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Urbanism & Design: National Parking Policy Graphics, Zero Parking Toronto Skyscraper, Train Station Development

May 21, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN 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.
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Transport: Oregon Wants Light Rail Or No Bridge, VMT Of Rural Vs Urban Drivers, NOLA Streetcar Expansion Plans, First BRT Corridor In Rio

April 24, 2013
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TRANSPORT Oregon Will Kill CRC If It Doesn't Include Light Rail  Seattle Times   Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber's office says a proposed $3.4 billion Columbia River bridge will die if Washington state tries to remove light rail from the project.
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Transport: Transit Wiki, Richmond VA Transit Network Plans, Driving Down & Highway Spending Up, Speeding Seattle Transit Studies

April 11, 2013
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TRANSPORT Transit Wiki for Information Sharing  Human Transit   I've recently learned of a new resource for sharing knowledge and best practices related to transit planning: transitwiki.org.
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Blogosphere: LA DIY Urbanism, Branding BRT, Bike Lanes Cut Injuries, Unions & Urban Income, Urban Density & Family Farms

October 23, 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. TRANSPORT Blogosphere: LA's Do It Yourself Urbanism LA Streetsblog
From guerrilla bike lanes to seedbomb vending machines, a number of homegrown urban space interventions are doing Los Angeles proud overseas as part of the official U.S. participation in the Venice Architecture Biennale...

Read On Blogosphere: Will Transpo Investments Keep Up   DC Streetsblog
It's now common knowledge that annual…
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Blogosphere: A Woonerf For LA, TIFIA & Transit, Interlining In Twin Cities, De-Wonkifying Transit, Suburban Parklets

October 18, 2012
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Bellevue WA, bicycles, California, Charlotte, Chicago, Demographics, Federal Policy, housing, Illinois, Light Rail, Livability & Sustainability, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Minnesota, North Carolina, Pedestrians & Walkability, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Rail~Volution, Russia, Seattle, Smart Growth & Sprawl, St. Paul, State Policy, tracks, tracks opinion, Transit, Transit Funding, Twin Cities, urban, Urban Form, Washington
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. TRANSPORT Blogosphere: A Woonerf for Los Angeles Earth Techling
A car-less street in Los Angeles? In a city known more for its traffic than fabulous mass transit access, a residential neighborhood arranged around such a concept may seem an unlikely sell..

Read On Blogosphere: Five Factors, Will TIFIA Benefit Transit? DC Streetsblog
Last week, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood touted his department's $545.9 million TIFIA loan to construct Los Angeles'…
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Blogosphere: Rail & Development Potential, Demand For Walkable Development, GOP Urban Agenda, Tactical Urbanism

October 16, 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. TRANSPORT Blogosphere: Cost Savings from East Link Seattle Transit Blog
Back in May, Sound Transit presented its first iteration of East Link cost savings options to slim down Bellevue's $60 million contingent contribution to a downtown tunnel. The ST Board advanced a few different options along three segments of the alignment for further study. ..

Read On URBANISM | HOUSING | CITIES | ENVIRONMENT Blogosphere: DEIS - LRT Will Reduce Dev Potential   Net…
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Blogosphere: Seattle East Link Options, Improving Chicago Biz Climate, Importance Of Being Urban, MIT Sidewalk Lab

October 15, 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. TRANSPORT Blogosphere: Cost Savings from East Link Seattle Transit Blog
Back in May, Sound Transit presented its first iteration of East Link cost savings options to slim down Bellevue's $60 million contingent contribution to a downtown tunnel. The ST Board advanced a few different options along three segments of the alignment for further study. ..

Read On URBANISM | HOUSING | CITIES | ENVIRONMENT Blogosphere: Improving Chicago's Biz Climate Urbanophile
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News: LRT Track Design Handbook, Denver Commuter Rail Pressure, Guidelines For Suburban Transit, Gulf Coast Rail Considered, Court Ruling Against Hawaii Rail

August 27, 2012
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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. TRANSPORT Dallas: Bridge Plans for Streetcar Line Dallas Morning News
Several friends of the show have been asking when the city's expecting to close down the Houston Street Bridge to make room for the downtown-to-Oak Cliff starter streetcar line...

Read On Research: TCRP R155 Track Design Handbook for LRT TCRP Online
This report provides guidelines and descriptions for the…
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News: Seattle Classic Streetcars, Bay Area Needs 2nd Tube, Land Values & LRT, Cheap Vs. Long-Term Design, Renewal Without Displacement

June 18, 2012
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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. TRANSPORT Seattle: Classic Streetcars Stuck at Dead End Seattle Times
For the past seven years, a little bit of Seattle's soul has been collecting dust in a warehouse near Safeco Field. The George Benson Waterfront Streetcars - five classic, 1920s streetcars that ran from 1982 to 2005 - are in limbo, says Metro...

Read On Bay Area: Diridon Says Bay Area Needs Second Tube KQED
BART service is back to normal. But transit experts say yesterday's shutdown was a harsh lesson in the need for…
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News: Bay Area Commuter Rail Deal, Quake Shakes Mexico Subway, Dallas TOD Slow, Kansas City Streetcar Funds, Shallow Tunnel Savings

March 26, 2012
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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. TRANSPORT California: Peninsula Deal Has Some Perks San Francisco Chronicle
That just-announced pact to plow $1.5 billion in high-speed rail money into electrifying Caltrain comes with some mighty major side deals - including a pledge by Bay Area leaders to build a 1.2-mile tunnel through downtown San Francisco to connect the line to the new Transbay Terminal...

Read On International: Mexico Subways Suffer from Earthquake Transportation Nation
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