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Blogosphere: Getting CAHSR On Track, LA Freeway History, Green Streets Benefits, World's Worst Parkers, Equitable Public Spaces
August 16, 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: Getting HSR on Track in California
SPUR
As California prepares to build North America's first 200-plus-miles-per-hour high-speed rail track, the voices of doubt and hesitation become louder and more strident. Skeptics attempt to drown out confidence in the project...
Read On Blogosphere: LA's First Freeways KCET
As California prepares to build North America's first 200-plus-miles-per-hour high-speed rail track, the voices of doubt and hesitation become louder and more strident. Skeptics attempt to drown out confidence in the project...
Read On Blogosphere: LA's First Freeways KCET
News: Atlanta Vote Tuesday, CAHSR Benefits, Caltrain Electrification, BRT & Econ Dev Study, Exurb Rescue, Singles & Cities
July 30, 2012
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Tracks News - In this section you'll find news from cities around the country as well as interviews and general reporting on issues. It might be from a newspaper or a blog, but it counts as news. The Chatter, commentary and opposition articles will be found towards the bottom.
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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....
Blogosphere: Problems With Cheap BRT, Smart Sidewalks, Transpo Bill Deal Talk, Bike Friendly Dress Code, Greening Gaza
June 22, 2012
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Blogosphere: Do We Really Want Cheaper BRT?
Washington Post
A report is making the rounds today that claims the Corridor Cities Transitway BRT line could be built for far less money if buses were routed in mixed traffic rather than on a transitway, if "temporary stops" were built instead of stations, and if park and rides were eliminated from the outer stations. ..
A report is making the rounds today that claims the Corridor Cities Transitway BRT line could be built for far less money if buses were routed in mixed traffic rather than on a transitway, if "temporary stops" were built instead of stations, and if park and rides were eliminated from the outer stations. ..
Blogosphere: Auto Use Collapse, Cyclist Protection Laws, Kids & Traffic, Parking Lot Trees, Bolt Bus Northwest
May 8, 2012
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Blogosphere: Collapse of Auto Use Unprecedented
Business Insider
The greatest economics site in the world, FRED, has added vehicle miles data to its database. So we're going to have a lot of fun playing with this information. Here's the chart we made...
Read On Blogosphere: The Italian Job Metro Scene The Source
How do they do that? is a series for The Source that explores the technology that helps…
The greatest economics site in the world, FRED, has added vehicle miles data to its database. So we're going to have a lot of fun playing with this information. Here's the chart we made...
Read On Blogosphere: The Italian Job Metro Scene The Source
How do they do that? is a series for The Source that explores the technology that helps…
Israel: Runner Wins Race With Jerusalem Tram
September 6, 2011|Ynetnews
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It may be light, but in the meantime it's very slow. After hearing complaints from passengers that the Jerusalem light rail was as slow as a turtle, a young Jerusalem man decided to race the tram in order to test that theory. ... Read On
Jerusalem: Light-Rail Line Rattles Palestinians
August 31, 2011|The National
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Barely 14-kilometres long, this ancient city's long-promised light-rail line, which finally opened for business this month, has drawn controversy disproportionate to its length. ... Read On
Blogosphere: Where Did You Grow Up
August 8, 2011|Pedestrian Observations
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The last few weeks' posts on Old Urbanist made me think about what urban forms people prefer, and how it's affected by what they are familiar with. Rather than speculate on what people in my social circle prefer, I yield the stage to you... Read On
Blogosphere: Written in Concrete
June 17, 2011|Pedestrian Observations
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This post was originally written in Hebrew by Shalom Bogoslavsky, a social and political activist living in Jerusalem who blogs about Israeli politics at Put Down the Scissors and Let's Talk About It. The views expressed here are those of the author rather than my own; I translated it because it's important to showcase the politics of transit and there's a dearth of good English-language analysis of Israeli transportation... Read On
Blogosphere: On City Schools
June 14, 2011|Pedestrian Observations
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In Tel Aviv, people may move to the suburbs for a variety of reasons - the impossibility of finding parking in the city and the high housing prices are two popular complaints - but not school quality... Read On
Research: Modeling Development Behavior w Transpo
September 28, 2010|Journal of Transportation and Land Use
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A strong inter-dependence exists between the decision to develop land and the expected returns to be gained from that development. Current practice in UrbanSim modeling treats developer behavior and the emergence of land prices as independent processes... Read On
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