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News: Drunken Driving Toll, Minneapolis Hypercongestion Research, Amtrak To Wichita Expansion, Tulsa Rapid Bus Plans, Memphis Switches To BRT
January 8, 2013
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National: Rate of Fatal Crashes Involving Intoxication
Dallas Morning News (via Walkable DFW)
Dallas' rate of fatal car accidents involving drunken driving is a whopping 41.4 percent. That ranks the city No. 5 of the nation's 25 most populous cities in fatal car accidents involving intoxication, according to data from UX Blog...
Read On Research: Hypercongestion in Downtown Minneapolis Journal of…
Dallas' rate of fatal car accidents involving drunken driving is a whopping 41.4 percent. That ranks the city No. 5 of the nation's 25 most populous cities in fatal car accidents involving intoxication, according to data from UX Blog...
Read On Research: Hypercongestion in Downtown Minneapolis Journal of…
News: Bay Area Tech Bus Routes, BART Extension Awaits Vote, HSR Vs Commuter Rail, How Infrastructure Turned Partisan, Invasion Of Faux Cities
September 24, 2012
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Bay Area: Previously Unknown Tech Bus Routes Mapped Stamen Design
An alternate transportation network of private buses-fully equipped with wifi-thus threads daily through San Francisco, picking up workers at unmarked bus stops (though many coexist in digital space), carrying them southward via the commuter lanes of the 101 and 280 freeways, and eventually delivers them to their campuses...
Read On Portland: Eastside Loop Gets Hobbled Start Sunday Oregonian
As Portland Streetcar Inc. pulls the lever on its new $148.3 million eastside loop…
Bay Area: Previously Unknown Tech Bus Routes Mapped Stamen Design
An alternate transportation network of private buses-fully equipped with wifi-thus threads daily through San Francisco, picking up workers at unmarked bus stops (though many coexist in digital space), carrying them southward via the commuter lanes of the 101 and 280 freeways, and eventually delivers them to their campuses...
Read On Portland: Eastside Loop Gets Hobbled Start Sunday Oregonian
As Portland Streetcar Inc. pulls the lever on its new $148.3 million eastside loop…
Blogosphere: Gold Standard BRT, Social Media & Cairo Traffic, Chicago Elevated Park, Fort Worth TIF
May 23, 2012
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Blogosphere: 160 Mile Gold Standard BRT Planned
Greater Greater Washington
Today, Montgomery County unveiled the detailed report from its "Transit Task Force," a group of officials, advocates and experts who have been meeting for over a year to plan a 160-mile Bus Rapid Transit system...
Read On Blogosphere: Social Media Taking on Cairo's Traffic Good Magazine
Egypt's televised presidential debate earlier this month,…
Today, Montgomery County unveiled the detailed report from its "Transit Task Force," a group of officials, advocates and experts who have been meeting for over a year to plan a 160-mile Bus Rapid Transit system...
Read On Blogosphere: Social Media Taking on Cairo's Traffic Good Magazine
Egypt's televised presidential debate earlier this month,…
News: Transpo Spending & Jobs; Denver Rail-Bus Compromise, BART In Carpool Lane, Geographies Of Fear, Cell Towers & Home Prices
March 6, 2012
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Research: TCRP R-152 Guidelines for Ferry Transport
Journal or Urban Planning and Development (Abstract)
This report examines the history and characteristics of ferry systems throughout North America and develops guidelines for planning, marketing, operating, and managing a ferry system as a component of an overall transportation network...
Read On National: Transpo Spending May Not Add Many Jobs USA Today
The lure of roads, bridges, buses and trains…
This report examines the history and characteristics of ferry systems throughout North America and develops guidelines for planning, marketing, operating, and managing a ferry system as a component of an overall transportation network...
Read On National: Transpo Spending May Not Add Many Jobs USA Today
The lure of roads, bridges, buses and trains…
News: Denver US36 Fastracks, End Of Salt Lake City Free Ride, Streetcar vs. Light Rail, BART Livermore Extension
February 10, 2012
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Denver: Struggling with US36 Fastracks Future
Daily Camera
With the clock ticking for the Regional Transportation District to decide what to do about the future of the FasTracks rail system, officials throughout the U.S. 36 corridor are struggling to come to consensus on the best path forward...
Read On Salt Lake City: Free Fare Zone May End for Buses Salt Lake Tribune
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With the clock ticking for the Regional Transportation District to decide what to do about the future of the FasTracks rail system, officials throughout the U.S. 36 corridor are struggling to come to consensus on the best path forward...
Read On Salt Lake City: Free Fare Zone May End for Buses Salt Lake Tribune
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News: Pedestrian Safety, Congestion Charging Research, HSR & Farming, BART Livermore Battle, Ft. Lauderdale Streetcar, TOD Before T
January 23, 2012
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Norfolk: University Endangered Peds w LRT Decision
Virginian Pilot
Because of their safety concerns for students on campus, Norfolk State University officials forced a $7 million relocation of the light-rail station across Brambleton Avenue, to move it away from the school...
Read On Research: Stockholm Congestion Charges, 5 Years Transport Policy
Congestion charges were introduced in Stockholm in 2006, first as a trial followed by a referendum, then permanently from 2007. This paper…
Because of their safety concerns for students on campus, Norfolk State University officials forced a $7 million relocation of the light-rail station across Brambleton Avenue, to move it away from the school...
Read On Research: Stockholm Congestion Charges, 5 Years Transport Policy
Congestion charges were introduced in Stockholm in 2006, first as a trial followed by a referendum, then permanently from 2007. This paper…
Blogosphere: Livermore BART Sign for Altamont HSR?
August 22, 2011|CAHSR Blog
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The Peninsula isn't the only place in Northern California where anti-rail activism is having an impact. Across the bay in Livermore, the City Council recently voted to oppose a downtown station in favor of the inferior I-580 alignment... Read On
Bay Area: Livermore Council Votes to Study BART
June 15, 2011| San Jose Mercury News
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It's no small irony that some of those most passionate about the issue of where to put future Livermore BART stations might not be around by the time trains finally roll into town... Read On
Livermore: Opponents to File Petition Against BART
May 2, 2011|Contra Costa Times
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A group that hopes to stop BART from coming through downtown Livermore says it plans to file its petition Tuesday at City Hall. At least 7,800 people who think future train tracks should stay along the freeway, with stations at Interstate 580-Isabel Avenue and I-580-Greenville Road, have signed the petition, said Valerie Raymond, a former Alameda County supervisor and unincorporated Livermore resident who is organizing the drive... Read On
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