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Transport: Boston Line Adds Stations, Future Of Streetcars, Maryland Joint-Development LRT Project, Bike Share As Corporate Perk

May 17, 2013
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TRANSPORT Fairmount Line Adds Two New Stations  Boston Globe   As the Fairmount Corridor Commuter Rail Line train peeled away from Readville one morning, a stocky conductor began collecting fares on the only car open to passengers.  
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Transport: West Salt Lake Transpo Options, NY Bike Share Rack Resistance, National Household Travel Survey, Young Driving Habits & Aging Impact

May 15, 2013
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Atlanta, Austin, bicycles, Commuter Rail, Demographics, England, Georgia, High-Speed & Intercity Rail, Highways & Automobiles, housing, London, Minneapolis, Minnesota, New York, New York State, Pedestrians & Walkability, Performance, Salt Lake City, St. Paul, State Policy, Streetcar, Texas, tracks, Tracks Transport, Transit, Transit Funding, Travel Behavior, Twin Cities, UK, Utah
TRANSPORT No Freeway in West Salt Lake May Be Best Choice  Salt Lake Tribune   A freeway to carry heavy traffic north and south though west Davis County has been on Utah Department of Transportation drawing boards for years. The agency is ready to release its draft environmental impact study and name its preferred route.
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Transport: DC War On Cars, Albuquerque's Fake Subway Map, Philly Bike Share, Smartphones & Car Culture, Long Beach Cyclovia

April 18, 2013
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TRANSPORT There is No War on Cars in DC  Washington City Paper   If the District of Columbia is in the midst of a war on cars, then last month was its Gettysburg.
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Other Views: Star Wars Vehicles as Public Transportation, Auto Industry Worried that Millenials Care Less About Cars

April 11, 2013
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OTHER VIEWS Star Wars Vehicles as Public Transportation  Laughing Squid   Illustrator Mattias Adolfsson has created "High Imperial Transportation," a series that reimagines iconic Star Wars vehicles as public transportation.
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Transport: Generational Shift In Travel, Streetcar Property Assessment, Boring Names, Biking In Austin, Santa Monica Parking

April 8, 2013
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TRANSPORT Hipmunk CEO Sees Generational Shift in Travel  Skift   Adam Goldstein, the 25-year-old co-founder and CEO of travel metasearch company Hipmunk, believes there is a "generational shift" under way in travel.
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Urbanism & Design: Missing Katrina HUD Money, Dallas' New Urban Center, India HUD To Plan Transit, Anchoring Transit Line Ends

April 5, 2013
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Bay Area, California, Canada, Cleveland, Cupertino, Dallas, Development & Redevelopment, Federal Policy, Highways & Automobiles, HUD, India, Las Vegas, Louisiana, Nevada, New Orleans, Ohio, Texas, tracks, Tracks Urbanism & Design, Transit, Transit Design, Travel Behavior, urban, Urban Form, Vancouver BC
URBANISM & DESIGN $700M to Help Elevate New Orleans Homes Lost  RT   A new report by the Department of Housing and Urban Development paints a grim picture of a program that was supposed to help Louisiana's Katrina victims protect their homes from future storms - to the tune of $700 million in misplaced taxpayer money.
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Transport: Healthy Cycling, British Columbia's Transit Dreams, Map21 Helps Rural States, GAO Says HSR Estimates Reasonable

April 1, 2013
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TRANSPORT Biking Shown as Good Way to Stay Healthy  Grist   It's always a pleasure when scientific studies confirm your own long-held opinions, especially when what you think flies in the face of all conventional wisdom.  
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Transport: Hampton Roads Transit Criticism, Wal-Mart Customer Delivery Idea, Divide Over Transpo Funding, California HSR Lawsuit

March 29, 2013
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TRANSPORT Hampton Roads Transit Board Defends Agency Against Report  Virginian Pilot   The Hampton Roads Transit Board of Commissioners defended the agency Thursday against an outside panel's critical review of its finances and record keeping, and ordered its own internal auditor to review the findings.
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Transport: Mountain View Traffic Goal, Norfolk Transit Fiscal Issues, LA Metro Measure R Acceleration, Supply Side Congestion Combat

March 27, 2013
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TRANSPORT Mountain View Council Walks Back Traffic Reduction Goal  San Jose Mercury News   The Mountain View City Council backed away Tuesday from its earlier position that no new net vehicle trips should result from future development in the North Bayshore Area and instead set its sights on lowering the drive-alone rate from 62 percent to 45 percent by 2030.
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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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