Other Views: Smaller Cars Better Than Bigger Streets?
May 9, 2013
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Smaller Cars Better Than Bigger Streets?
Tango Cars
Auckland New Zealand may be the first city to realize that it can be 10 times less expensive and 10 times faster to purchase and lease Tangos to commuters rather than spend tens of $billions of taxpayer funds on more freeways and other transportation infrastructure.
News: Commuter Rail Tax District, 10 Transpo Project To Watch, SF Developer Tax Breaks, Auckland Infrastructure Problems
January 7, 2013
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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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Fort Worth: Rail Supporters Seek Special Tax District
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Private developers who want to build a commuter rail line from southwest Fort Worth to Plano will ask state lawmakers for a special tax district to collect money off the route in 13 cities, officials briefed on the plan say...
Read On International: China to Boost Urban Transport Bloomberg News
China pledged measures to ease traffic congestion with a goal of public transport…
Private developers who want to build a commuter rail line from southwest Fort Worth to Plano will ask state lawmakers for a special tax district to collect money off the route in 13 cities, officials briefed on the plan say...
Read On International: China to Boost Urban Transport Bloomberg News
China pledged measures to ease traffic congestion with a goal of public transport…
Blogosphere: LA Transpo Grade, Misunderstood Parking, Incomplete BRT, Adapting To MAP-21, Trams Without Wires
November 29, 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: LA Gives Itself High Grades on Transpo
LA Streetsblog
Last month, the Mayor's Office released a report ranking itself on how it achieved, or didn't achieve, its stated transportation goals over the last seven and a half years...
Read On Blogosphere: Parking, Misunderstood City Block
Let's take a trip up and down the Northeast Corridor and look at recent parking news. All three show some…
Last month, the Mayor's Office released a report ranking itself on how it achieved, or didn't achieve, its stated transportation goals over the last seven and a half years...
Read On Blogosphere: Parking, Misunderstood City Block
Let's take a trip up and down the Northeast Corridor and look at recent parking news. All three show some…
Blogosphere: Freeways Vs. Transit, Dumb Ways To Die, Transit Tunnel Plugs, The Walking City, Better Housing Model
November 21, 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: Hypocritical Stance on Freeways v Transit
Urban Indy
On Monday, November 19th, the first 67 miles of I-69, stretching north from Evansville, opened to the public. The IBJ had a great story covering the facts, hyperbole, and struggles that lie ahead for the 142 mile stretch of freeway that would eventually connect Evansville and Indianapolis...
Read On Blogosphere: Next for Santa Monica Bike Movement LA Streetsblog
In the first post of this…
On Monday, November 19th, the first 67 miles of I-69, stretching north from Evansville, opened to the public. The IBJ had a great story covering the facts, hyperbole, and struggles that lie ahead for the 142 mile stretch of freeway that would eventually connect Evansville and Indianapolis...
Read On Blogosphere: Next for Santa Monica Bike Movement LA Streetsblog
In the first post of this…
Blogosphere: Transit & Cycling Gains, Case For Bus Transfers, Special Assessment Transit Fund, Urban Economics, SF Floating Ecotopia
October 29, 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: Report Shows Gains for Cycling, Transit
Grist
A new report from the National Conference of State Legislatures is full to the brim with findings on American urbanism and transportation alternatives...
Read On Blogosphere: The Case for Bus Transfers The Atlantic Cities
Earlier this week we tracked a designer's frustrating efforts to simplify Dublin's "confusing and nonsensical" bus system. Today we…
A new report from the National Conference of State Legislatures is full to the brim with findings on American urbanism and transportation alternatives...
Read On Blogosphere: The Case for Bus Transfers The Atlantic Cities
Earlier this week we tracked a designer's frustrating efforts to simplify Dublin's "confusing and nonsensical" bus system. Today we…
Blogosphere: Congress' Transpo Failure, Seattle Parking Rates, Urban Ghost Towns, Land-Use Planning By Lawsuit, Miami Zoning Lessons
April 3, 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: Congress Again Fails on Infrastructure
Washington Post Wonkbook
On Friday, President Obama signed the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012. Odds are you didn't hear about it. There wasn't a signing ceremony in the Rose Garden, and no one on the Hill rushed to the cameras to take the credit...
Read On Blogosphere: Revenue After Parking Rate Increase DC…
On Friday, President Obama signed the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012. Odds are you didn't hear about it. There wasn't a signing ceremony in the Rose Garden, and no one on the Hill rushed to the cameras to take the credit...
Read On Blogosphere: Revenue After Parking Rate Increase DC…
Blogosphere: Funding Transportation, House Shakeup, Chicago BRT Backing, Urbanist Romney, 160 Sq. Ft. Apartments In SF
March 7, 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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Opinion: Rendell - Way to Fund Transportation
Politico
Word that the House Transportation bill is running off the rails might be the best news yet for transit. The original Republican bill, now being revised, was too small to have any real impact on our systems or employment..
Read On Blogosphere: Mica Out and Shuster In on House Side Streetsblog DC
CQ and AmericaBikes are reporting that Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica…
Word that the House Transportation bill is running off the rails might be the best news yet for transit. The original Republican bill, now being revised, was too small to have any real impact on our systems or employment..
Read On Blogosphere: Mica Out and Shuster In on House Side Streetsblog DC
CQ and AmericaBikes are reporting that Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica…
Blogosphere: How Cars Came To Monopolize Streets
September 6, 2011|Auckland Transport Blog
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You only need to look at this fantastic video of San Francisco's streets in the very first years of the 20th century to get an understanding that the concept of shared streets, which Auckland seems to be embracing at the moment, is hardly a new one. In fact, in the early days of the car they were very much given equal priority with all other street users - including pedestrians. ... Read On
Blogoshpere: High Density Sprawl Auckland
August 29, 2011|Transport Blog
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The most commonly cited characteristic of urban sprawl is its low-density. In fact, density is often used as the sole way of determining whether a city is sprawled or not - and (following on from that) whether a city's urban form is conducive to public transport or not. However, you only need to look at a comparison of the density and auto-use of many different cities around the world to see that things might be somewhat more complicated ... Read On
Blogopshere: Why So Mean to Pedestrians?
August 25, 2011|Auckland Transport Blog
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If there's anything that annoys me, it's how the design of the streets in Auckland is so frequently horrifically unfriendly to pedestrians. As I have pointed out before, there are busy intersections in the city centre that have traffic lights, but no pedestrian phase to them. Read On
