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February 29, 2012|Washington Post
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"Anybody who thinks it's going to get better after this election, you're smoking the funny weed." Read On
News: Affordable Neighborhoods, NY Subway Ridership, Federal Transpo Talks, First Google Maps War, Neighborhoods Not Worth Saving
February 29, 2012
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National: Only 28% of Neighborhoods Are Affordable
Transportation Nation
In the typical definition of housing affordability, your rent or mortgage would be a third, or less, of your income. And by that standard, some 76 percent of neighborhoods are affordable...
Read On New York: Most Riders on the Subway Since 1947 New York Daily News
Weekend subway ridership last year reached the highest average level since Harry…
In the typical definition of housing affordability, your rent or mortgage would be a third, or less, of your income. And by that standard, some 76 percent of neighborhoods are affordable...
Read On New York: Most Riders on the Subway Since 1947 New York Daily News
Weekend subway ridership last year reached the highest average level since Harry…
Blogosphere: Gardens On The Bus, Offstreet Parking, Portland Transit Funding, Neighborhood Magnetism, Tennessee Zoning, Suburban Future
February 29, 2012
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Blogosphere: Gardens on Top of Buses
Wake Up World (via Ed P)
Bus Roots is a living garden planted on the roofs of city buses. It's an effort that rose out of New York City designer Marco Antonio Castro Cosio's graduate thesis at the NYU. The project aims to reclaim the forgotten space on the tops of city buses...
Read On Blogosphere: Can Town Do Without Public Works? Atlantic Cities
For a representative of the…
Bus Roots is a living garden planted on the roofs of city buses. It's an effort that rose out of New York City designer Marco Antonio Castro Cosio's graduate thesis at the NYU. The project aims to reclaim the forgotten space on the tops of city buses...
Read On Blogosphere: Can Town Do Without Public Works? Atlantic Cities
For a representative of the…
Quote of the Day
February 28, 2012|Transportation Nation
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"We're looking at ways in the historic core, that is the old trolley car neighborhoods, how do we get the speeds down so we can support people living, and then being able to walk, live in place, age in place." Read On
News: Las Vegas Monorail Lessons, Nonprofit Transit, Houston Walkability, Housing Discrimination, Renting Foreclosures, Urban Tree Decline
February 28, 2012
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Las Vegas: Why the Bus System Passed Monorail
M Live
Imagine if you will a city seeking to expand its transit options. A group of private business interest purpose building a privately-funded rail line designed to connect key attractions along the city's main thoroughfare...
Read On Research: Potential for Nonprofit Transit TRB TRID
Virtually all US transit operations are managed and funded by a public agency. In Europe,…
Imagine if you will a city seeking to expand its transit options. A group of private business interest purpose building a privately-funded rail line designed to connect key attractions along the city's main thoroughfare...
Read On Research: Potential for Nonprofit Transit TRB TRID
Virtually all US transit operations are managed and funded by a public agency. In Europe,…
Blogosphere: Dallas LRT, Embracing Sacramento Streetcar, Federal Highway-Centric Bill, Illegal Guerrilla Wayfinding, Evolving Curbside
February 28, 2012
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Blogosphere: Dallas LRT, Tip of the Iceberg
DOT Fastlane
Whether it's reducing highway traffic by taking cars off the road, slowing the effect of carbon emissions, or spurring economic development along bus, subway, streetcar, and light rail routes, public transit helps move America...
Read On Editorial: City Council Should Embrace Streetcars Sacramento Bee
In mapping the future of downtown Sacramento, city…
Whether it's reducing highway traffic by taking cars off the road, slowing the effect of carbon emissions, or spurring economic development along bus, subway, streetcar, and light rail routes, public transit helps move America...
Read On Editorial: City Council Should Embrace Streetcars Sacramento Bee
In mapping the future of downtown Sacramento, city…
Quote of the Day
February 27, 2012|San Jose Mercury News
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"I have always believed (the area) is one of the most exciting strategic economic development opportunities, I think, in the state" Read On
News: Federal Transpo Bill, Commuter Rail Ridership, Funding TEXRail, What Tulsa Wants, Research Green & Activity, San Antonio Redevelopment
February 27, 2012
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National: Transportation Bill Upsets Both Sides
New York Times
In contrast to the hundreds of pieces of legislation that cleave Congressional Republicans and Democrats, the one that pays for transportation projects has traditionally drawn a warm embrace from both parties, largely because of the giant piles of cash it bestows on states and communities to repair and maintain their roads, bridges and transit systems...
In contrast to the hundreds of pieces of legislation that cleave Congressional Republicans and Democrats, the one that pays for transportation projects has traditionally drawn a warm embrace from both parties, largely because of the giant piles of cash it bestows on states and communities to repair and maintain their roads, bridges and transit systems...
Blogosphere: Pinellas Light Rail, Bay Area Rail Conspiracies, Deadly Roads, Modernist City Planning, Freeway Parklands, Low Income Housing Cutbacks
February 27, 2012
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Editorial: Light Rail Plans Get Rolling
Tampa Bay Times
After more than a year of quiet discussions between local officials and transportation experts, the conversation about public transportation in Pinellas is about to get broader and louder...
Read On Blogosphere: Various BART v HSR Conspiracy Theories Caltrain HSR Compatibility Blog
The unfortunate reality of Bay Area transit politics is that twenty-eight agencies compete for funding and…
After more than a year of quiet discussions between local officials and transportation experts, the conversation about public transportation in Pinellas is about to get broader and louder...
Read On Blogosphere: Various BART v HSR Conspiracy Theories Caltrain HSR Compatibility Blog
The unfortunate reality of Bay Area transit politics is that twenty-eight agencies compete for funding and…
Quote of the Day
February 24, 2012|San Francisco Chronicle
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"Long before it affected the middle-income folks, poor and working-class people were struggling to stay in this city. How are we going to take on a whole new category of people - middle-income folks - when we have yet to meet the needs of the neediest here in San Francisco?" Read On
