News: Reno Rapid Bus, Best Case Fed Transpo Bill, Twin Cities Central Corridor, Subway Evolution, Urban Suburban
May 16, 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. The Chatter, commentary and opposition articles will be found towards the bottom. |
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Reno: City to Get Rapid Bus Line Fox Reno Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff today announced that the Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) of Washoe County received a $5.1 million grant to purchase new hybrid-electric buses and build a new fueling station... Read On |
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Pennsylvania: Rendell - Bill Should 'Do No Harm' Transportation Nation Transit backers have given up on a comprehensive highway bill this go-around, hoping instead that whatever passes Congress this year lays the table for 2013. And, they say, whatever comes in 2013 must put public transportation on equal footing with roads... Read On |
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San Francisco: Clipper Card Glitch Costs Riders San Francisco Examiner An untold number of transit passengers in the East Bay have been hit with extra fees due to a glitch in the Clipper card system that was not noticed by regional officials for a month... Read On |
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Twin Cities: Central Corridor 50% Done Minneapolis Star Tribune Just as the Metropolitan Council declared construction of the Central Corridor light-rail line to be halfway finished on Monday, significant highway closings connected with the project are just around the bend... Read On |
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National: Do Subway Networks Evolve the Same Way? Scientific American No two subway systems have the same design. New York City's haphazard rail system differs markedly from the highly organized Moscow Metro (above), or the tangled spaghetti of Tokyo's subway network... Read On |
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Missoula: Changes Coming to Local Bus Routes Missoulian Buses won't run out to the former Frenchtown pulp mill, but they will roll on a 15-minute schedule from downtown Missoula to Southgate Mall... Read On |
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National: Housing Markets Change/Suburban Goes Urban USA Today Townhouses and single-family homes are sprouting on old industrial sites in the heart of Southern California cities. In Florida, developers are coveting foreclosed golf courses in urban centers to put up new subdivisions... Read On |
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Salt Lake City: $400M Investment in Sugar House KSL News Radio The Sugar House business district is on the cusp of major changes, thanks to big development projects either under way or coming soon. The private investment projected for the next five years is big, too: $400 million... Read On |
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Eugene: Residents Weigh in on UGB Expansion Eugene Register Guard Eugene residents went to bat Monday in support of a proposal to add industrial land to the city, but ideas to expand the city's urban growth boundary for residential homes drew a mixed response... Read On |
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Research: Intersection of Place and the Economy Brookings Institution Recent and ongoing policy efforts to increase spatial efficiency at the metropolitan, local, and neighborhood level have focused on interventions such as place-based affordable housing, transit-oriented development, and livability programs... Read On |
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International: When Sustainability Becomes a Duty Guardian UK The head of Schneider Electric's Smart Cities initiative explains why efficiency and technology are key to making cities more liveable... Read On |
