News: Mica Renews Amtrak Attack, Downgrade For Transpo Bonds, Designing Florida's SunRail Stations, Kansas City High-Tech Ambitions
September 13, 2012
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National: Mica Attacks Amtrak Again
Progressive Railroading
A new committee report shows that Amtrak continually fails to compete successfully at operating commuter-rail service effectively in the private sector, wasting hundreds of millions of tax dollars in the process, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) said...
Read On National: Fitch Cuts Hwy Bond Programs on Dim Outlook Reuters
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A new committee report shows that Amtrak continually fails to compete successfully at operating commuter-rail service effectively in the private sector, wasting hundreds of millions of tax dollars in the process, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) said...
Read On National: Fitch Cuts Hwy Bond Programs on Dim Outlook Reuters
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Blogosphere: Transpo Spending Transparency, Road Noise In Cities, Biking Vs. Driving During Olympics, Walkable Tyson's Corner
September 12, 2012
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Blogosphere: Hwy Spending As Transparent as Bike/Ped
DC Streetsblog
"There's an inverse proportion of the size of a transportation program to the amount of transparency," says Deron Lovaas of the Natural Resources Defense Council. While anyone can easily find in granular detail anything they would ever want to know about where bike/ped money goes..
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"There's an inverse proportion of the size of a transportation program to the amount of transparency," says Deron Lovaas of the Natural Resources Defense Council. While anyone can easily find in granular detail anything they would ever want to know about where bike/ped money goes..
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News: Cotton Belt Connector Project, Atlanta MARTA Candidate, Trees & Neighborhood Wealth, Ann Arbor Redevelopment
September 11, 2012
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San Antonio: Keith Parker Looks Towards MARTA
San Antonio Express News
VIA CEO and President Keith Parker, who helped usher in San Antonio's first modern rail plan, is a candidate for the top job at Atlanta's public transit system, a newspaper there reported this morning...
Read On Dallas: Cottonbelt Project Could Have Backing Dallas Observer
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VIA CEO and President Keith Parker, who helped usher in San Antonio's first modern rail plan, is a candidate for the top job at Atlanta's public transit system, a newspaper there reported this morning...
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News: Commuter Rail News, Streetcar Planning, LA Business Parking Regs, Airports Push Riders To Amtrak, Big Box City Erosion
August 16, 2012
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National: Rail Magazine's Commuter Rail Issue Rail Magazine
As our coverage in this edition of RAIL highlights, commuter rail in such places as Orlando, the Mountain West and Minneapolis-St. Paul has evolved beyond the traditional suburbs-to-city center role of commuter rail to connect communities and regions with service that includes off-peak and even weekend runs and with increased frequency of service...
National: Rail Magazine's Commuter Rail Issue Rail Magazine
As our coverage in this edition of RAIL highlights, commuter rail in such places as Orlando, the Mountain West and Minneapolis-St. Paul has evolved beyond the traditional suburbs-to-city center role of commuter rail to connect communities and regions with service that includes off-peak and even weekend runs and with increased frequency of service...
News: Houston Gets LRT Funds, Georgia Explores HSR, Brazil Bus-Rail Tug-Of-War, Counting Portland Bikes, DC Bike Trip Planner
August 10, 2012
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Houston: Metro Gets $188 Million For Light Rail
Houston Chronicle
The expansion of Houston Metro got another boost from the federal government with the allocation of $188 million in additional construction funding for the North and Southeast light rail lines....
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The expansion of Houston Metro got another boost from the federal government with the allocation of $188 million in additional construction funding for the North and Southeast light rail lines....
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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: Atlanta Credit Rating, Regional Planning, SF Transit First Parking Rules, Rules For Bus Riders, Rude Paris Metro Riders
August 8, 2012
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Atlanta: Tax Rejection Could Impact City Credit Rating
The Hill
The rejection of an $8 billion transportation tax in Atlanta last week could negatively impact the city's credit rating, according to a report from a key financial rating agency....
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The rejection of an $8 billion transportation tax in Atlanta last week could negatively impact the city's credit rating, according to a report from a key financial rating agency....
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Blogosphere: Atlanta Bellwether, Transit Operations Help, TOD Places & People, Walk Score & Walk Appeal, Innovation Clusters
August 8, 2012
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Blogosphere: Is Atlanta Bellwether For Transpo Funding?
Transportation for America
In my best grandpa voice: Way back in 19 and 96, as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal Constitution, I wrote a series of stories under the heading "Gridshock" that laid out the traffic hell facing metro Atlanta absent something resembling a plan. At the time, the Georgia DOT was wrapping up its $3 billion "Freeing the Freeways" paving bonanza, and the last planned extension of MARTA rapid rail was winding down....
In my best grandpa voice: Way back in 19 and 96, as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal Constitution, I wrote a series of stories under the heading "Gridshock" that laid out the traffic hell facing metro Atlanta absent something resembling a plan. At the time, the Georgia DOT was wrapping up its $3 billion "Freeing the Freeways" paving bonanza, and the last planned extension of MARTA rapid rail was winding down....
News: Amtrak Future, Atlanta's Beltline Project, NJ Bike Friendly Trains, All-Door Boarding Speeds Buses, Disappearing Greenspace
August 7, 2012
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Q&A: Amtrak President & Inevitability Of HSR
Transportation Nation
Amtrak plans to build a next generation high-speed rail network along the east coast zipping business travelers from New York to Philadelphia (or D.C.) fast enough to get them to their cheesesteak power lunch in a little more than half an hour. But the $151 billion plan lacks a dedicated funding source-a source that railroad executives are asking Congress to provide at a time of hostility to big projects. So Transportation Nation's Alex Goldmark chatted with Amtrak President and CEO, Joe Boardman about the future of our nation's rail network, and the prospects for Northeast corridor bullet trains in particular....
Amtrak plans to build a next generation high-speed rail network along the east coast zipping business travelers from New York to Philadelphia (or D.C.) fast enough to get them to their cheesesteak power lunch in a little more than half an hour. But the $151 billion plan lacks a dedicated funding source-a source that railroad executives are asking Congress to provide at a time of hostility to big projects. So Transportation Nation's Alex Goldmark chatted with Amtrak President and CEO, Joe Boardman about the future of our nation's rail network, and the prospects for Northeast corridor bullet trains in particular....
Blogosphere: Next For Atlanta, Lessons From Miami, CAHSR Uncertain Future, Amateur Transit Videos, Best Cities For Young Professionals
August 6, 2012
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Blogosphere: What Next For Transportation In Atlanta?
The Avenue, Brookings
When it comes to transformative infrastructure, there's no bigger tool for metro areas than local referendums. These regional votes give metropolitan areas an opportunity to sidestep the business-as-usual approach in Washington and initiate their own local vision-and to do so with resources typically counted in the billions. From major rail investments in Denver to a new central park in Oklahoma City, referendums are a vital way to reshape our metropolitan economies. And that's exactly what makes yesterday's vote in Atlanta so troubling for that region's future....
When it comes to transformative infrastructure, there's no bigger tool for metro areas than local referendums. These regional votes give metropolitan areas an opportunity to sidestep the business-as-usual approach in Washington and initiate their own local vision-and to do so with resources typically counted in the billions. From major rail investments in Denver to a new central park in Oklahoma City, referendums are a vital way to reshape our metropolitan economies. And that's exactly what makes yesterday's vote in Atlanta so troubling for that region's future....
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