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Blogosphere: Transit Funding Future, Giving Bikes Priority, How HSR Transforms, Instanbul Transpo Problems, Ped-Transit Oriented Design, Lazy Urbanism
March 13, 2013
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Blogosphere: A Look Fed Funding for Transit Operations
Transport Politic
With a budget stalemate in Congress, the future for transit funding may increasingly be in the hands of state and local governments. But that could magnify seriously inequitable outcomes, an analysis of data from 65 cities shows...
Read On Blogosphere: Amtrak Draws Fire, Aviation Ignored DC Streetsblog
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With a budget stalemate in Congress, the future for transit funding may increasingly be in the hands of state and local governments. But that could magnify seriously inequitable outcomes, an analysis of data from 65 cities shows...
Read On Blogosphere: Amtrak Draws Fire, Aviation Ignored DC Streetsblog
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News: Chicago Details BRT Lanes, Virginia Transpo Deal, Federal Repair First Focus, SimCity Education, NYU Big Data Campus, Multifamily Housing Starts Drop
February 21, 2013
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Chicago: City Outlines Bus Only Lanes
Crain's Chicago Business
Chicago's Department of Transportation and the CTA today released details on a new public transportation initiative called Bus Rapid Transit...
Read On National: Virginia House/Senate Strike Transpo Deal Transportation Nation
In a final attempt to reach a compromise on measures to raise substantial new revenues for transportation before the scheduled adjournment of the…
Chicago's Department of Transportation and the CTA today released details on a new public transportation initiative called Bus Rapid Transit...
Read On National: Virginia House/Senate Strike Transpo Deal Transportation Nation
In a final attempt to reach a compromise on measures to raise substantial new revenues for transportation before the scheduled adjournment of the…
News: World Bank Transport Spending, Bridge Project Divides City, Charlotte Streetcar Questions, Downtown Seattle Rebound
February 20, 2013
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National: 'Fix it First' Fantasy
National Journal Transportation Experts
President Obama loves to invest in infrastructure. He has been asking for a $50 billion in "frontloaded" investments to repair bridges and roads for the past four years. ..
Read On Research: Urban Transport Spending by World Bank TRB TRID
Over the preceding decade, the World Bank committed about US$7.5bn in loans for urban transport projects in its client countries, involving total project costs of nearly…
President Obama loves to invest in infrastructure. He has been asking for a $50 billion in "frontloaded" investments to repair bridges and roads for the past four years. ..
Read On Research: Urban Transport Spending by World Bank TRB TRID
Over the preceding decade, the World Bank committed about US$7.5bn in loans for urban transport projects in its client countries, involving total project costs of nearly…
News: Interview With LA Mayor, Pike Streetcar, Roadbuilder Politics, Atlanta Sales Tax Push, Denver Commuter Plans
July 25, 2012
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Los Angeles: Interview with Villaraigosa
LA Streetsblog
The Mayor began our interview talking about a college student's commute from Downtown Los Angeles to California State University Northridge. The student leaves home early in the morning on a bike...
Read On Virginia: Arlington Board Endorses Pike Streetcar Washington Post
The Arlington County Board…
The Mayor began our interview talking about a college student's commute from Downtown Los Angeles to California State University Northridge. The student leaves home early in the morning on a bike...
Read On Virginia: Arlington Board Endorses Pike Streetcar Washington Post
The Arlington County Board…
News: NY Bike Share Cost, Fed. Conference Bill, Seattle Parking Minimums, Private Texas HSR, Healthy Planning, Building Affordable Housing
May 9, 2012
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New York: Price of City's Bike Share
Guardian UK
Perhaps it is because gift horses seem so few and far-between in the cycling campaigning world that the common habit of advocates is not just to look them in the mouth, but immediately to start doing dentistry on them...
Read On National: Negotiators Kick Off Bill Conference Transportation Nation
Republicans and Democrats from the House and Senate began their formal conference over surface…
Perhaps it is because gift horses seem so few and far-between in the cycling campaigning world that the common habit of advocates is not just to look them in the mouth, but immediately to start doing dentistry on them...
Read On National: Negotiators Kick Off Bill Conference Transportation Nation
Republicans and Democrats from the House and Senate began their formal conference over surface…
Blogosphere: Streetcars As Symbols, Free Parking, Green Collar Economics, Seattle Downtown Upswing, Hottest Music Cities, Chinese Urbanization Risks
March 19, 2012
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Blogosphere: Right Tool for the Job in Istanbul
Seattle Transit Blog
In my last piece, I looked at a system that uses just one tool: buses, buses, buses. Let's take a look at a system that does the opposite. Istanbul is an ancient city, built and rebuilt on Greek and Roman ruins...
Read On Blogosphere: How to Save China's Capital Next American City
In February 2012, the number of cars in Beijing exceeded 5…
In my last piece, I looked at a system that uses just one tool: buses, buses, buses. Let's take a look at a system that does the opposite. Istanbul is an ancient city, built and rebuilt on Greek and Roman ruins...
Read On Blogosphere: How to Save China's Capital Next American City
In February 2012, the number of cars in Beijing exceeded 5…
News: Worst Transpo Bill, Des Moines Transit Tax, Better Cities, Mortgage Downpayments, Safest City, Small Business Lending Fund
February 3, 2012
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National: LaHood - Worst Trasnpo Bill in Decades
Transportation Nation
It's not just the advocates who hate the new transpo bill. So does Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, a former Republican Congressman from Illinois...
Read On Des Moines: Increase in Property Tax Approved Des Moines Register
Des Moines-area property owners could see a 15-cent increase in the tax levy for mass…
It's not just the advocates who hate the new transpo bill. So does Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, a former Republican Congressman from Illinois...
Read On Des Moines: Increase in Property Tax Approved Des Moines Register
Des Moines-area property owners could see a 15-cent increase in the tax levy for mass…
Blogosphere: Densest Place On Earth, Istanbul's Sprawl, Narrow Streets Project, Health & Urban Design, Rural Transit
January 30, 2012
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Blogosphere: Ford Had No Authority to Cancel Plans
Steve Munro
Today's Star reports that a legal opinion obtained by Councillor Joe Mihevc, former Vice-Chair of the TTC in the Miller administration, states that Mayor Ford had no authority under the laws governing the City of Toronto to cancel Transit City...
Read On Blogosphere: The Densest Place on Earth Price Tags
Originally built as a Chinese military fort, the Kowloon Walled City became a residential enclave after the New…
Today's Star reports that a legal opinion obtained by Councillor Joe Mihevc, former Vice-Chair of the TTC in the Miller administration, states that Mayor Ford had no authority under the laws governing the City of Toronto to cancel Transit City...
Read On Blogosphere: The Densest Place on Earth Price Tags
Originally built as a Chinese military fort, the Kowloon Walled City became a residential enclave after the New…
International: Turkey Launches High-Speed Train
August 30, 2011|Travel News Gazette
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Turkey launched last week a new high-speed train rail that links the Turkish capital, Ankara, and the central city of Konya. ... Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the construction of the 212-kilometer high-speed railway and the test runs had taken only four and a half years to complete, which he said was significantly shorter than most of such projects elsewhere in the world... Read On
International: Film Explores Urbanization In Istanbul
August 30, 2011|The City Fix
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"Ecumenopolis," a new documentary on the urbanization of Istanbul, looks at the neoliberal transformation that shifted planning priorities. ... Read On
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