News: China's $127B Rail Projects, Peoria Streetcar Return, Nashville BRT, Urban Walkability Popularity, California Soda Tax War
September 6, 2012
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International: $127B in Rail Projects Approved
China Daily
China's top economic planner announced on Wednesday the approval of 25 new urban rail transit and intercity rail line projects with a total investment of more than 800 billlion yuan ($127 billion) as the world's second-largest economy struggles with a slowdown...
Read On Peoria IL: Streetcars Coming Back to Peoria? Peoria Journal Star
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China's top economic planner announced on Wednesday the approval of 25 new urban rail transit and intercity rail line projects with a total investment of more than 800 billlion yuan ($127 billion) as the world's second-largest economy struggles with a slowdown...
Read On Peoria IL: Streetcars Coming Back to Peoria? Peoria Journal Star
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Blogosphere: Dying Freeways, Beyond Road Widening, Rebranding Amsterdam, Responsive Urban Design, Painting Pigeons
August 31, 2012
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Blogosphere: Which Urban Freeways Are Ready to Go?
Next American City
To many city-dwellers, the obsolescence of aging urban highways is obvious. Here in Philadelphia, for instance, I-95 is fast-approaching the end of its design life. What will become of it - particularly a three-mile stretch along the Delaware River that divides the city from its waterfront...
Read On Blogosphere: Tenn DOT Moves Past Road Widening DC Streetsblog
In the late eighties and nineties, every…
To many city-dwellers, the obsolescence of aging urban highways is obvious. Here in Philadelphia, for instance, I-95 is fast-approaching the end of its design life. What will become of it - particularly a three-mile stretch along the Delaware River that divides the city from its waterfront...
Read On Blogosphere: Tenn DOT Moves Past Road Widening DC Streetsblog
In the late eighties and nineties, every…
Blogosphere: CEQA For Bikes, Slowing Traffic, Cutting Car Dependence, Clackamas LRT Vote, New Urbanism In Portland, Bagota's Transformation
August 30, 2012
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Blogosphere: Bill Would Streamline CEQA for Bikes
SF Streetsblog
More good bike news from the California legislature this week: The extensive and costly environmental reviews required for on-street bike lanes would be streamlined under a bill approved unanimously by the State Assembly on Monday...
Read On Blogosphere: Slow Traffic, Put Stuff in the Way Joe Urban
One of my favorite comedy bits is Robin Williams having an…
More good bike news from the California legislature this week: The extensive and costly environmental reviews required for on-street bike lanes would be streamlined under a bill approved unanimously by the State Assembly on Monday...
Read On Blogosphere: Slow Traffic, Put Stuff in the Way Joe Urban
One of my favorite comedy bits is Robin Williams having an…
Thinking Outside the Farebox: Creative Approaches to Financing Transit Projects
August 22, 2012
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Transportation for America has created a guidebook, "Thinking Outside the Farebox: Creative Approaches to Financing Transit Projects," which is designed to help community leaders to meet the demand for transit by identifying options for raising the money needed to build and operate an expanded transit system.
Blogosphere: Federal Funding Swap, Toronto Transit Future, Caltrain Ridership Example, Density Benefits, Healthy Parks
August 7, 2012
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Blogosphere: 'Grand Swap' For Transportation Funding
National Journal Transportation Experts Blog
In the search for a transportation funding solution, an old idea is getting new play: hand responsibility for Medicaid fully to the federal government, freeing up state resources to take on education and infrastructure....
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In the search for a transportation funding solution, an old idea is getting new play: hand responsibility for Medicaid fully to the federal government, freeing up state resources to take on education and infrastructure....
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Blogosphere: End Of Boring NY, More Than Just Roadways, Postmortem On MAP-21, Cargo Bikes, Cincinnati Decline
July 27, 2012
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Blogosphere: MTA Capital Construction now less 'boring'
2nd Avenue Sagas
Earlier this week, the MTA made, in the annals of capital construction, a relatively major announcement. On Wednesday morning at around 7:30 p.m., the final East Side Access TBM came to a stop six feet beneath the LIRR Main Line in Long Island City. The TBM named "Molina" made two runs and will now be scrapped. With its end, for the first time in three years, the MTA has no active tunneling machine boring through the city. ...
