News: Calgary Gondolas, Fed Transpo Funding Debate, Tuscon Streetcar, Research Calif. Housing, TIFIA Loan Demand, Street Art, Rural Murder Rates
February 17, 2012
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Calgary: Urban Gondolas Cheap, Efficient
Metro News Canada
Snags in Calgary traffic flow could be solved by transporting some commuters high above the city in urban gondolas, planners heard during a presentation on Tuesday...
Read On National: House R's Mull Transit Funding NPR
It's estimated the nation faces a $3 trillion backlog in unmet road and transit needs. Since the Reagan administration,…
Snags in Calgary traffic flow could be solved by transporting some commuters high above the city in urban gondolas, planners heard during a presentation on Tuesday...
Read On National: House R's Mull Transit Funding NPR
It's estimated the nation faces a $3 trillion backlog in unmet road and transit needs. Since the Reagan administration,…
News: Denver US36 Fastracks, End Of Salt Lake City Free Ride, Streetcar vs. Light Rail, BART Livermore Extension
February 10, 2012
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Denver: Struggling with US36 Fastracks Future
Daily Camera
With the clock ticking for the Regional Transportation District to decide what to do about the future of the FasTracks rail system, officials throughout the U.S. 36 corridor are struggling to come to consensus on the best path forward...
Read On Salt Lake City: Free Fare Zone May End for Buses Salt Lake Tribune
The Utah…
With the clock ticking for the Regional Transportation District to decide what to do about the future of the FasTracks rail system, officials throughout the U.S. 36 corridor are struggling to come to consensus on the best path forward...
Read On Salt Lake City: Free Fare Zone May End for Buses Salt Lake Tribune
The Utah…
News: NY TOD, NJ Smart Growth, Portland Light Rail Crime, Does Calif. Need HSR?, Researching Cluster Growth, Effects Of BRT In Seoul, Remaking Vegas
January 27, 2012
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New York: Transit Oriented Development Catches On
New York Times
MORE than a century ago, before the term "transit-oriented development" entered the urban-planning glossary, plenty of it was being built in Westchester: clusters of housing, shops and sometimes industrial buildings close to railroad stations...
Read On New Jersey: Attempting to Get Handle on Development Wall Street Journal (Pay Wall) …
MORE than a century ago, before the term "transit-oriented development" entered the urban-planning glossary, plenty of it was being built in Westchester: clusters of housing, shops and sometimes industrial buildings close to railroad stations...
Read On New Jersey: Attempting to Get Handle on Development Wall Street Journal (Pay Wall) …
Blogosphere: Healthy Walk, TRAX Funding, Best Transit City, Roads Costs, Parking Space, Bendy Buses, Silicon Subway
December 13, 2011
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Blogosphere: Healthy Life with Half Hour Walk
Streetsblog.net
Arthritis? Diabetes? Depression? Anxiety? Whatever might ail you, the best prescription may just be a half-hour walk. That's according to research by Dr. Mike Evans, an expert on preventive health care...
Read On Blogosphere: Reinventing Cities with Ziplines The Atlantic Cities
Hill towns have always captivated me. I write about…
Arthritis? Diabetes? Depression? Anxiety? Whatever might ail you, the best prescription may just be a half-hour walk. That's according to research by Dr. Mike Evans, an expert on preventive health care...
Read On Blogosphere: Reinventing Cities with Ziplines The Atlantic Cities
Hill towns have always captivated me. I write about…
Blogosphere: World Transit Subsidies, Bus Service, Transit Debate, Streetcar Dreams, Detroit Light Rail Future, Moscow Livability
December 12, 2011
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Blogosphere: Subsidies Similar in US and Europe
Forbes Blogs
Often when I talk about how high American capital transit costs are compared to those in Europe and East Asia, transit backers get quite defensive, and take it as an attack on transit...
