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News: Charlotte Streetcar Vs. LRT, London Crossrail II Route, SF Market St. Over, DC Affordable Housing Initiative, Poverty & School Reform
February 6, 2013
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International: Failing to Keep Track of Spending
Guardian UK
Central government must do more to keep track of the money it provides to local authorities for transport projects, the public accounts committee has warned...
Read On Charlotte: Foxx - Opponents Using Smoke and Mirrors Charlotte Observer
In his most pointed annual State of the City address, Mayor Anthony Foxx said streetcar critics - such as Gov. Pat McCrory - are…
Central government must do more to keep track of the money it provides to local authorities for transport projects, the public accounts committee has warned...
Read On Charlotte: Foxx - Opponents Using Smoke and Mirrors Charlotte Observer
In his most pointed annual State of the City address, Mayor Anthony Foxx said streetcar critics - such as Gov. Pat McCrory - are…
News: Atlanta Vote Tuesday, CAHSR Benefits, Caltrain Electrification, BRT & Econ Dev Study, Exurb Rescue, Singles & Cities
July 30, 2012
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Atlanta: TSPLOST Vote In Savannah, Chatham Counties
Savannah Morning News
On Tuesday, residents will be asked to increase the total sales tax by an additional penny on the dollar to raise almost $611 million for county transportation projects. If approved, Chatham's sales tax will increase from 7 percent to 8 percent....
On Tuesday, residents will be asked to increase the total sales tax by an additional penny on the dollar to raise almost $611 million for county transportation projects. If approved, Chatham's sales tax will increase from 7 percent to 8 percent....
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...
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News: Cars & Bikes In LA, Million $ Parking Space, Bike Riding Savings, Lucas' Housing Plans, Medieval Urbanism
May 22, 2012
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Los Angeles: Drivers and Cyclists Learn to Coexist in LA
New York Times
It was a warm April morning in downtown Los Angeles, and there was not a car on the road. For five hours, the streets were commandeered by nearly 100,000 people on bicycles...
Read On DC: Purple Line Funding Uncertain Washington Post
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) has long promised that the Washington suburbs and Baltimore would each…
It was a warm April morning in downtown Los Angeles, and there was not a car on the road. For five hours, the streets were commandeered by nearly 100,000 people on bicycles...
Read On DC: Purple Line Funding Uncertain Washington Post
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) has long promised that the Washington suburbs and Baltimore would each…
News: Orlando Rail Study, Honolulu Gets Key OK, Small Cities & Federal Grants, UN Urban Plot, India Urbanization
February 7, 2012
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Orlando: City Pitches in Money for Rail Study
Orlando Sentinel
The Orlando City Council on Monday agreed to write a check for more than $106,000 to the state to help pay for a $1.7 million study of a commuter train that would link Lake County with Orlando...
Read On Honolulu: City Given Go Ahead for Construction Honolulu Star Advertiser
The federal government has granted a key approval that will…
The Orlando City Council on Monday agreed to write a check for more than $106,000 to the state to help pay for a $1.7 million study of a commuter train that would link Lake County with Orlando...
Read On Honolulu: City Given Go Ahead for Construction Honolulu Star Advertiser
The federal government has granted a key approval that will…
News: Indonesia Train Surfers, Transportation & Health, Albany To Buffalo HSR, Transit Brings Freedom, China Urban Population
January 18, 2012
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International: Indonesia Cracks Down on Train Surfers
USA Today
Indonesia has gone to imaginative extremes to try to stop commuters from illegally riding the roofs of trains - hosing down the scofflaws with red paint, threatening them with dogs and appealing for help from religious leaders...
Read On National: Mapping Transportation and Health Planetizen (via Streetsblog.net)
What is the relationship between car…
Indonesia has gone to imaginative extremes to try to stop commuters from illegally riding the roofs of trains - hosing down the scofflaws with red paint, threatening them with dogs and appealing for help from religious leaders...
Read On National: Mapping Transportation and Health Planetizen (via Streetsblog.net)
What is the relationship between car…
Blogosphere: Shifting Diversity, Perils Of Privitization, Praising Narrow Streets, Fuel Addiction, Future Of Suburban Housing
January 4, 2012
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Blogosphere: Shifting Diversity in Metro America
New Geography
Census 2010 gave the detail behind what we've known for some time: America is becoming an increasingly diverse place. Not only has the number of minorities simply grown nationally, but the distribution of them among America's cities has changed...
Read On Blogosphere: The Perils of Privitization Slate Moneybox (via The Transportationist)
Census 2010 gave the detail behind what we've known for some time: America is becoming an increasingly diverse place. Not only has the number of minorities simply grown nationally, but the distribution of them among America's cities has changed...
Read On Blogosphere: The Perils of Privitization Slate Moneybox (via The Transportationist)
International: Elevated BRT Replacing Monorail Plan
September 22, 2011|Jakarta Post
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The Jakarta administration has decided to use concrete columns of the abandoned monorail project for an elevated bus rapid transit (BRT) project. City Transportation chief Udar Pristono said on Wednesday that the planned elevated BRT would be integrated with the Transjakarta BRT... Read On
International: Improving Quality of Life a Must
September 16, 2009|Jakarta Post
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The City administration should make the most of its plan to develop underground spaces in the city to give citizens more facilities, spatial planning experts said in a discussion on Monday. Underground spaces should be developed not only to support the construction of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) train, but also to improve the city's use of space and provide a better quality of life for Jakartans, said Hendricus Andy from the University of Indonesia....
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