News: Houston Gets LRT Funds, Georgia Explores HSR, Brazil Bus-Rail Tug-Of-War, Counting Portland Bikes, DC Bike Trip Planner
August 10, 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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Houston: Metro Gets $188 Million For Light Rail Houston Chronicle The expansion of Houston Metro got another boost from the federal government with the allocation of $188 million in additional construction funding for the North and Southeast light rail lines.... Read On |
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Atlanta: Georgia Exploring Atlanta, Columbus HSR Atlanta Business Chronicle The Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) is seeking a consultant to study the feasibility of building a high-speed rail line linking Atlanta and Columbus, Ga.... Read On |
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Brazil: Bus, Rail Tug-Of-War Over World Cup Transit Atlantic Cities In less than two years, cities across Brazil are expecting millions of visitors from all over the world for the 2014 World Cup soccer tournament. In one host city, how all those visitors will get around is a large (and thus far, stubbornly unanswerable) question. The city of Cuiabá in the Midwestern state of Mato Grosso has been engaged in a years-long tug-of-war over whether it should accommodate the crowds with a bus rapid transit system or a light rail system.... Read On |
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Portland: Counting Bikes Crossing Hawthorne Bridge Bike Portland From now on, people crossing the Hawthorne Bridge by bike will count. Literally. A new bike counter (a.k.a. the bicycle barometer) - the first of its kind in the United States - went live at midnight last night and at this morning's press conference the number was already well over 2,000.... Read On |
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Washington, DC: Website Offers Online Bike Trip Planner Next American City Cyclists in Washington, D.C., home to Capital Bikeshare, have another tool at their disposal to help them navigate the nation's capital on two wheels. Today, techie non-profit OpenPlans launched BikePlanner.org, a District-focused program that routes bike trips according to the user's preferences. It's the first software of its kind in the U.S.... Read On |
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New York: Helpful Website Cut Off From Track Info WSJ Metropolis For a brief moment, a select group of NJ Transit commuters shared a secret that elevated them above their clueless rush-hour rivals: They knew exactly which track their train would be on.... Read On |
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International: World's Busiest Train Stations Railway Technology As transport infrastructure develops and the world becomes better connected, major train stations around the world are reaching their full capacity.... Read On |
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Mars: Six Earth Cities Show How To Design Settlements io9 If humans follow Curiosity to Mars later this century, we'll need cities modeled on ones that already exist in extreme climates on Earth. Here are six high-tech (and a few low-tech) cities that would have a passing shot at survival in the Martian climate.... Read On |
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Philadelphia: Park-In-Phases Creates A 'Front Porch' Better Cities & Towns If you care about green cities, you have to like a lot of what's happening in Philadelphia lately, from land use planning to watershed management to the greening of vacant and blighted lots and, now, the opening of a lively new public space that makes the city a better place to live, work and visit.... Read On |
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National: Everyday Squares StreetSense Memorable and livable neighborhoods, towns, and cities are made so by a specific type of place that has the unique ability to spark and continuously energize the district that grows around it. They are the necessary vernacular counterbalance to large, formal public spaces and are home to our daily and, at times, serendipitous lives. They are not our civic squares but rather our Everyday Squares.... Read On |
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Detroit: Lemonade Stand Raises $3,000 For Detroit Parks Grist Detroit's Joshua Smith, 9, just wanted to play in the park in the summer. But Detroit, you might have heard, is a little short on cash right now, and one of the consequences of that budget gap is that parks like the one in Smith's neighborhood do not get mowed all that often.... Read On |
