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Transport: Virginia Beach LRT Planning, Moderating Congestion Worries, San Diego Trolley Gets Fed OK, Fed Infrastructure Timelines

May 20, 2013
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TRANSPORT Virginia Beach Light Rail at a Crossroads  Virginian Pilot   The once-abstract idea of light rail in the city continues to take shape as planners crunch the numbers and take public comment on the most detailed scenarios yet for sending The Tide to the Oceanfront.
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Transport: Mobile Phone Data Bus Routes, Obama’s Influence, Utah Mayors Project Wishes

May 1, 2013
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TRANSPORT Ivory Coast Bus Routes Drawn Using Mobile Phone Data BBC News   The research was completed as part of the Data for Development competition run by Orange which released 2.5 billion call records from five million mobile phone users in Ivory Coast.
Read On   Utah Mayors Say Big Projects Might Not Be Best Salt Lake Tribune   The authority’s board is told that big, expensive projects may not always be the best answer for transit needs.
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Transport: Chinese Transit Excess, Fixing LA's 405, Cap&Trade Transit Funding, Transit & Traffic, Lease Airport To Build Rail

April 26, 2013
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TRANSPORT Chinese Cities are Building Metros They Might Not Need  The Economist   NOT many global cities of nearly 9m people lack an underground line, but until the end of last year the eastern city of Hangzhou was one of them.
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Urban Issues: Wall St. Housing Bet, Charlotte Bypass Threat Empty, How Atlanta Could Flourish in Global Economy

April 23, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Wall Street Betting Billions on Homes in Distressed Markets  Washington Post   Big investors are pouring unprecedented amounts of money into real estate hard hit by the housing crash, bringing those moribund markets back to life but raising the prospect of another Wall Street-fueled bubble that won't be…
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Urbanism & Design: India's IT Hub Trouble, Greek Crisis Urbanism, Portland Bans Downtown Parklets, Walking In Toronto

April 18, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Bengaluru Rues Rapid Growth as India's IT Hub  Guardian UK   Technology boom has brought higher incomes but slums proliferate and services are squeezed in crowded 'garden city'
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Transport: China's HSR Theft From Japan, 'Dreamy' Administration Transpo Budget, NYC Bike Share, Banning Bikes In Toronto

April 16, 2013
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TRANSPORT In State Rebuttal, Charlotte Could Vote Against Road Expansion  The Naked City Blog   Charlotte City Council is threatening to withdraw its support for the proposed Monroe Bypass in a key, regional transportation planning group.
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Transport: FY2014 New Starts, Cambodia Overpass 'Achievement', Nashville 'Amp' BRT, Salt Lake Airport LRT, CAHSR Chooses Contractor

April 15, 2013
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TRANSPORT FTA Releases FY2014 New Starts Report  FTA   This Annual Report on Funding Recommendations is issued by the United States Secretary of Transportation to help inform the appropriations process for the upcoming fiscal year by providing information on projects included in the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) discretionary Capital Investment Grant Program.
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Urbanism & Design: TOD As Sprawl Repair, Architect Paolo Soleri, 'Pedestrian Street' Zoning, 3 Pillars Of Seoul Development, Sidewalks As Parking Lots

April 11, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN TOD Project Begins Sprawl Repair in Baltimore  Better Cities and Towns   Metro Centre at Owings Mills, Maryland, is a mixed-use, transit-oriented development (TOD) that, upon completion, will support more than 1.2 million square feet of commercial office space
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Transport: Extending Pittsburgh Light Rail, Vienna Auto Use Just 27%, Fall Of China's Rail Ministry, Rail Vs. Air Market Share, Denver West Line Ready

March 25, 2013
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TRANSPORT Pittsburgh Considers Light Rail to the North  WPXI   A year after opening the North Shore Connector, elected officials are talking with engineers about again extending Port Authority of Allegheny County's light-rail system.   Read On  
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Blogosphere: Transit Funding Future, Giving Bikes Priority, How HSR Transforms, Instanbul Transpo Problems, Ped-Transit Oriented Design, Lazy Urbanism

March 13, 2013
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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. TRANSPORT Blogosphere: A Look Fed Funding for Transit Operations Transport Politic
With a budget stalemate in Congress, the future for transit funding may increasingly be in the hands of state and local governments. But that could magnify seriously inequitable outcomes, an analysis of data from 65 cities shows...

Read On Blogosphere: Amtrak Draws Fire, Aviation Ignored DC Streetsblog
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