Urbanism & Design: National Parking Policy Graphics, Zero Parking Toronto Skyscraper, Train Station Development
May 21, 2013
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Kemper Freeman Plans Big Bellevue Development
Seattle Times
Kemper Development wants to build 2 million square feet of additional retail, office, hotel and residential space covering more than a block of prime real estate at Northeast Fourth Street and Bellevue Way Northeast.
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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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: 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: 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: 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: Autos Vs. Bikes & Peds, Chinese Urban Rail Investments, Affordable Housing Map, Defining A Global City
August 20, 2012
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Blogosphere: Safety in Walking, Biking, Transit
Metropolis Magazine
In June, 24-year-old Emma Blumstein was bicycling along Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn, in the bike lane, when a flatbed truck turned in front of her. She went under the wheels, and was killed...
Read On Blogosphere: Civil Rights Suit Over Zoo Interchange DC Streetsblog
In the…
In June, 24-year-old Emma Blumstein was bicycling along Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn, in the bike lane, when a flatbed truck turned in front of her. She went under the wheels, and was killed...
Read On Blogosphere: Civil Rights Suit Over Zoo Interchange DC Streetsblog
In the…
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: The Right To Ride Bus, Extending Seattle Rail, Expectations Of Rail To Airports, Defining Walkable Community
July 31, 2012
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Los Angeles: Transportation As A Civil Right
National Journal
The Bus Riders Union and several other civil rights organizations took to the streets in Los Angeles last week, saying the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority should restore 1 million hours of bus service that were lost over the last four years. The union charges that the cuts in service, along with fare increases, have disproportionately harmed 500,000 African-American, Latino, and Asian-Pacific Islander bus riders....
The Bus Riders Union and several other civil rights organizations took to the streets in Los Angeles last week, saying the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority should restore 1 million hours of bus service that were lost over the last four years. The union charges that the cuts in service, along with fare increases, have disproportionately harmed 500,000 African-American, Latino, and Asian-Pacific Islander bus riders....
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: 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…
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