- Bogota’s former mayor discusses his city’s highly successful bus rapid transit system. But don’t call it a bus–it’s “Transmilenio” because the name makes it sexy. (WNYC)
- NYC Transit didn’t bother to fix trip-and-fall hazards on the edge of subway platforms, even after people were known to be getting hurt and falling onto the tracks. Heckuva job, guys! (Daily News)
- Obama is expected to announce plans to appoint a “cybersecurity czar” who will be the sheriff of the internets and make sure nobody hurts all the cute talking kittens–which is important, of course, but should we have privacy concerns? (Russia Today video and WaPo)
- A walkable 4000-acre live/work/play development is about to be built near Atlanta’s airport. (AJC)
- The Ohio rail commission has approved stimulus bucks for 22 railroad projects in that state, totaling almost $80 million. (Progessive Railroading via Building America’s Future)
- From Britain, a proposal to tax email (TAX EMAIL?!) to reduce spam and to pay for the expansion of our broadband infrastructure. (Ideas Blog)
- Five examples of architecturally ambitious public housing projects around the world, including a Picasso-inspired complex in France. (Flavorpill)
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[...] In other internet culture news, the president is apparently planning on appointing a cybersecurity czar. The czar “will have the most comprehensive mandate granted to such an official to date and will probably be a member of the National Security Council but will report to the national security adviser as well as the senior White House economic adviser”. The czar will also be tasked with making sure nobody hurts the talking kittens. (h/t INFRASTRUCTURIST) [...]