Urban Issues: Housing Supply & Demand, Reincarnation Of Seoul, Iceland's Cultural Miracle, Pope's Era Of 'Mass' Transit, Place-Based Immigration
March 26, 2013
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Markets a Third Way to Affordable Housing
The Greater Marin
It's no secret that the cost to buy or rent a home in the Bay Area is extremely high and rising. Thanks to a regional economic rebound and renewed interest in the kind of walkable living that defines San Francisco, demand for Bay Area housing is at a high.
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News: Detroit Regional Transit Needs, Bus-Only Lanes In Chicago, NY Taxi App Quits, BRT & TOD In Twin Cities
October 18, 2012
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Tracks News - In this section you'll find news from cities around the country as well as interviews and general reporting on issues. It might be from a newspaper or a blog, but it counts as news.
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Detroit: LaHood - Regional Organization Desired
Railway Age
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood visited Detroit Monday with a suggestion that a Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority might be better equipped to land federal funding for transportation projects, including assistance with a much-debated streetcar project...
Read On National: Is DC's Economic Future Tied to Cars? Transportation Nation
For the…
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood visited Detroit Monday with a suggestion that a Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority might be better equipped to land federal funding for transportation projects, including assistance with a much-debated streetcar project...
Read On National: Is DC's Economic Future Tied to Cars? Transportation Nation
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Blogosphere: Travel Is All In The Mind, Making Transit Free, Buffalo's Complete Streets, Tech Impact On Evolution, 50 Densest Metro Areas
October 1, 2012
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Blogosphere - In this section you'll find commentary, opinion and editorials from blogs and newspapers around the country. The opinions expressed in these blogs do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Reconnecting America.
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Blogosphere: How Travel Limits Our Minds
Guardian UK
My train and plane journey demonstrates that how we travel reflects the way we think - and we have become a society of airheads...
Read On Blogosphere: Signal System Criticized Systemic Failure
As you may have heard, Caltrain has gotten a "Go" to install a modern signal system, paving the way for electrification and high-speed rail. The Governor, Sen. Jackie Speier, and other dignitaries…
My train and plane journey demonstrates that how we travel reflects the way we think - and we have become a society of airheads...
Read On Blogosphere: Signal System Criticized Systemic Failure
As you may have heard, Caltrain has gotten a "Go" to install a modern signal system, paving the way for electrification and high-speed rail. The Governor, Sen. Jackie Speier, and other dignitaries…
News: Atlanta Infrastructure Vote, Cincinnati Streetcar Funds, MBTA Trolley Toy Sets, Adopt-A-Stop Program, Habitable Bridges
July 31, 2012
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TRANSPORT Georgia: Infrastructure Vote On Nation's Mind The Hill
Georgia will be on the minds of transportation observers this week as the state votes on a proposed infrastructure sales tax that has attracted national attention....
Read On Cincinnati: City Moving Money In Place For Streetcar Cincinnati.com
TRANSPORT Georgia: Infrastructure Vote On Nation's Mind The Hill
Georgia will be on the minds of transportation observers this week as the state votes on a proposed infrastructure sales tax that has attracted national attention....
Read On Cincinnati: City Moving Money In Place For Streetcar Cincinnati.com
Blogosphere: Transit To Miami Airport, Projections Fallacy, Affordable Family Housing, Form Based Codes & TOD
July 24, 2012
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Blogosphere - In this section you'll find commentary, opinion and editorials from blogs and newspapers around the country. The opinions expressed in these blogs do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Reconnecting America.
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Blogosphere: Transit Goes to Miami Airport
Jaunted
If you've ever flown into Miami you probably noticed that there's kind of a lack of decent public transportation to and from the city's core...
Read On Blogosphere: The Projections Fallacy DC Streetsblog
We spend billions every year in this country on our transportation network, large percentages of it based on traffic projections. This…
If you've ever flown into Miami you probably noticed that there's kind of a lack of decent public transportation to and from the city's core...
Read On Blogosphere: The Projections Fallacy DC Streetsblog
We spend billions every year in this country on our transportation network, large percentages of it based on traffic projections. This…
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…
Blogosphere: San Bernardino BRT, Fed Map21 Guide, CAHSR Insider Politics, Transit & Transit Dependent, Jefferson Sprawl
July 16, 2012
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Commentary: BRT Will Be Boon to San Bernardino
San Bernadino County Sun
In about a year and a half, San Bernardino and Loma Linda will be the beneficiaries of a new bus rapid transit (BRT) line offering quicker commute times, more frequent trips and an enhanced streetscape...
Read On Blogosphere: Cliff's Notes Version of Map 21 DC Streetsblog
The FTA has put out a helpful guide [PDF] to the changes to public transit policy in MAP-21, the new…
In about a year and a half, San Bernardino and Loma Linda will be the beneficiaries of a new bus rapid transit (BRT) line offering quicker commute times, more frequent trips and an enhanced streetscape...
Read On Blogosphere: Cliff's Notes Version of Map 21 DC Streetsblog
The FTA has put out a helpful guide [PDF] to the changes to public transit policy in MAP-21, the new…
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…
News: CAHSR Friends & Foes, Cincinnati Streetcar Funds, Nashville BRT Forum, Crime & Mode Choice, TOD Overlays
July 10, 2012
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TRANSPORT California: Jerry Brown Excited About HSR Funding Los Angeles Times
"It's a jobs creator, and thank God we got it," Gov. Jerry Brown said of funding for high speed rail, narrowly approved by the Legislature last week...
Read On California: Vote Reveals Anti-HSR Faultline Transportation Nation
California Governor Jerry Brown scored a razor-thin legislative victory on Friday when the California State Legislature voted to release…
TRANSPORT California: Jerry Brown Excited About HSR Funding Los Angeles Times
"It's a jobs creator, and thank God we got it," Gov. Jerry Brown said of funding for high speed rail, narrowly approved by the Legislature last week...
Read On California: Vote Reveals Anti-HSR Faultline Transportation Nation
California Governor Jerry Brown scored a razor-thin legislative victory on Friday when the California State Legislature voted to release…
Los Angeles: San Bernadino BRT Contract Awarded
July 12, 2011|Press Enterprise
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Construction of the Inland area's first rapid transit bus route -- meant to ferry hundreds of workers and students along a key corridor in San Bernardino and Loma Linda -- will begin in the fall, officials said... Read On
