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...
Read On Blogosphere: BRT Can Build Chicago's Economy…
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…
News: Tram Trains, Austin Rail Recommendation, Nashville Real-Time Info, Long Island Development, Baseball Development
May 18, 2012
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International: Sheffield Gets First Tram-Train
BBC News
Tram-trains which run on street tracks and railway lines are to be piloted in South Yorkshire in a scheme worth £58m, the government has confirmed...
Read On Austin: City Releases Urban Rail Recommendation Austin American Statesman
The first phase of urban rail should run from the Austin Convention Center to Mueller, passing through the University of Texas and Hancock Center, the City of Austin Transportation Department said in a memo sent today…
Tram-trains which run on street tracks and railway lines are to be piloted in South Yorkshire in a scheme worth £58m, the government has confirmed...
Read On Austin: City Releases Urban Rail Recommendation Austin American Statesman
The first phase of urban rail should run from the Austin Convention Center to Mueller, passing through the University of Texas and Hancock Center, the City of Austin Transportation Department said in a memo sent today…
News: Transpo Bill Negotiations, A Driving Tax, Impact Of Clustered Development, National Highway Tolls, Romney & HUD, Urban Spatial Strategy
April 17, 2012
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National: More Quiet Cars on Commuter Trains
USA Today
Riders on New York's Long Island Railroad and Metro-North will have an easier time finding a quiet car now that the busiest commuter rail lines in North America increased the number of quiet spaces this month...
Read On National: Heritage Foundation Not Happy with Bill The Hill
The conservative Heritage Foundation's political arm is warning its members…
Riders on New York's Long Island Railroad and Metro-North will have an easier time finding a quiet car now that the busiest commuter rail lines in North America increased the number of quiet spaces this month...
Read On National: Heritage Foundation Not Happy with Bill The Hill
The conservative Heritage Foundation's political arm is warning its members…
Blogosphere: Young Dump Cars, Caring About Suburban Transport, Kindness Of Cities, Demand For Parks, Neighborhood Effect
April 6, 2012
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Blogosphere: PIRG - Young Americans Dump Cars
DC Streetsblog
The U.S. Public Interest Research Group has been crunching the numbers on travel preferences among young Americans - and the news is not good for auto makers...
Read On Blogosphere: Why I Care About Suburban Transport Cap'n Transit
If you read my posts you'll notice that I live in the city, but I talk a lot about transit and roads in suburban counties like…
The U.S. Public Interest Research Group has been crunching the numbers on travel preferences among young Americans - and the news is not good for auto makers...
Read On Blogosphere: Why I Care About Suburban Transport Cap'n Transit
If you read my posts you'll notice that I live in the city, but I talk a lot about transit and roads in suburban counties like…
Blogosphere: Chicago Infrastructure Trust, Quantifying Transit Equality, Zoning Expiration, Form Based Codes, Big Cities
March 12, 2012
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Blogosphere: The Sorry State of American Transport
The Urbanophile
We constantly read about the infrastructure crisis in America. I'll have more to say on this at a future date, but it is pretty clear that we need to spend more money in a whole lot of areas: airports, roads and bridges, public transportation, and more...
Read On Blogosphere: Chicago's Infrastructure Trust Brookings
Sometimes if you want something done…
We constantly read about the infrastructure crisis in America. I'll have more to say on this at a future date, but it is pretty clear that we need to spend more money in a whole lot of areas: airports, roads and bridges, public transportation, and more...
Read On Blogosphere: Chicago's Infrastructure Trust Brookings
Sometimes if you want something done…
News: NY Bike Share, Calif. HSR Head Quits, Detroit Booster, BART To Buy Cars, Gulf Coast Sustainability, Charlotte Light Rail Investment
January 13, 2012
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Research: Property Values in Minority First Suburbs
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
While property values and their appreciation in inner-city neighborhoods with high proportions of minorities have been analyzed, not much systematic research has been undertaken on property values and their appreciation in minority suburbs. This article investigates differences among First Suburban census tracts..
While property values and their appreciation in inner-city neighborhoods with high proportions of minorities have been analyzed, not much systematic research has been undertaken on property values and their appreciation in minority suburbs. This article investigates differences among First Suburban census tracts..
Blogosphere: Cooperations Boosts TOD
September 23, 2011|Mobilizing the Region
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A promising transit-oriented development project around the Ronkonkoma LIRR station in Suffolk County seems to be moving forward, thanks to an unusual amount of cooperation between two bordering municipalities... Read On
Blogosphere: Fear of Apartments Unwarranted
July 18, 2011|Mobilizing the Region
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Over the years, and multiple administrations, the Village of Farmingdale has moved steadily towards remaking itself into a more transit-oriented, walkable and vibrant place. The goals of the Long Island village's efforts have been to reduce its downtown vacancy rate and attract and keep its young people... Read On
Blogosphere: Sunnyside Junction Proposal
July 6, 2011|Pedestrian Observations
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The in-progress East Side Access (ESA) project linking the LIRR to Grand Central is scheduled to open in 2016, and Metro-North is already studying options to use space vacated by the LIRR to run its own trains to Penn Station along the Northeast Corridor... Read On
