Blogosphere: DC Streetcar Task Force, Rio BRT, H+T Expense > Income, Urban Farms, Taxes & TOD Gentrification
October 19, 2012
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Blogosphere: Mayor Announces Streetcar Task Force
DCist
With Trinidadsome nearby residents playing the historic-preservation card to delay or entirely avert the creation of a car barn for the planned streetcar system at Spingarn Senior High School, Mayor Vince Gray today announced the D.C. government's favorite bureaucratic move to study the future of new transportation system...
Read On Blogosphere: BTS Marks 20 Years of Data Service DOT Fastlane
Transportation statistics and the…
With Trinidadsome nearby residents playing the historic-preservation card to delay or entirely avert the creation of a car barn for the planned streetcar system at Spingarn Senior High School, Mayor Vince Gray today announced the D.C. government's favorite bureaucratic move to study the future of new transportation system...
Read On Blogosphere: BTS Marks 20 Years of Data Service DOT Fastlane
Transportation statistics and the…
News: Hawaii BRT Alternative, Buses As Wannabe Trains, Beavers Vs. Human Engineers, Rio Slum's Olympic Facelift, Downtown Pop Growth
September 28, 2012
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Louisville: Does City Need More Highways?
New York Times
More and more Americans, educated 20-somethings and empty nesters among them, want to live downtown. Plenty of downtowns are coming back; many are thriving. Even so, we remain a nation in thrall to suburbs, highways, cars...
Read On Hawaii: Mayoral Candidate Releases BRT Alternative Honolulu…
More and more Americans, educated 20-somethings and empty nesters among them, want to live downtown. Plenty of downtowns are coming back; many are thriving. Even so, we remain a nation in thrall to suburbs, highways, cars...
Read On Hawaii: Mayoral Candidate Releases BRT Alternative Honolulu…
Blogoshpere: Future Of Long Buses, Renting SF City Parking, Slimming Streets, Choosing Road Congestion, New Tampa Vision
September 27, 2012
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Blogosphere: A Future for Long Buses?
Human Transit
I've repeatedly said that if you need a high capacity vehicle with just one driver, over a sustained period of time, you probably have a good reason to build rail...
Read On Blogosphere: Citywide Parking Rentals Will be Allowed SF Streetsblog
A bill allowing many residential parking spaces to be rented to residents citywide was passed unanimously by the SF Board of Supervisors yesterday despite…
I've repeatedly said that if you need a high capacity vehicle with just one driver, over a sustained period of time, you probably have a good reason to build rail...
Read On Blogosphere: Citywide Parking Rentals Will be Allowed SF Streetsblog
A bill allowing many residential parking spaces to be rented to residents citywide was passed unanimously by the SF Board of Supervisors yesterday despite…
News: Tampa LRT Push, Mica's 'Holy Jihad', SF Main Drag, Nashville BRT Funding, Subsidized Job Sprawl
September 12, 2012
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Tampa: Mayor to Renew Push for LRT
WTSP Tampa
Though the Republican National Convention may have run smoothly overall, one trouble spot for Tampa Bay was the busing system. Described as a "fiasco" by some Florida delegates, some buses got lost, others arrived several hours late...
Read On National: Lima's Priority to Reform Public Transport Guardian UK
Though the Republican National Convention may have run smoothly overall, one trouble spot for Tampa Bay was the busing system. Described as a "fiasco" by some Florida delegates, some buses got lost, others arrived several hours late...
Read On National: Lima's Priority to Reform Public Transport Guardian UK
News: Transit Fare Equity, Exurban Transit, Transit & Housing In Curitiba, Houston Redevelopment Opportunity, Difference TOD Makes
August 20, 2012
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National: Obama Tells States "Use It Or Lose It"
Transportation Nation
States will lose out on millions of dollars in federal highway money if they sit on the cash without putting it to immediate use, the White House said in a statement today...
Read On Research: Transit Fare Equity in Utah Using GIS TRB TRIS
States will lose out on millions of dollars in federal highway money if they sit on the cash without putting it to immediate use, the White House said in a statement today...
Read On Research: Transit Fare Equity in Utah Using GIS TRB TRIS
Blogosphere: Transit Funding, Driverless Cars, Acela HSR Example, Sustainable Cities On Rise, Cities In Middle Ages
August 17, 2012
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Blogosphere: Everything About Transit Funding
DC Streetsblog
Transit agencies can have a hard time finding the money to expand rail lines and busways. While federal grants for road projects require a 20 percent local match, transit projects need to get 50 percent or more from local funding sources. ..
Transit agencies can have a hard time finding the money to expand rail lines and busways. While federal grants for road projects require a 20 percent local match, transit projects need to get 50 percent or more from local funding sources. ..
News: Houston Gets LRT Funds, Georgia Explores HSR, Brazil Bus-Rail Tug-Of-War, Counting Portland Bikes, DC Bike Trip Planner
August 10, 2012
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Houston: Metro Gets $188 Million For Light Rail
Houston Chronicle
The expansion of Houston Metro got another boost from the federal government with the allocation of $188 million in additional construction funding for the North and Southeast light rail lines....
Read On Atlanta: Georgia Exploring Atlanta, Columbus HSR Atlanta Business…
The expansion of Houston Metro got another boost from the federal government with the allocation of $188 million in additional construction funding for the North and Southeast light rail lines....
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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: CAHSR Funding Move, Dallas Highway Toll, France's Tramways, Rio's First BRT Corridor, Urban Lunch
June 25, 2012
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Blogosphere: State Senate May Try to Move HSR Funds
CAHSR Blog
The LA Times' Ralph Vartabedian reports that anti-HSR State Senators may try to move the HSR funds out of the Central Valley, even though the current HSR proposal includes billions in funds for both the Bay Area and Southern California in addition to starting HSR construction in the Valley:..
Read On Blogosphere: What If Our Problem is Too Many Cars? Dallas Morning News…
The LA Times' Ralph Vartabedian reports that anti-HSR State Senators may try to move the HSR funds out of the Central Valley, even though the current HSR proposal includes billions in funds for both the Bay Area and Southern California in addition to starting HSR construction in the Valley:..
Read On Blogosphere: What If Our Problem is Too Many Cars? Dallas Morning News…
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