Blogosphere: Value Capture & Dulles Extension, Honolulu Rail Fight, HSR & Airports, Hubs Of Manufacturing
August 21, 2012
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Blogosphere: Value Capture and Dulles Extension
DC Streetsblog
The failure of Atlanta's transportation ballot measure late last month led to speculation among many analysts about what the vote meant for other regions across the country looking for ways to fund infrastructure projects...
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The failure of Atlanta's transportation ballot measure late last month led to speculation among many analysts about what the vote meant for other regions across the country looking for ways to fund infrastructure projects...
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Blogosphere: Taxing Transit In Toronto, Bike & Pedestrian Safety Stats, Arenas & Economic Development, Economics Of Walkability
August 10, 2012
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Blogosphere: Amtrak CEO Takes Bite Out Of Criticism
Politico Pro
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica is lovin' it - but Amtrak sure isn't. Mica's press event last week, held outside a Hill-area McDonald's to highlight the railroad's food and beverage service, "did damage our reputation," Amtrak President and CEO Joe Boardman wrote to employees in a memo obtained by POLITICO....
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica is lovin' it - but Amtrak sure isn't. Mica's press event last week, held outside a Hill-area McDonald's to highlight the railroad's food and beverage service, "did damage our reputation," Amtrak President and CEO Joe Boardman wrote to employees in a memo obtained by POLITICO....
News: Altanta Rejects Tax, LA To Vote On Streetcars, Distracted Pedestrians, Walkability & Elderly, Internet & Small Towns
August 1, 2012
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Atlanta: Voters reject transportation tax
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Distrustful of government and riven by differences, metro Atlanta voters on Tuesday rejected a $7.2 billion transportation plan that business leaders have called an essential bulwark against regional decline....
Read On Los Angeles: Downtown L.A. Streetcars Face Ballot Test Los Angeles…
Distrustful of government and riven by differences, metro Atlanta voters on Tuesday rejected a $7.2 billion transportation plan that business leaders have called an essential bulwark against regional decline....
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Blogosphere: Walk Appeal Standard, Paying People To Bike To Work, Reality Of Transit-Jobs Link In Utah
July 26, 2012
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Blogosphere: Walk Appeal, New Standard for Sheds
Original Green
Walk Appeal promises to be a major new tool for understanding and building walkable places, and it explains several things that were heretofore either contradictory or mysterious...
Read On Blogosphere: Should We Pay People to Bike to Work Boston Magazine
This morning, it took me 40 minutes to drive 3.5 miles from my house in Jamaica Plain to my office by Symphony Hall. That's about 5 miles per hour..
Walk Appeal promises to be a major new tool for understanding and building walkable places, and it explains several things that were heretofore either contradictory or mysterious...
Read On Blogosphere: Should We Pay People to Bike to Work Boston Magazine
This morning, it took me 40 minutes to drive 3.5 miles from my house in Jamaica Plain to my office by Symphony Hall. That's about 5 miles per hour..
Blogosphere: State DOT Wishes, Parking & TOD, War On Cars, Cities Vs. Suburbs, Urban Sustainability, Suburban Jobs
July 25, 2012
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Blogosphere: State DOTs Got Congress to Grant Wishes
DC Streetsblog
Bike and pedestrian funding got slashed. Federal assistance for transit operations was rejected. Even the performance measures - arguably the high point of the recently passed federal transportation bill..
Read On Blogosphere: More Spontaneity Can Mean More Jobs Seattle Transit Blog
A frequently cited rationale for proposed zoning changes in Seattle's South Lake…
Bike and pedestrian funding got slashed. Federal assistance for transit operations was rejected. Even the performance measures - arguably the high point of the recently passed federal transportation bill..
Read On Blogosphere: More Spontaneity Can Mean More Jobs Seattle Transit Blog
A frequently cited rationale for proposed zoning changes in Seattle's South Lake…
News: Swiss LRT Lessons, Texas HSR, Miwaukee Streetcar Plans, Detroit Rapid Bus, Unfinished Fed Transpo Work
July 23, 2012
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Salt Lake City: Lawmakers to Study LRT in Switzerland
Salt Lake Tribune
Four Utah legislators and five officials of the Utah Transit Authority just returned from a five-day trip to Switzerland to learn about light-rail transportation to and around ski resorts...
