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Urban Issues: Corruption & State Capitals, Gen Y Housing Preferences, Growing Suburban Poverty, Value Of City Rankings

May 20, 2013
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Affordability, bicycles, Buffalo, California, Chicago, Demographics, Federal Policy, Florida, health, Health & Environment, housing, HUD, Illinois, Marin, Miami, Norfolk, Ridership, Santa Monica, Smart Growth & Sprawl, tracks, Tracks Urban Issues, Transit, urban, Urban Form, Virginia
URBAN ISSUES Are State Capitals in Big Cities Less Corrupt?  Chicago Magazine, via: @otiswhite   Given that Chicago politics is code for pretty much anything anyone thinks is corrupt or even impolitely…
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Transport: Colorado Road Funds For Transit, Infrastructure & Democracy, Streetcars & Overhead Wires, Pedestrian Death Toll

May 8, 2013
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TRANSPORT Colorado Road Money Can Be Used for Transit Now  Denver Post, via: DC Streetsblog   A new state law that quietly moved through this year's legislature gives cities and counties unprecedented…
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Transport: Chinese Transit Excess, Fixing LA's 405, Cap&Trade Transit Funding, Transit & Traffic, Lease Airport To Build Rail

April 26, 2013
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airports, Austin, bicycles, California, China, Climate Change, Colorado, Commuter Rail, Denver, Federal Policy, FTA, Health & Environment, Heavy Rail, High-Speed & Intercity Rail, Highways & Automobiles, Light Rail, Los Angeles, Pedestrians & Walkability, Ridership, State Policy, Texas, tracks, Tracks Transport, Transit, Transit Funding
TRANSPORT Chinese Cities are Building Metros They Might Not Need  The Economist   NOT many global cities of nearly 9m people lack an underground line, but until the end of last year the eastern city of Hangzhou was one of them.
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Transport: Salt Lake LRT Early & Under Budget, Cinci Streetcar Obstructionism, Winnipeg BRT Snag, Costly SF Cable Cars

April 25, 2013
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TRANSPORT Salt Lake LRT Network 2 Years Early, $40M Under Budget  Salt Lake Tribune   Riding high from this month's celebratory airport TRAX line launch - completed two years early and $40 million under budget - the Utah Transit Authority crossed a host of other items off its to-do list Wednesday
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Transport: Google Transit Vs. Real Maps, Chicago Elevated Bike Lanes, Indianapolis Outer Highway Loop, Traffic Jams Cause Mental Illness

April 9, 2013
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Austin, bicycles, Chicago, Commuter Rail, Copenhagen, Denmark, England, Federal Policy, health, Highways & Automobiles, Illinois, Indiana, Indianapolis, Light Rail, London, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Ridership, San Antonio, St. Paul, State Policy, Texas, tracks, Tracks Transport, Transit, Transit Funding, Twin Cities, UK
TRANSPORT Docklands Light Rail Breaks Ridership Record  Rail.co   The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) has carried one-hundred-million passengers in the past year, breaking all previous records for passenger numbers on the system.
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Transport: Calif. Super Majority Law, Houston Pay To Play Driving, Flywheel Tram Energy Storage, Synchronizing Lights To Fight Gridlock, Fort Worth Bike Share

April 3, 2013
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bus, Bus Rapid Transit, California, Commuter Rail, Federal Policy, Fort Worth, Freiburg, Germany, High-Speed & Intercity Rail, Highways & Automobiles, Houston, Light Rail, Los Angeles, Madison, Pedestrians & Walkability, Performance, Ridership, Seattle, State Policy, Streetcar, Texas, tracks, Tracks Transport, Transit, Transit Funding, Washington, Wisconsin
TRANSPORT In California, 2/3rds Vote Means You Lose  Los Angeles Times, via: @rpuentes   Measure J fell just 0.6% shy of the required two-thirds approval as support fell in upscale enclaves. Some politicians are pushing to cut the requirement.
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Transport: New Frontiers in Transit Denial, Fort Worth & Cottonbelt Line, LA's Red Car Conspiracy Theory, $4B In TIFIA & TIGER In Fed Plan, Bike Infrastructure Investment

April 2, 2013
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Atlanta, Bay Area, bicycles, bus, California, Commuter Rail, Federal Policy, Fort Worth, Georgia, Highways & Automobiles, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mountain View, Oregon, Performance, Ridership, Singapore, St. Paul, State Policy, Streetcar, Texas, tracks, Tracks Transport, Transit, Transit Design, Transit Funding, Twin Cities
TRANSPORT New Frontiers in Transit Denial  Human Transit   This just in from the BBC: Technology giant Philips corporation sent some people to the extremely busy Singapore bus system to imagine an alternative to typical fixed-route bus service.
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Transport: Texas Untoll Road, Maryland Indexing Gas Tax, San Antonio Streetcar Routes, St. Louis Streetcar Feasibility, Dallas Downtown Light Rail Connector

March 28, 2013
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Austin, Bay Area, bicycles, California, Dallas, England, High-Speed & Intercity Rail, Highways & Automobiles, Light Rail, Livability & Sustainability, London, Maryland, Missouri, Performance, Ridership, San Antonio, St. Louis, State Policy, Streetcar, Texas, tracks, Tracks Transport, Transit, Transit Corridors, Transit Design, UK
TRANSPORT $3B Plan Would End Tolls on New Road  Austin American Statesman, via: @WalkableDFW   How could the state lure people away from Interstate 35 and onto the Texas 130 tollway several miles to the east? State Rep. Paul Workman has a $3 billion answer to that question: make it free.
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Urban Issues: Well-Paying Job Shift, Omaha Bike & Sprawl Debate, NOLA Transit Equity Focus, Importance Of Code Enforcement

March 27, 2013
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Affordability, bicycles, bus, Demographics, Ecuador , housing, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Orleans, Ohio, Omaha, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Ridership, Smart Growth & Sprawl, TOD, TOD And Equity, tracks, Tracks Urban Issues, Transit, Transit Funding, urban, Urban Form, Vancouver BC, Youngstown, Zoning & Coding
URBAN ISSUES Minnesota's Well Paying Jobs Shift to Health Care  Twin Cities Finance and Commerce   It is less blue collar - unless blue nurses scrubs count.
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Transport: Extending Pittsburgh Light Rail, Vienna Auto Use Just 27%, Fall Of China's Rail Ministry, Rail Vs. Air Market Share, Denver West Line Ready

March 25, 2013
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airports, Austria, Bay Area, bicycles, California, China, Colorado, Denver, Federal Policy, FTA, Highways & Automobiles, Light Rail, Long Beach, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Ridership, San Francisco, Seattle, Streetcar, tracks, Tracks Transport, Transit, Transit Design, Travel Behavior, Vienna, Washington
TRANSPORT Pittsburgh Considers Light Rail to the North  WPXI   A year after opening the North Shore Connector, elected officials are talking with engineers about again extending Port Authority of Allegheny County's light-rail system.   Read On  
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