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Transport: Twin Cities Transit, Tampa's Transit Election, Frontrunner Ridership, Transit Clubs, Hudson Bergen LRT

May 6, 2013
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TRANSPORT Without Transit Plans, Twin Cities Not Competitive Minneapolis Star Tribune   During a spring in which almost anything seems possible, here’s a headline you’re not going to see: “Salt Lake City agrees to stop transit construction so Twin Cities can catch up.”
Read On   Tampa’s Hopes of City Transit Election Fail in Statehouse St. Petersburg Times   It was a long shot from the start,…
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Urbanism & Design: Threat To Wealthy Ohio Counties, Disappearing DC Gas Stations, Mayo Clinic's Destination Medical Center, Vertical Cities

April 29, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Wealthiest Counties in NE Ohio Could End Up Losers  Cleveland Plain Dealer   Northeast Ohio will see 18 houses a day abandoned in urban areas while suburban communities add tens of thousands of new, single-family houses and build enough new miles of highway to reach from Cleveland to Panama.
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Transport: Salt Lake LRT Early & Under Budget, Cinci Streetcar Obstructionism, Winnipeg BRT Snag, Costly SF Cable Cars

April 25, 2013
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TRANSPORT Salt Lake LRT Network 2 Years Early, $40M Under Budget  Salt Lake Tribune   Riding high from this month's celebratory airport TRAX line launch - completed two years early and $40 million under budget - the Utah Transit Authority crossed a host of other items off its to-do list Wednesday
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Transport: Feds OK Detroit M1 Rail Line, Politics Of Gas Tax Hike, Case For & Against Transit Subsidies, Lack Of Earmarks Stymies Deal Making

April 23, 2013
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TRANSPORT M1 Gets Final Environmental Approval From Feds  Detroit Free Press   The federal government gave its final environmental clearance Monday for the M1 Rail line to begin its work to build a 3.3-mile streetcar line on Woodward between downtown Detroit and the New Center area, a move that the rail line's leader called a significant step forward.
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Transport: NC Transport Spending Plan, NYC Nerd Buses, Bike Friendly Universities, Atlanta Streetcar Frequency Problem, Cincinnati Streetcar Costs

April 19, 2013
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TRANSPORT McCrory Outlines Strategy for Transpo Spending  News and Observer   North Carolina will build better transportation projects and create more jobs if it scraps an outmoded formula created in 1989 to sprinkle road-building money among different regions of the state, Gov. Pat McCrory said Thursday.
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Urbanism & Design: Smarter Development Rule Book, Lessons From Chicago Suburb, Albuquerque's Answer To Sprawl, Cincinnati Staircases

April 15, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN A Simpler, Smarter Rule Book for Development in Sacramento  Sacramento Bee   There are very good reasons why the building industry and business groups, architects and design organizations, and environmental, bicycling and walking advocates all support modernizing Sacramento's cumbersome and antiquated zoning code.
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Urban Issues: Deadly Sedentary Lifestyle, Wages & Ohio Housing, Austin Perfect For Google Fiber, Glaeser On Detroit

April 10, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Sedentary Living Kills More Than Smoking  The City Fix   Some actions, such as hopping in your car to go to the bakery, may be putting your life at risk.
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Urban Issues: Demographic Evolution Of Cities 1950-2050, Fighting Gentrification, An Urban School System That Works, SF Trash Inspectors

April 5, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Chart: Demographic Evolution of Cities 1950 - 2025  Urban Demographics, via: @trnsprttnst   A nice chart showing the U.N. estimate for the demographic evolution of cities between 1950 and 2025.
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Environment & Ecology: Wireless Bus Recharging, NY Subway Seawall Rising, Chicago Learns From High Line, NY Rat Sterilization, Sustainability In St. Louis

April 2, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY Germany Testing Wireless Bus Recharge at Stops  Ecology.com   The city of Mannheim, Germany, is about to undertake a pilot project that just might pave the way to the future for zero-emissions and low-noise public transit - electric buses that charge themselves wirelessly while waiting for passengers to get on and off at bus stops.
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Urbanism & Design: Azusa TOD Planning Grant, Myrle Beach AFB Redevopment, Mobile Coffee As Urban Strategy, Cities As Cultural Districts

April 1, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Azusa Gets TOD Planning Grant  San Gabriel Valley Tribune   As the city prepares for the coming Gold Line Extension, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has awarded Azusa more than $650,000 as part of a Transit Oriented Development Planning grant.  
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