News: Texas HSR Complications, Ft. Lauderdale Streetcar OK, London's New Urban Park, Retail Prospers Downtown, Penn Station TOD
March 14, 2013
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Texas: Begging TXDOT to Not Mess Up HSR
Dallas Observer
Texas Central Railway's plan, announced almost a year ago now, to build a high-speed rail line linking Houston and North Texas has hit a not altogether unexpected complication: inter-city squabbling over where the bullet train will stop...
Read On Fort Lauderdale: Streetcar Gets County OK Railway Age
Broward County, Fla., gave its approval Tuesday for a streetcar loop, dubbed "The Wave," to serve Fort…
Texas Central Railway's plan, announced almost a year ago now, to build a high-speed rail line linking Houston and North Texas has hit a not altogether unexpected complication: inter-city squabbling over where the bullet train will stop...
Read On Fort Lauderdale: Streetcar Gets County OK Railway Age
Broward County, Fla., gave its approval Tuesday for a streetcar loop, dubbed "The Wave," to serve Fort…
Blogosphere: Chicago BRT Jobs Advantage, Next Secretary Of Transportation, Urban American Dreams, STL Public Housing
January 31, 2013
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Blogosphere: Revolving Door, Asphalt Lobby/DOT Head
DC Streetsblog
Like Jerry Wray, Oklahoma DOT Director Gary Ridley has split his career between public office and lobbying on behalf of the asphalt industry. He started out in the mid-1960s, working as an equipment officer for the DOT...
Read On Blogosphere: BRT Advantage in Creating Jobs Chicago Streetsblog
This morning at Freedman Seating, a Humboldt…
Like Jerry Wray, Oklahoma DOT Director Gary Ridley has split his career between public office and lobbying on behalf of the asphalt industry. He started out in the mid-1960s, working as an equipment officer for the DOT...
Read On Blogosphere: BRT Advantage in Creating Jobs Chicago Streetsblog
This morning at Freedman Seating, a Humboldt…
Blogosphere: California Vs. Ride-Sharing & Taxi Startups, Road Funding Reform, PPP & Fed Role, Charlotte Rail Benefit
November 16, 2012
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Blogosphere: California PUC Cites Innovative Cabs
Tech Crunch (via MTC News Headlines)
The California Public Utilities Commission has taken its next step against a new breed of transportation startups in San Francisco, issuing citations and leveling fines against the likes of ride-sharing services Lyft and SideCar, as well as on-demand car and taxi startup Uber...
Read On Blogosphere: Save the Earth, Drive Your Car Streetsblog DC
Remember those wizards of…
The California Public Utilities Commission has taken its next step against a new breed of transportation startups in San Francisco, issuing citations and leveling fines against the likes of ride-sharing services Lyft and SideCar, as well as on-demand car and taxi startup Uber...
Read On Blogosphere: Save the Earth, Drive Your Car Streetsblog DC
Remember those wizards of…
Blogosphere: Map 21 Misplaced Funds, Unneeded Highways, Cinci River Transformation, Affordable Housing Funding
October 4, 2012
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Blogosphere: How Map 21 Allocates Funds Least Needed
DC Streetsblog
Transportation reauthorizations have typically not been a time for major discussions about national policy goals. They've been a time for getting while the getting's good, a time for deal-making and pork and a lot of back-room transactions to make sure every member of Congress could go home and talk about how much federal money they were bringing home...
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Transportation reauthorizations have typically not been a time for major discussions about national policy goals. They've been a time for getting while the getting's good, a time for deal-making and pork and a lot of back-room transactions to make sure every member of Congress could go home and talk about how much federal money they were bringing home...
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Blogosphere: House Issue Deadline, Banks Fund Transport, Sports & Transit, DC Needs Streetcars, An Urban Man, Will Allen's Urban Farms
June 21, 2012
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Blogosphere: House Instructs to Get Bill Done
DC Streetsblog
There's no excuse for dilly-dallying. That was the overwhelming sense of the House of Representatives, which just voted 386 to 34 that the conference should wrap up its work and pass some sort of transportation compromise by Friday...
