News: Amtrak DC Union Station Plan, TriMet Record Ridership, Successful LRT, Olympic HSR, Ciclovía de Trujillo
July 27, 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. |
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Washington, DC: Amtrak's Union Station Grand Plans Greater Greater Washington Amtrak released a master plan to guide Union Station's growth over the next several decades. The ambitious proposal includes several key components that will make the station easier to use, increase its capacity, and ensure a strong foundation for the transportation center.... Read On |
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Portland: TriMet Posts Record Annual Ridership Progressive Railroading The Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon's (TriMet) ridership in fiscal-year 2012 topped more than 102 million trips - a record for the 43-year-old agency... Read On |
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Research: Making Successful LRT-Based System InfrastructureUSA A new era of transit development began in 1981 when San Diego, a city whose transit system contained only buses, opened its first regional light rail transit (LRT) line. Since then, 11 other U.S., previously bus-only metropolitan areas opened their own LRT lines. Several of these new LRT lines have become the backbones of metropolitan transit systems, carrying a large share of the metropolitan area's total transit ridership. In this paper, we examine transit performance in five such metropolitan areas, with the objective of identifying whether system design characteristics influence performance. ... Read On |
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Research: Community Orgs And Urban Governance Journal Of Urban Affairs This article explores the potential dangers of parochialism in using community-based associations to represent community interests and the role of these organizations in advising on citywide policies in urban governance.... Read On |
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California: What Happens Now With CAHSR? Transportation Nation The bullet train project is controversial. The scope - and the price tag - has changed many times since voters first approved the plan back in 2008, and the project now faces multiple lawsuits designed to stop construction before it starts. KALW's Julie Caine sat down with Mike Rosenberg, a reporter who covers high-speed rail for the San Jose Mercury News, to talk about what happens next.... Read On |
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HSR From London To Olympic Park ITV News The first official Javelin high-speed rail services that will whisk spectators from London to the Olympic Park in just seven minutes will start running today.... Read On |
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London: Everybody Wants A High LIne The Dirt With the success of the High Line park in New York City, it seems almost every city now wants one. Toronto has long been batting around ideas for its Gardiner expressway, while Los Angeles is trying to dream up the money for new parks to cap old freeways. Philadelphia is moving forward with reusing parts of its old rail infrastructure at the Reading Viaduct, while Chicago has already created plans for its own High Line: the Bloomingdale Trail. Now, London wants to get in on the game, with the launch of a new international design competition to create some ideas for an British High Line. ... Read On |
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Washington, DC: Chain Retailers' Return To Cities Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space The New York Times has a story today, "Retailers' Idea: Think Smaller in Urban Push," about how because center cities--after experiencing decline for decades are now (re)experiencing population growth, most importantly, population growth generated by higher income and younger demographics--find that chain retailers, after focusing on the suburbs for decades, are now re-entering the city... Read On |
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Peru: ¡Ciclovía de Trujillo! The City Fix Trujillo, the third largest city in Peru, held its first-ever ciclovía on Sunday, as a result of a partnership between the Peruvian Ministry of Health (MINSA), the National Government of Peru and EMBARQ Andino. This urban car-free event, which literally translates to "bike path," closed down urban roads to make way for pedestrians and cyclists-with music, hydration, reading and health stations-in an effort to encourage healthy and active lifestyles.... Read On |