Read On Houston: Texas HSR Gains Momentum Impact News
Plans for a high-speed rail line connecting Houston with the Dallas-Fort…
Four Utah legislators and five officials of the Utah Transit Authority just returned from a five-day trip to Switzerland to learn about light-rail transportation to and around ski resorts...
Read On Houston: Texas HSR Gains Momentum Impact News
Plans for a high-speed rail line connecting Houston with the Dallas-Fort…
News: LA Expo Train Riders, Atlanta Transpo Tax Debate, CAHSR Jobs Questioned, Reinventing Auto Cities, Urban Parks
July 16, 2012
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Los Angeles: Valley Commuters Using New Expo Line
Contra Costa Times
The dozen riders aboard the Expo Line train car early Wednesday morning used the quiet morning commute in different ways: fiddling with phones, playing video games, or reading a book...
Read On Atlanta: Forum Shows Divisions Over Transport Tax Atlanta Journal Constitution
With just more than two weeks until metro Atlantans decide the outcome of a controversial transportation sales…
The dozen riders aboard the Expo Line train car early Wednesday morning used the quiet morning commute in different ways: fiddling with phones, playing video games, or reading a book...
Read On Atlanta: Forum Shows Divisions Over Transport Tax Atlanta Journal Constitution
With just more than two weeks until metro Atlantans decide the outcome of a controversial transportation sales…
News: Honolulu Rail Politics, NJ Off Peak Discounts, Human Capital Location Choice, Self-Powered Building
July 13, 2012
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Honolulu: Candidate's Plan to Kill LRT
Honolulu Advertiser
Former Gov. Ben Cayetano, campaigning for mayor on a platform to kill the $5.2 billion rail project and use the money to improve the city's crumbling infrastructure, would be unlikely to accomplish any of that if he takes office, his campaign rivals charged...
Read On New Jersey: NJ Transit Considers Off Peak Discounts Star Ledger
NJ Transit officials are reconsidering an unpopular 2-year-old decision that ended discounts for rail…
Former Gov. Ben Cayetano, campaigning for mayor on a platform to kill the $5.2 billion rail project and use the money to improve the city's crumbling infrastructure, would be unlikely to accomplish any of that if he takes office, his campaign rivals charged...
Read On New Jersey: NJ Transit Considers Off Peak Discounts Star Ledger
NJ Transit officials are reconsidering an unpopular 2-year-old decision that ended discounts for rail…
Blogosphere: Big Dig's Big Costs, Infrstructure Bank, Transit & Work In Dallas, Cheapness Of BRT
July 13, 2012
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Blogosphere: Boston's Big Dig Buries Other Projects
Planetizen
Completed years ago, the true cost of Boston's "Big Dig" is finally being tallied. Unfortunately, for residents of Massachusetts, the tab is far from paid, imperiling funding for other necessary transportation projects, reports Eric Moskowitz. ..
Read On Blogosphere: Infrastructure Bank is a Mixed Bag Transportation Issues Daily
A new report concludes a federal infrastructure bank could depoliticize decisions, but would duplicate existing…
Completed years ago, the true cost of Boston's "Big Dig" is finally being tallied. Unfortunately, for residents of Massachusetts, the tab is far from paid, imperiling funding for other necessary transportation projects, reports Eric Moskowitz. ..
Read On Blogosphere: Infrastructure Bank is a Mixed Bag Transportation Issues Daily
A new report concludes a federal infrastructure bank could depoliticize decisions, but would duplicate existing…
Brookings Takes Another Look At How Well Jobs & Transit Are Linked
July 12, 2012
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A little more than a year after releasing Missed Opportunity: Transit and Jobs in Metropolitan America, Brookings is back with another look at how well jobs and transit are linked.
