News: Sacramento Train Town, LA 30/10 Win In Transpo Bill, Bike Share Bike Business, Rapid Bus & TOD, Modeling Rail & Property Development
July 2, 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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Sacramento: Siemens Builds LRVs in Sacramento Sacramento Bee Sacramento has always been a train town. First it made steam locomotives and passenger coaches. Then light-rail cars. Now a German rail giant wants to greatly expand the types of trains built here, a move that could position Sacramento for years to come as a modern-era train manufacturing center... Read On |
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Los Angeles: Transportation Bill a Win for LA 30/10 City Watch LA In less than 24 hours Mayor Villaraigosa's "30-10 Plan" for the Measure R transit program finds big success both locally and in Washington, DC. .. Read On |
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National: Bike Shops See More Buyers with Bike Share Transportation Nation When the District of Columbia and Arlington County partnered to establish a bike sharing system in 2010, offering more than 1,500 bikes at 165 stations, local bike shops got a little nervous. Why would someone buy a new bike for hundreds of dollars when they could hop on a bike any time they wished for just $50 per year?.. Read On |
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Tampa: Rapid Bus Could Be Step Towards TOD Tampa Bay Business Journals The city is getting its first opportunity for transit-oriented development. Hillsborough Area Regional Transit is building a bus rapid transit system along nearly 18 miles of Nebraska and Fletcher avenues... Read On |
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Research: Modeling Effect of Integrated Property & Rail TRB TRID This paper proposes a new model for investigating the effects of integrated rail and property development on the design of rail line services in a linear monocentric city, in which the property development rights at railway station areas are conferred to a private rail operator... Read On |