Earlier this week, the MTA made, in the annals of capital construction, a relatively major announcement. On Wednesday morning at around 7:30 p.m., the final East Side Access TBM came to a stop six feet beneath the LIRR Main Line in Long Island City. The TBM named "Molina" made two runs and will now be scrapped. With its end, for the first time in three years, the MTA has no active tunneling machine boring through the city. ...
News: Governor Signs CAHSR Bill, Atlanta Tax Prediction, SF Bay Area VMT Tax, Bike Superhighway, Urban Parklets
July 19, 2012
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California: Governor Signs HSR Bill
Transportation Nation
California Governor Jerry Brown gave high-speed rail the official green light Wednesday, signing legislation authorizing $8 billion in initial funding for the $68 billion project...
Read On Atlanta: Mayor Predicts Sales Tax Win The Hill
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is predicting that a proposed transportation tax in…
California Governor Jerry Brown gave high-speed rail the official green light Wednesday, signing legislation authorizing $8 billion in initial funding for the $68 billion project...
Read On Atlanta: Mayor Predicts Sales Tax Win The Hill
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is predicting that a proposed transportation tax in…
Blogosphere: Stigma On The Bus, Amtrak Northeast Plans, CAHSR & French Offer, Transforming Detroit
July 11, 2012
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Blogosphere: Stigma of Riding the Bus in America
The Atlantic Cities
In 2009, Jacqueline Carr's public transit experience was limited to bus lines of the "party" variety. Then, Carr lost her talent agency gig, sold her Jetta, and charted out a route to her new job-and yoga class-on the Los Angeles city bus system...
Read On Blogosphere: Northeast Corridor 90% Cheaper Pedestrian Observations
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In 2009, Jacqueline Carr's public transit experience was limited to bus lines of the "party" variety. Then, Carr lost her talent agency gig, sold her Jetta, and charted out a route to her new job-and yoga class-on the Los Angeles city bus system...
Read On Blogosphere: Northeast Corridor 90% Cheaper Pedestrian Observations
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News: CAHSR Friends & Foes, Cincinnati Streetcar Funds, Nashville BRT Forum, Crime & Mode Choice, TOD Overlays
July 10, 2012
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TRANSPORT California: Jerry Brown Excited About HSR Funding Los Angeles Times
"It's a jobs creator, and thank God we got it," Gov. Jerry Brown said of funding for high speed rail, narrowly approved by the Legislature last week...
Read On California: Vote Reveals Anti-HSR Faultline Transportation Nation
California Governor Jerry Brown scored a razor-thin legislative victory on Friday when the California State Legislature voted to release…
TRANSPORT California: Jerry Brown Excited About HSR Funding Los Angeles Times
"It's a jobs creator, and thank God we got it," Gov. Jerry Brown said of funding for high speed rail, narrowly approved by the Legislature last week...
Read On California: Vote Reveals Anti-HSR Faultline Transportation Nation
California Governor Jerry Brown scored a razor-thin legislative victory on Friday when the California State Legislature voted to release…
Blogosphere: Mica's Fingerpointing, Light-Weight Train Waivers, Boston Parking, Creative Placemaking Grants, China's Smog City
June 13, 2012
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Blogosphere: Where is John Mica?
DC Streetsblog
Over the past month or two, I couldn't help noticing that Rep. John Mica, chair of the Transportation Committee in the House, seemed completely consumed with fingerpointing at federal agencies. While the country's transportation programs neared a crisis point..
Read On Blogosphere: Road Width vs Actual Road Use Amateur Planner
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Over the past month or two, I couldn't help noticing that Rep. John Mica, chair of the Transportation Committee in the House, seemed completely consumed with fingerpointing at federal agencies. While the country's transportation programs neared a crisis point..
Read On Blogosphere: Road Width vs Actual Road Use Amateur Planner
When I was researching information…
