Transport: New Frontiers in Transit Denial, Fort Worth & Cottonbelt Line, LA's Red Car Conspiracy Theory, $4B In TIFIA & TIGER In Fed Plan, Bike Infrastructure Investment
April 2, 2013
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New Frontiers in Transit Denial
Human Transit
This just in from the BBC: Technology giant Philips corporation sent some people to the extremely busy Singapore bus system to imagine an alternative to typical fixed-route bus service.
News: Tempe-Mesa Streetcar Link, Mexico HSR Proposal, People-Friendly Transit, Beijing Smog Fight, Dearborn TOD Input
January 31, 2013
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Blogosphere: Unions Want a Transpo Funding Defender
The Hill
Transportation unions are urging President Obama to appoint a staunch defender of federal road and transit funding to replace outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood...
Read On Blogosphere: Rockefeller Wants NTSB Chief The Hill
The chairman of the Senate committee that has to approve Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood's replacement is…
Transportation unions are urging President Obama to appoint a staunch defender of federal road and transit funding to replace outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood...
Read On Blogosphere: Rockefeller Wants NTSB Chief The Hill
The chairman of the Senate committee that has to approve Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood's replacement is…
News: Transit Access Satisfaction Factors, Vancouver Anti-LRT Law, Seattle Rent Forcast, Beijing To Focus On Ecology, Denver Brownfield Revitalization
January 18, 2013
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Twin Cities: 70% Residents Support Spending for SWLRT
Twin Cities Finance and Commerce
A new survey shows support is growing for the Southwest Light Rail Transit line and that most respondents think Minnesota should spend $118 million to help pay for its construction...
Read On DC: Smartphone Developers - Metro Limiting Bus Data Washington Post
Developers of transit apps for smartphones say Metro unnecessarily limits the data it provides, and when the transit agency does provide…
A new survey shows support is growing for the Southwest Light Rail Transit line and that most respondents think Minnesota should spend $118 million to help pay for its construction...
Read On DC: Smartphone Developers - Metro Limiting Bus Data Washington Post
Developers of transit apps for smartphones say Metro unnecessarily limits the data it provides, and when the transit agency does provide…
News: St. Paul BRT Route, Social Media & Transit Agencies, London Underground At 150, Transit & Economic Efficiency, Boston Orange Line Opportunities
January 3, 2013
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Twin Cities: Snelling Ave to Get Rapid Bus Line
Pioneer Press
Metro Transit officials envision a new "rapid bus" route that would mostly travel along Snelling Avenue in St. Paul, starting at the 46th Street light-rail transit station in Minneapolis and ending at the Rosedale transit center...
Read On International: Red to Yellow, Angers Chinese Drivers Washington Post
Drivers in China are seeing red over a new crackdown on running through intersections…
Metro Transit officials envision a new "rapid bus" route that would mostly travel along Snelling Avenue in St. Paul, starting at the 46th Street light-rail transit station in Minneapolis and ending at the Rosedale transit center...
Read On International: Red to Yellow, Angers Chinese Drivers Washington Post
Drivers in China are seeing red over a new crackdown on running through intersections…
Blogosphere: NYC Reconsiders Bike Plan, How Auditors Get Transit Wrong, City Of Algorithms, Metro Clean Tech Index
October 24, 2012
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Blogosphere: FHWA Helps Cities & Towns Land Ped/Bike
DC Streetsblog
American cities and towns should get a leg up on using federal funds to make streets safer for biking and walking, thanks to rules enacted yesterday by the Federal Highway Administration...
Read On Blogosphere: Report - How Social Media Moves NY Rudin Center for Transportation Policy
We're thrilled to release a new report, "How Social Media Moves New…
American cities and towns should get a leg up on using federal funds to make streets safer for biking and walking, thanks to rules enacted yesterday by the Federal Highway Administration...
Read On Blogosphere: Report - How Social Media Moves NY Rudin Center for Transportation Policy
We're thrilled to release a new report, "How Social Media Moves New…
News: Houston Light Rail Extensions, Cincinnati Streetcar, Singapore Makeover, Mapping Incarceration Costs
October 3, 2012
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Houston: Mass Transit Eyed in Brazoria County Plan
Houston Chronicle
Plans for improving transportation in northern Brazoria County could include bringing mass transit to Pearland and Alvin. In Pearland, that could mean bringing a light rail line down from Houston and putting a station at the Lower Kirby Urban Center..
Read On Cincinnati: Mayor -…
Plans for improving transportation in northern Brazoria County could include bringing mass transit to Pearland and Alvin. In Pearland, that could mean bringing a light rail line down from Houston and putting a station at the Lower Kirby Urban Center..
Read On Cincinnati: Mayor -…
News: Charlotte LRT Vs. Tampa Buses, HSR From Canada To NY, Hailing NY Cabs, Singapore Housing Limit, Denver TOD Timing
September 5, 2012
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Charlotte: LRT Helps Charlotte Avoid Tampa's Bus Woes
Tampa Bay Times
Artellia Burch isn't so sure she would have braved the traffic to attend Monday's street festival that helped launch the Democratic National Convention...
Read On National: Standards Designer to Leave EPA The Hill
One of the architects of recently finalized fuel economy standards for…
Artellia Burch isn't so sure she would have braved the traffic to attend Monday's street festival that helped launch the Democratic National Convention...
Read On National: Standards Designer to Leave EPA The Hill
One of the architects of recently finalized fuel economy standards for…
News: Dallas Toll Roads, BART Metro Planning, Atlanta Transit Tax Foes, Diverging Traffic, Twin Cities Art Corridor
May 24, 2012
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Dallas: City Could Oppose Toll Roads
Dallas Morning News
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said Wednesday it is not too late for the city to change its position on the controversial Trinity River toll road, should new doubts about its benefits raised by three colleagues of his on the city council prove well-founded...
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said Wednesday it is not too late for the city to change its position on the controversial Trinity River toll road, should new doubts about its benefits raised by three colleagues of his on the city council prove well-founded...
Singapore: Paradise Once Lost, Can't Be Regained
September 7, 2011|Today Online
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While major cities around the world search for the money and means to establish quality green spaces for its population, Singapore appears to have hit the jackpot with the closure of the Malaysian railway line. ... Read On
Blogosphere: What is Value of "Green City" Reputation
August 19, 2011|Urban Current
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Officials in Singapore are betting that it is high. Alongside the development of office and industrial parks, the country has for decades made room for the expansion of green space, and is continuing to pursue a 10-year development plan to expand green cover throughout the country with new tree canopies, parkland, and nature reserves... Read On
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