Transport: India's Electric Vehicle Future, Financing Infrastructure, Essential Zurich Transit, Dedicated Lanes Speed SF Bus Lines
May 13, 2013
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Future of India Depends on Electric Vehicles
Business Standard
Public transport is very crucial for a nation as it provides access to employment, community resources, medical care and recreational opportunities.
Urbanism & Design: Urbanist Bracket Challenge, Classical Music As Crime Deterent, Tulsa Vs. Milwaukee In Parking, Zurich Bike-In Cafe
April 10, 2013
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Winner of the Urbanist Bracket Challenge
The Atlantic Cities
Now that the Unpaid Pro Basketball Championship is out of the way, we can finally get to the competition that has consumed much of my desktop for the last month: the Urbanist Toolkit Bracket Challenge of 2013.
Blogosphere: Transit City Lessons, Car Lanes & Buses, Sports Apparel TOD, Federal Role In DC Urban Planning
November 15, 2012
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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.
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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...
Read On Blogosphere: What Would Rep Shuster Bring to…
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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Blogosphere: Nationwide Transport Support, Density & Election Outcome, Space & City Choices, Charlotte Apt Boom, Interpreting Census
November 9, 2012
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Blogosphere: Strong Support for Transport Nationwide
T4 America
During a federal election season that saw the presidential candidates making only the barest mention of our teetering system for funding transportation infrastructure, local voters took transit funding into their own hands in more than two-dozen locales Tuesday...
Read On Blogosphere: Transit Efforts Boosted by Election Minnesota Post
During a federal election season that saw the presidential candidates making only the barest mention of our teetering system for funding transportation infrastructure, local voters took transit funding into their own hands in more than two-dozen locales Tuesday...
Read On Blogosphere: Transit Efforts Boosted by Election Minnesota Post
Blogosphere: Manhattan Without Subways, 2nd London Loop, Zurich Tram's Priority Lanes, Defining Walkable
November 1, 2012
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Blogosphere: Carpool Rule for Manhattan Drivers
Streetsblog
After a morning and afternoon when car traffic completely clogged NYC streets and river crossings, Mayor Bloomberg announced new restrictions for drivers entering Manhattan via bridges and tunnels on Thursday and Friday. On most crossings, only cars with three or more people will be allowed to enter Manhattan...
Read On Blogosphere: Scenes from a Commute Without Subways…
After a morning and afternoon when car traffic completely clogged NYC streets and river crossings, Mayor Bloomberg announced new restrictions for drivers entering Manhattan via bridges and tunnels on Thursday and Friday. On most crossings, only cars with three or more people will be allowed to enter Manhattan...
Read On Blogosphere: Scenes from a Commute Without Subways…
News: Calgary LRT Additions, 54.5 MPG Standard, GOP Transpo Platform, Generational Car Desires, Norfolk Zoning Types, Galveston Housing Plan
August 29, 2012
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Calgary: City Opens Two LRT Stations Railway Age
Calgary residents in the city's northeast section gained direct access to the two new light rail transit stops on the C-Train 202 line Monday, with station openings at Saddletowne and Martindale...
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National: White House Finalizes 54.5 MPG Standard Transportation Nation
Cars and light trucks will have to deliver an average of 54.5 miles per gallon by…
Calgary: City Opens Two LRT Stations Railway Age
Calgary residents in the city's northeast section gained direct access to the two new light rail transit stops on the C-Train 202 line Monday, with station openings at Saddletowne and Martindale...
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National: White House Finalizes 54.5 MPG Standard Transportation Nation
Cars and light trucks will have to deliver an average of 54.5 miles per gallon by…
News: LA Expo Line Challenge, Private Florida HSR, 1940s SF Transit Travelogue, Art & Neighborhoods, Bike Safety In Numbers
August 9, 2012
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California: Supreme Court Will Hear Expo Line Challenge
LA.Streetsblog
The California State Supreme Court will hear the case of Neighbors for Smart Rail (NFSR), a coalition of Westside homeowners, community groups and businesses, against Phase II of the Expo Line. NFSR alleges that the environmental documents for the line were improperly compared because it based traffic on future projections instead of the current status on the street....
The California State Supreme Court will hear the case of Neighbors for Smart Rail (NFSR), a coalition of Westside homeowners, community groups and businesses, against Phase II of the Expo Line. NFSR alleges that the environmental documents for the line were improperly compared because it based traffic on future projections instead of the current status on the street....
News: Swiss LRT Lessons, Texas HSR, Miwaukee Streetcar Plans, Detroit Rapid Bus, Unfinished Fed Transpo Work
July 23, 2012
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Salt Lake City: Lawmakers to Study LRT in Switzerland
Salt Lake Tribune
Four Utah legislators and five officials of the Utah Transit Authority just returned from a five-day trip to Switzerland to learn about light-rail transportation to and around ski resorts...
Read On Houston: Texas HSR Gains Momentum Impact News
Plans for a high-speed rail line connecting Houston with the Dallas-Fort…
Four Utah legislators and five officials of the Utah Transit Authority just returned from a five-day trip to Switzerland to learn about light-rail transportation to and around ski resorts...
Read On Houston: Texas HSR Gains Momentum Impact News
Plans for a high-speed rail line connecting Houston with the Dallas-Fort…
Blogosphere: Politics & VA Transit Funding, Swiss Landscape Defenses, Transit Pedestrians, NY Moving Sidewalk, Infrastructure & Placemaking
June 19, 2012
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Blogosphere: Picture Gallery - Early Car Crashes
Laughing Squid
The Boston Public Library boasts a collection of nearly 40,000 photos taken by Boston Herald-Traveler photographer Leslie Jones between 1917 and 1956-including this set of nearly 1000 auto accident photos taken in the Boston area..
Read On Blogosphere: VA Gov Admin Drops Transit Funding Bomb Greater Greater Washington
The McDonnell administration has suddenly decided to revamp the way it…
The Boston Public Library boasts a collection of nearly 40,000 photos taken by Boston Herald-Traveler photographer Leslie Jones between 1917 and 1956-including this set of nearly 1000 auto accident photos taken in the Boston area..
Read On Blogosphere: VA Gov Admin Drops Transit Funding Bomb Greater Greater Washington
The McDonnell administration has suddenly decided to revamp the way it…
Research Explores Train Vs. Bus Preferences
June 18, 2012
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An April 2012 article from the Journal of Public Transportation entitled "Bus or Rail: An Approach to Explain the Psychological Rail Factor" has been added to the Research Center best practices database. The article by Milena Scherer of ETH Zurich and Katrin Dziekan of the Berlin Institute of Technology explores whether there is an inherent preference for fixed rail transit among transit riders and why. The research found a preference for using rail, assuming equal service conditions, of 63 percent for regional train and 75 percent for trams compared to bus services. The rail factor is highly loaded with emotional and social attributions, the researchers note, and account for 20–50 percent of the share in the different schemata for bus, rail, and tram.
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