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Transport: China's HSR Theft From Japan, 'Dreamy' Administration Transpo Budget, NYC Bike Share, Banning Bikes In Toronto

April 16, 2013
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TRANSPORT In State Rebuttal, Charlotte Could Vote Against Road Expansion  The Naked City Blog   Charlotte City Council is threatening to withdraw its support for the proposed Monroe Bypass in a key, regional transportation planning group.
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Transport: FY2014 New Starts, Cambodia Overpass 'Achievement', Nashville 'Amp' BRT, Salt Lake Airport LRT, CAHSR Chooses Contractor

April 15, 2013
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TRANSPORT FTA Releases FY2014 New Starts Report  FTA   This Annual Report on Funding Recommendations is issued by the United States Secretary of Transportation to help inform the appropriations process for the upcoming fiscal year by providing information on projects included in the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) discretionary Capital Investment Grant Program.
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Transport: Madison BRT, Australian HSR $120B, DC Streetcar Joint Development, Designing Boston Transit Map

April 12, 2013
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TRANSPORT Madison BRT Plan Greeted Favorably by Officials  Capital Times   Enthusiasm is high for a new model of speedy bus service for Madison - but so is the potential price tag.
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Other Views: Reason Foundation Report On California High Speed Rail

April 12, 2013
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OTHER VIEWS Reason Foundation Releases Report on California High Speed Rail  Reuters   While California Governor Jerry Brown rode a bullet train in China, the libertarian Reason Foundation released a report on Thursday saying the state's planned high-speed rail system will likely need between $124 million and $373 million a year in operating subsidies once its core line is completed.
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Transport: Taxes & Transport In Toronto, Passenger Rail Regulation, Indianapolis Resurrects Freeway Plan, Reorganizing Honolulu Transit

April 10, 2013
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TRANSPORT Let's Not Just Throw Taxes at Transport Problem  Toronto Globe and Mail   Remember back in the late 19th century? City streets in large European and North American cities were clogged with horses and carriages.
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Transport: Generational Shift In Travel, Streetcar Property Assessment, Boring Names, Biking In Austin, Santa Monica Parking

April 8, 2013
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TRANSPORT Hipmunk CEO Sees Generational Shift in Travel  Skift   Adam Goldstein, the 25-year-old co-founder and CEO of travel metasearch company Hipmunk, believes there is a "generational shift" under way in travel.
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Transport: Calif. Super Majority Law, Houston Pay To Play Driving, Flywheel Tram Energy Storage, Synchronizing Lights To Fight Gridlock, Fort Worth Bike Share

April 3, 2013
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TRANSPORT In California, 2/3rds Vote Means You Lose  Los Angeles Times, via: @rpuentes   Measure J fell just 0.6% shy of the required two-thirds approval as support fell in upscale enclaves. Some politicians are pushing to cut the requirement.
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Transport: Healthy Cycling, British Columbia's Transit Dreams, Map21 Helps Rural States, GAO Says HSR Estimates Reasonable

April 1, 2013
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TRANSPORT Biking Shown as Good Way to Stay Healthy  Grist   It's always a pleasure when scientific studies confirm your own long-held opinions, especially when what you think flies in the face of all conventional wisdom.  
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Transport: Hampton Roads Transit Criticism, Wal-Mart Customer Delivery Idea, Divide Over Transpo Funding, California HSR Lawsuit

March 29, 2013
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TRANSPORT Hampton Roads Transit Board Defends Agency Against Report  Virginian Pilot   The Hampton Roads Transit Board of Commissioners defended the agency Thursday against an outside panel's critical review of its finances and record keeping, and ordered its own internal auditor to review the findings.
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Transport: Texas Untoll Road, Maryland Indexing Gas Tax, San Antonio Streetcar Routes, St. Louis Streetcar Feasibility, Dallas Downtown Light Rail Connector

March 28, 2013
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TRANSPORT $3B Plan Would End Tolls on New Road  Austin American Statesman, via: @WalkableDFW   How could the state lure people away from Interstate 35 and onto the Texas 130 tollway several miles to the east? State Rep. Paul Workman has a $3 billion answer to that question: make it free.
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