Urban Issues: Boston Adding Housing, Ethiopia's Middle Class, San Antonio's Busines Savvy Immigrants, Bay Area Low Income Workers Struggle
March 25, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES
Boston Looks to Add 30,000 Housing Units by 2020
Boston Globe
The city of Boston plans to add up to 30,000 new housing units by 2020 to meet the needs of a changing population that includes more families moving to the downtown area, Mayor Thomas M. Menino is set to announce on Monday.
News: LA Port Freight Rail EIR, LaHood: Sequestration 'Dumb', Passenger Rail Renaissance, Fighting Sprawl
March 1, 2013
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International: $1.28B Loan for Phase 1 of UAE Rail
Railway Technology
Etihad Rail has received a $1.28bn loan to build the first phase of the UAE's $11bn national railway network...
Read On Los Angeles: LA Port Issues Final Environmental Report Progressive Railroading
The Port of Los Angeles has released a Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for BNSF Railway Co.'s proposed Southern California International Gateway (SCIG) project...
Etihad Rail has received a $1.28bn loan to build the first phase of the UAE's $11bn national railway network...
Read On Los Angeles: LA Port Issues Final Environmental Report Progressive Railroading
The Port of Los Angeles has released a Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for BNSF Railway Co.'s proposed Southern California International Gateway (SCIG) project...
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…
Reconnecting America Releases Report On Transit In Midsize Cities
December 6, 2012
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Reconnecting America today released a report that explores transit in midsize cities with a focus on best practices in transit planning, funding strategies, and outcomes.
Midsize Cities On The Move: A Look At The Next Generation Of Rapid Bus, Bus Rapid Transit, And Streetcar Projects In The United States
December 6, 2012
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Introduction
Public transportation investments have helped to shape many of America’s cities. The largest metropolises typically have extensive rail and bus systems that provide mobility for commuters, residents, and visitors and serve as the backbone of the regional economy. The recent shutdown of the New York subway system as a result of Hurricane Sandy, and the crippling gridlock that resulted, demonstrates the extent to which such cities depend on their transit systems. The benefits of such systems are well documented; New York’s subway, the DC Metro, Chicago’s “L” trains, and other large systems have been the subject of numerous studies of their economic and environmental impact.
At the other end of the spectrum, transit systems in small towns and rural areas have also been the subject of recent research, including “Exploring the Role of Regional Transportation Projects as Rural Economic Drivers” by the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) and…
News: Austin Rail 1st Phase, Maryland BRT Financing, Tampa Sales Tax, Vancouver WA LRT Tax Vote
May 23, 2012
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Austin: Urban Rail First Phase to Cost $550M
Austin American Statesman
With urban rail's first piece likely to cost $550 million, and no more than half of that coming from federal grants, the City of Austin could need to ask voters to OK as much as $275 million in bonds, officials said this morning...
Read On Maryland: Special Districts Should Pay for BRT…
With urban rail's first piece likely to cost $550 million, and no more than half of that coming from federal grants, the City of Austin could need to ask voters to OK as much as $275 million in bonds, officials said this morning...
Read On Maryland: Special Districts Should Pay for BRT…
Blogosphere: Portland vs. Vancouver, WA., Suburban Green Streets, Urbanists Circa 400BC, Lives Of Commuters, Busways
December 21, 2011
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Blogosphere: Dream of Suburbs Alive in Vancouver
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
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Read On Blogosphere: Hey Vikings, Parking is Not Cities Twin Cities Sidewalks
I kinda understand tailgating, I suppose. It's like a picnic, only instead of being in a park under a tree on a blanket in the grass, you're in a parking…
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Read On Blogosphere: Hey Vikings, Parking is Not Cities Twin Cities Sidewalks
I kinda understand tailgating, I suppose. It's like a picnic, only instead of being in a park under a tree on a blanket in the grass, you're in a parking…
Blogosphere: Hartford Blogger, Florida Bike Sharing, Pro Transit Libertarians, Bay Bridge Bike Path, In Lieu Parking Fee, A Better Gas Tax
December 15, 2011
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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.
Blogosphere: Hartford Blogger Boosts 'Sad City'
Wall Street Journal
Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra isn't the only one zeroing in on the sorry image of Connecticut's capitol city. Despite its downer of a name, the blog Sad City Hartford is also trying to champion Hartford as a city on the rise..
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Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra isn't the only one zeroing in on the sorry image of Connecticut's capitol city. Despite its downer of a name, the blog Sad City Hartford is also trying to champion Hartford as a city on the rise..
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Norm Garrick - Automobility Decreases the Efficiency of Cities
June 30, 2011
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Norman Garrick discusses what happens when you start to change your infrastructure from being pedestrian supported to auto supported. Case in point, the City of Hartford, which had at one point 15,000 parking spaces when it was a more walkable place. Today, it has 45,000 parking spaces and less jobs that it did then. To see what that means in terms of city destruction, you only have to wait till the end of the discussion to see the destruction that has on a city's soul. In plain terms, making way for automobility decreases the efficiency of cities.
Hartford: Shared Space Can Remake Streets
June 28, 2011|Hartford Courant
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Southern Connecticut is blessed to have the Metro-North Railroad serve our historic coastal downtowns, the communities that grew up along the old Boston Post Road. These were once walkable places with a strong sense of community that have been degraded by traffic and traffic-inducing development. Connecticut is focusing on future transit projects, but what about these town centers that are already well served by transit?... Read On
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