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Transport: Freight & Urban Mobility Plans, Foxx Confirmation, Bike Share & Driving Reduction, Event Ticket Transit Funding

May 23, 2013
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TRANSPORT Why Do We Not Integrate Freight Planning?  The Atlantic Cities   In the grand scheme of urban mobility, it's easy to lose track of commercial freight movement. Commuters are the primary source of traffic coming into and out of the city, and parking causes much of the street-to-street congestion within it.  
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Urbanism & Design: National Parking Policy Graphics, Zero Parking Toronto Skyscraper, Train Station Development

May 21, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Kemper Freeman Plans Big Bellevue Development  Seattle Times   Kemper Development wants to build 2 million square feet of additional retail, office, hotel and residential space covering more than a block of prime real estate at Northeast Fourth Street and Bellevue Way Northeast.
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Transport: Metra Leery of WiFi Costs, Salt Lake Freeway Revolt, GOP Opposition VA Highway Plan, Urban Cycling Hall Of Fame

May 16, 2013
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TRANSPORT Metra Leery of WiFi Costs  Chicago Tribune   Nearly half of riders use electronic devices, study finds, but providing wireless service on trains would be expensive, technologically difficult
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Transport: West Salt Lake Transpo Options, NY Bike Share Rack Resistance, National Household Travel Survey, Young Driving Habits & Aging Impact

May 15, 2013
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Atlanta, Austin, bicycles, Commuter Rail, Demographics, England, Georgia, High-Speed & Intercity Rail, Highways & Automobiles, housing, London, Minneapolis, Minnesota, New York, New York State, Pedestrians & Walkability, Performance, Salt Lake City, St. Paul, State Policy, Streetcar, Texas, tracks, Tracks Transport, Transit, Transit Funding, Travel Behavior, Twin Cities, UK, Utah
TRANSPORT No Freeway in West Salt Lake May Be Best Choice  Salt Lake Tribune   A freeway to carry heavy traffic north and south though west Davis County has been on Utah Department of Transportation drawing boards for years. The agency is ready to release its draft environmental impact study and name its preferred route.
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Transport: Newport VA PPP Deal Blocked, Micro-Managing Indianapolis Transit Plan, Charlotte Streetcar Gains Support, Atlanta Streetcar Costs Grow

May 14, 2013
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TRANSPORT Bottineau Light Rail Not Quite a Done Deal  Minnesota Post   The Metropolitan Council the other day approved the 13-mile Bottineau Transitway between Minneapolis and Brooklyn Park.
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Other Views: Taking Train to NASCAR Race, Riding The El Circa 1870, The Onion's Top 10 Cities To Move To Today

May 13, 2013
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OTHER VIEWS NASCAR Express Train to Sonoma Raceway  NASCAR Race Sonoma, via: John Hughes   For the first time ever, Northern California NASCAR fans can get on board the NASCAR Express train service to the Toyota/Save Mart 350 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event at Sonoma Raceway.
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Transport: Bike Infrastructure Debate, Oakland Streetcar Study, Spanish HSR Lessons, Milwaukee Streetcar Plan Threatened

May 9, 2013
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TRANSPORT Bike Infrastructure Debate Settled  Streetsblog Net   For decades, cyclists bickered amongst themselves about the efficacy and safety of bike infrastructure. With the proliferation of protected bike lanes in recent years, however, everyone can see that predictions about bike lanes making streets more dangerous for cycling simply didn't come to pass.
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Transport: Twin Cities Transit, Tampa's Transit Election, Frontrunner Ridership, Transit Clubs, Hudson Bergen LRT

May 6, 2013
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TRANSPORT Without Transit Plans, Twin Cities Not Competitive Minneapolis Star Tribune   During a spring in which almost anything seems possible, here’s a headline you’re not going to see: “Salt Lake City agrees to stop transit construction so Twin Cities can catch up.”
Read On   Tampa’s Hopes of City Transit Election Fail in Statehouse St. Petersburg Times   It was a long shot from the start,…
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Urbanism & Design: Toronto's Waterfront Value, Shared Streets in LA, Smarter Smart Growth

May 2, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Toronto Waterfront Generated Twice the Revenue Spent 680 News Toronto   Waterfront Toronto is doing some bragging about taxpayers’ money being well spent. It has released a study that finds revitalizing the waterfront has generated more than twice the value of public investment to date.
Read On   LA Union Station Draft Plans Released The Source  …
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Transport: Chinese Transit Excess, Fixing LA's 405, Cap&Trade Transit Funding, Transit & Traffic, Lease Airport To Build Rail

April 26, 2013
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TRANSPORT Chinese Cities are Building Metros They Might Not Need  The Economist   NOT many global cities of nearly 9m people lack an underground line, but until the end of last year the eastern city of Hangzhou was one of them.
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