Read On Opinion: Missing the Bus Salt Lake Tribune
Leaders of the Utah Transit Authority…
Often when I talk about how high American capital transit costs are compared to those in Europe and East Asia, transit backers get quite defensive, and take it as an attack on transit...
Read On Opinion: Missing the Bus Salt Lake Tribune
Leaders of the Utah Transit Authority…
News: Untangling Gridlock in NY, Investment Buzzword, Why City Rankings Get It Wrong, 52-cent Sustainability, LOS Rules
December 6, 2011
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Video: Janette Sadik Kahn Untangling Gridlock
NBC Rock Center
Janette Sadik-Khan is on a mission to tame New York's mean streets. As transportation commissioner for New York City, she's closed off half of Times Square to traffic and converted 260 miles of city streets into bike lanes...
Read On Salt Lake:…
Janette Sadik-Khan is on a mission to tame New York's mean streets. As transportation commissioner for New York City, she's closed off half of Times Square to traffic and converted 260 miles of city streets into bike lanes...
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Blogosphere: Arkansas Parking, Salt Lake Suburbia, California Sustainable Communities, Transpo Bill Critique, Charlotte Financing
December 6, 2011
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Blogosphere: Arkansas Surrounds Capital with Parking
Streetsblog.net
Another day, another sad tale of government officials trying to cram as many parking spaces downtown as possible. Today's example is especially disappointing because what was standing in the way of 100 additional parking spaces near the state capitol in Little Rock, Arkansas were the sort of things that make cities nice: namely trees and sidewalks...
Another day, another sad tale of government officials trying to cram as many parking spaces downtown as possible. Today's example is especially disappointing because what was standing in the way of 100 additional parking spaces near the state capitol in Little Rock, Arkansas were the sort of things that make cities nice: namely trees and sidewalks...
Blogosphere: Better Busways, Streetcar Revitalization, Megaregional Change, Grading Highways, TOD in Dallas
December 5, 2011
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Opinion: Better Busways Don't Require Own Lanes
Talk Gwinnett
No good deed goes unpunished. In reference to the editorial "Streetcar nirvana," that appeared in the Nov. 26 Opinion section, let me clarify my opinion of the streetcar...
Read On Commentary: Streetcar Beginning of…
No good deed goes unpunished. In reference to the editorial "Streetcar nirvana," that appeared in the Nov. 26 Opinion section, let me clarify my opinion of the streetcar...
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Blogosphere: Healthy Views, Waiting for HSR, Funding Bike & Pedestrian Projects, Missing TOD Opportunity, Congestion Pricing, Walmart's Climate Impact
November 30, 2011
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Blogosphere: Nature Scenes Help Patients Heal
Metropolis POV
In 1984, the environmental psychologist Roger Ulrich made a startling discovery. In studying hospital patients recovering from surgery, he found that one factor alone accounted for significant differences in post-operative complications, recovery times, and need for painkillers...
Read On Opinion: Long Road Until Front Range HSR Salt Lake Tribune
The…
In 1984, the environmental psychologist Roger Ulrich made a startling discovery. In studying hospital patients recovering from surgery, he found that one factor alone accounted for significant differences in post-operative complications, recovery times, and need for painkillers...
Read On Opinion: Long Road Until Front Range HSR Salt Lake Tribune
The…
News: Streetcar Zipper, Evaluating Transpo Options, Extending Norfolk Light Rail, Tucson Development, Selling Denver Sales Tax
November 21, 2011
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Salt Lake City: Sugarhouse Route Gets form & Function
Salt Lake Tribune
Fast-tracked by federal cash, the Sugar House streetcar should not simply connect Sugar House to 130 miles of Wasatch Front rail transit, but also operate as a "zipper" that seams together burgeoning neighborhood districts on both sides of the two-mile line...
Read On Bay Area:…
Fast-tracked by federal cash, the Sugar House streetcar should not simply connect Sugar House to 130 miles of Wasatch Front rail transit, but also operate as a "zipper" that seams together burgeoning neighborhood districts on both sides of the two-mile line...
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