Urbanism & Design: Google's Southern Strategy, Top 10 Cities To Travel Car Free, LRT To Revitalize Poor Denver Area, Impact Of Driverless Cars
April 23, 2013
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Google's Southern Strategy, Attractive City Clusters
Seattle Times
The first paragraph from the Charlotte Observer's story might make one think that the South is getting ready to stick it to the high-tax, high-regulation West Coast again:
Transport: Taxes & Transport In Toronto, Passenger Rail Regulation, Indianapolis Resurrects Freeway Plan, Reorganizing Honolulu Transit
April 10, 2013
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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.
Blogosphere: Congestion Pricing Cuts Traffic, BRT & Economic Development, Skyscrapers Over Trains, Repairing Freeway Scars, Hawaii TOD
January 23, 2013
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Blogosphere: Pricing Cuts Traffic 20% in 2 Weeks
EU Polis Network
The Göteborg congestion charge was launched on 1 January 2013. First reports after week 1 and week 2 of the scheme show that it is working as expected. The congestion charge is part of the West Swedish Agreement that aims to create an attractive, sustainable and growing region...
Read On Blogosphere: BRT Can Build Chicago's Economy…
The Göteborg congestion charge was launched on 1 January 2013. First reports after week 1 and week 2 of the scheme show that it is working as expected. The congestion charge is part of the West Swedish Agreement that aims to create an attractive, sustainable and growing region...
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Blogosphere: TOD In Hawaii, Transforming Houston Metro, Silicon Valley Shuttle Impact, 2013 Transit Openings, Innovation Investing
January 2, 2013
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Blogosphere: Leveraging TOD in Hawaii
Smart Growth America Blog
Hawaii state agencies can leverage transit-oriented development to help deliver on many of Governor Abercrombie's economic development, quality of life and environmental protection goals, according to a new analysis from the state's Office of Planning and Smart Growth America's Leadership Institute...
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Hawaii state agencies can leverage transit-oriented development to help deliver on many of Governor Abercrombie's economic development, quality of life and environmental protection goals, according to a new analysis from the state's Office of Planning and Smart Growth America's Leadership Institute...
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Blogosphere: Honolulu Full-Funding Agreement, Seniors & Livability, Ponies On Subways, Disasters & Cities
December 20, 2012
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Seattle: Jumpstarting Sound Transit III
Seattle Transit Blog
Tomorrow, we get a big win. Sound Transit doesn't want to see Issaquah, Redmond, or Everett left behind by Seattle going it alone, so they're responding to the threat of our ballot measure by doing a lot of our work for us!..
Read On Blogosphere: Honolulu Gets FFGA from the FTA DOT Fastlane
On Monday, the people of Hawaii lost a tireless champion, Senator Daniel Inouye. A Medal of Honor awardee for his wartime…
Tomorrow, we get a big win. Sound Transit doesn't want to see Issaquah, Redmond, or Everett left behind by Seattle going it alone, so they're responding to the threat of our ballot measure by doing a lot of our work for us!..
Read On Blogosphere: Honolulu Gets FFGA from the FTA DOT Fastlane
On Monday, the people of Hawaii lost a tireless champion, Senator Daniel Inouye. A Medal of Honor awardee for his wartime…
News: Racial Gap In Commutes, Dallas Streetcar Routes, HART Testing BRT, Germany To London HSR
November 26, 2012
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Boston: Wide Racial Gap in Boston Commutes
Boston Globe
At the end of a recent community meeting on the state transportation system, a grandmotherly woman with a lyrical Caribbean accent strode up to the top transportation official in Massachusetts, dispensing with pleasantries...
Read On Dallas: Proposed Dallas Streetcar Routes Dallas Morning News
In today's paper, I wrote about the…
At the end of a recent community meeting on the state transportation system, a grandmotherly woman with a lyrical Caribbean accent strode up to the top transportation official in Massachusetts, dispensing with pleasantries...
Read On Dallas: Proposed Dallas Streetcar Routes Dallas Morning News
In today's paper, I wrote about the…
News: Honolulu $1.55B FTA Grant, NYC BRT Vision, Science Of Cities, Mapping Boston Gas Leaks, Seattle Zoning Experiment
November 21, 2012
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Honolulu: FTA to Sign $1.55B Grant
Progressive Railroading
The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) will sign a full funding grant agreement (FFGA) with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to provide $1.55 billion for the construction of the Honolulu Rail Transit project, according to congressional notification sent to the Senate Committee on Appropriations...
Read On New York: Why NYC Has…
The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) will sign a full funding grant agreement (FFGA) with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to provide $1.55 billion for the construction of the Honolulu Rail Transit project, according to congressional notification sent to the Senate Committee on Appropriations...
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News: Honolulu Fed Funding, $353M Passenger Railcar Purchase, Barriers To Passenger Rail, Tolling Federal Highways, Austin Auto-Ped Fatalities
November 20, 2012
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National: AASHTO Gets a New Executive Director Governing
Frederick "Bud" Wright, a former executive director of the Federal Highway Administration, will lead the association that represents state transportation departments...
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Hawaii: Feds to Sign Grant Agreement for Rail Soon Honolulu Star Advertiser
The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation will sign a full-funding grant agreement with the Federal Transit Administration to provide $1.55 billion for…
National: AASHTO Gets a New Executive Director Governing
Frederick "Bud" Wright, a former executive director of the Federal Highway Administration, will lead the association that represents state transportation departments...
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Hawaii: Feds to Sign Grant Agreement for Rail Soon Honolulu Star Advertiser
The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation will sign a full-funding grant agreement with the Federal Transit Administration to provide $1.55 billion for…
Blogosphere: Transit City Lessons, Car Lanes & Buses, Sports Apparel TOD, Federal Role In DC Urban Planning
November 15, 2012
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Blogosphere: Lessons from Two Transit Cities for Seattle
GMF Urban Current
Tony Mazzella is Strategic Advisor at the City of Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT). Tony recently visited Munich and Zurich to study how each city has prioritized surface-running transit-mainly by implementing transit-only lanes and traffic signal priority at intersections- over general-purpose traffic...
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Tony Mazzella is Strategic Advisor at the City of Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT). Tony recently visited Munich and Zurich to study how each city has prioritized surface-running transit-mainly by implementing transit-only lanes and traffic signal priority at intersections- over general-purpose traffic...
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News: Virginia Beach Light Rail Vote, NC LRT Sales Tax Passes, Houston Guts Transit Tax, Columbia Crossing Defeat
November 7, 2012
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Virginia Beach: LRT Support Measure Likely to Pass
Virginian Pilot
Light-rail supporters wanted a decisive approval of a referendum they hoped would spur the city to bring The Tide here...
Read On North Carolina: Orange County Passes LRT Ballot WCHL Chappel Hill
On Election Night, the controversial half-cent transit sales tax easily won the vote in Orange County-but while all of Orange County's urban precincts voted for the referendum, all of its rural precincts voted against…
Light-rail supporters wanted a decisive approval of a referendum they hoped would spur the city to bring The Tide here...
Read On North Carolina: Orange County Passes LRT Ballot WCHL Chappel Hill
On Election Night, the controversial half-cent transit sales tax easily won the vote in Orange County-but while all of Orange County's urban precincts voted for the referendum, all of its rural precincts voted against…
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