via Streetsblog, some nice news:
HUD funds have traditionally gone for public or affordable housing with little regard to whether it was located accessible to public transit or jobs. Conversely, major road or transit projects have received federal transportation assistance with an apparently blind eye to whether they connect working class people to jobs or serve housing projects.…
The Cabinet secretaries said they’re launching a “Sustainable Communities Initiative” with a joint fund to encourage, through a competitive process, metro regions to develop integrated housing, land use and transportation plans, focused also on energy savings and greenhouse gas reduction.
Slightly unrelated, Happy Earth Day! And I wish I had energy today to go to the Museum of the City of New York, as they’re giving free admission today because of Earth Day, and their “Growing and Greening New York” exhibition looks really interesting.
Actually, it’s not all that interesting. Well, the museum is but that exhibit is not all that great. It’s more about green energy in general, rather than the actual greening of New York, and I found that anybody who has even a little bit of knowledge about CFLs would find it under-informative.
By the way, the MCNY is suggested admission, like the Met. Also, it’s free if you live in the neighborhood. Which you sort of do, I guess…..
Oh. Oops! Thanks – good to know!