Read On Blogosphere: Banks Announce $175B for Transport Embarq
The world's largest multi-lateral…
There's no excuse for dilly-dallying. That was the overwhelming sense of the House of Representatives, which just voted 386 to 34 that the conference should wrap up its work and pass some sort of transportation compromise by Friday...
Read On Blogosphere: Banks Announce $175B for Transport Embarq
The world's largest multi-lateral…
News: BRT Rating System, HSR Research, PA Transpo Funding, Trading Lawn For TOD, NY Green Zoning, Student Debt and Home Ownership
May 2, 2012
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National: BRT Systems Getting Rating Standard
Transportation Nation
Now it can be told: there are objective standards for measuring how good your Bus Rapid Transit system is. The Institute for Transportation Development Policy has issued new scoring system to see how good BRT systems around the world are...
Read On Research: Accessibility Impacts of HSR The Transportationist (Full Article)
This paper reviews the state of high-speed rail (HSR)…
Now it can be told: there are objective standards for measuring how good your Bus Rapid Transit system is. The Institute for Transportation Development Policy has issued new scoring system to see how good BRT systems around the world are...
Read On Research: Accessibility Impacts of HSR The Transportationist (Full Article)
This paper reviews the state of high-speed rail (HSR)…
Blogosphere: No TIFIA For Tappan Zee, TransitScore Rankings, Denver Airport City, Green Garage, Cultural Borders
April 27, 2012
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Blogosphere: Feds Reject TIFIA for Tappan Zee
Streetsblog
In a major rebuke to the Cuomo administration's plans for a transit-less Tappan Zee Bridge, the federal government rejected New York State's application for a low-interest federal loan yesterday. ..
Read On Blogosphere: Kubrick's Subway Photos Second Avenue Sagas
Once upon a time, Stanley Kubrick wasn't always an award-winning director. He…
In a major rebuke to the Cuomo administration's plans for a transit-less Tappan Zee Bridge, the federal government rejected New York State's application for a low-interest federal loan yesterday. ..
Read On Blogosphere: Kubrick's Subway Photos Second Avenue Sagas
Once upon a time, Stanley Kubrick wasn't always an award-winning director. He…
News: Boulder Backs BRT, Providence Streetcar Plans, Gas Prices & Bike Infrastructure, Urban America Growth, Mapping Blighted Property
March 20, 2012
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Boulder: Leaders Back Fastracks BRT Line
Longmont Times Call
Boulder City Council members were generally supportive Monday night of a new FasTracks proposal that would provide bus rapid transit soon, while keeping the Northwest Rail Line to Longmont in future plans...
Read On Providence: RIPTA Board Supports Streetcar Providence Journal
The board of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority…
Boulder City Council members were generally supportive Monday night of a new FasTracks proposal that would provide bus rapid transit soon, while keeping the Northwest Rail Line to Longmont in future plans...
Read On Providence: RIPTA Board Supports Streetcar Providence Journal
The board of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority…
Blogosphere: Road Diet Benefits, Tampa Streetcar Stimulus, Freeway Mistakes, 12 Step Sprawl Recovery, Helsinki Townhouses
March 6, 2012
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Blogosphere: Road Diet Reduces Collisions
Seattle Bike Blog
Changes to Nickerson St in 2010 have resulted in a 23 percent drop in collisions, the city reported during a press conference today...
Read On Commentary: Tampa Streetcar Set Out to Rev Economy Atlanta Journal Constitution
Tampa's current streetcar system opened in 2002. By 1994, when Mayor Dick Greco was elected, plans were under way and…
Changes to Nickerson St in 2010 have resulted in a 23 percent drop in collisions, the city reported during a press conference today...
Read On Commentary: Tampa Streetcar Set Out to Rev Economy Atlanta Journal Constitution
Tampa's current streetcar system opened in 2002. By 1994, when Mayor Dick Greco was elected, plans were under way and…
Providence: City Maps Out Plan for Streetcars
September 27, 2011|Providence Journal
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Planners for the city and the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority have laid out the route for a $126-million streetcar system through the city's core and proposed an unusual method to help pay for it... Read On
