs to preserve the margin. The highend developer can provide your IZ but to...
- dto510: While I support studying a streetcar, I would like to point that empirical evidence does not support the ‘rail is better than bus’ arguments that Ken I...
- livegreen: Ralph, I’m not of a mind that we should have IZ. I’m just trying to learn more before I make a decision. If there is more margin to do IZ, it seems to me...
Oh noes!!!
Where am I going to get my fix for the next week?? Have mercy on us lowly readers and commenters, V! Have a great week off.
V -
Have a great week away! I took a mere weekend and despite camping in the freezing cold, I had a great, relaxing time away from Oakland.
Besides, the comments have become more and more entertaining since I first started reading ABO.
Cheers,
Joanna