Blogosphere: Light Rail & Racial Justice, Car Sharing Impact, Traffic Fatality & Poverty, Complete Streets For All, Bike Share Parking
May 16, 2012
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Blogosphere: Light Rail and Racial Justice
Sightline Daily
Anyone familiar with Seattle's Rainier Valley knows it's a place in transition. Long one of the most racially diverse neighborhoods in the Northwest, it has for many decades struggled economically...
Read On Blogosphere: Car Sharing Could Cut Carbon Emissions DC Streetsblog
The brilliant thing about car-sharing is that it leads people to drive less by providing access to cars. It…
Anyone familiar with Seattle's Rainier Valley knows it's a place in transition. Long one of the most racially diverse neighborhoods in the Northwest, it has for many decades struggled economically...
Read On Blogosphere: Car Sharing Could Cut Carbon Emissions DC Streetsblog
The brilliant thing about car-sharing is that it leads people to drive less by providing access to cars. It…
Blogosphere: Auto Use Collapse, Cyclist Protection Laws, Kids & Traffic, Parking Lot Trees, Bolt Bus Northwest
May 8, 2012
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Blogosphere: Collapse of Auto Use Unprecedented
Business Insider
The greatest economics site in the world, FRED, has added vehicle miles data to its database. So we're going to have a lot of fun playing with this information. Here's the chart we made...
Read On Blogosphere: The Italian Job Metro Scene The Source
How do they do that? is a series for The Source that explores the technology that helps…
The greatest economics site in the world, FRED, has added vehicle miles data to its database. So we're going to have a lot of fun playing with this information. Here's the chart we made...
Read On Blogosphere: The Italian Job Metro Scene The Source
How do they do that? is a series for The Source that explores the technology that helps…
Blogosphere: Tech Startups & Transit, Bikes & Urbanism, Chicago BRT Push, LA Parking Changes, The Need For HUD, Prosperity Collaborative
May 7, 2012
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Blogosphere: Economic Crisis Rolls On in Pittsburgh
Transport Politic
The board of the Port Authority of Allegheny County, serving the Pittsburgh metropolitan region, announced last week that it would have to cut services by 35% by September 2 - the largest cut ever for the agency - if it is not provided an increase in state aid...
Read On Blogosphere: Transit Gives New York Startups Edge Mashable
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The board of the Port Authority of Allegheny County, serving the Pittsburgh metropolitan region, announced last week that it would have to cut services by 35% by September 2 - the largest cut ever for the agency - if it is not provided an increase in state aid...
Read On Blogosphere: Transit Gives New York Startups Edge Mashable
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Blogosphere: Speeding Cars & Child Safety, TIFIA Loan Value, CAHSR Business Plan, The Vienna Metropolis, Charlotte's Sidewalks
May 4, 2012
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Blogosphere: Think of the Children
Systemic Failure
Politicians will go to any length to protect children from underage sex, predators, and abductions. But when public health professionals suggest children should be protected from speeding automobiles - well, get ready for a whole lot of stupid:..
Read On Blogosphere: A Little TIFIA Goes a Long Way DOT Fastlane
While America waits for Congress to pass a comprehensive, long-term transportation plan, DOT…
Politicians will go to any length to protect children from underage sex, predators, and abductions. But when public health professionals suggest children should be protected from speeding automobiles - well, get ready for a whole lot of stupid:..
Read On Blogosphere: A Little TIFIA Goes a Long Way DOT Fastlane
While America waits for Congress to pass a comprehensive, long-term transportation plan, DOT…
News: LA Orange Line Testing, Denver LRT Corridor Ideas, NC LRT Extension Funding, Romeny's HUD Comments, Toronto Condo Boom
April 20, 2012
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Los Angeles: Orange Line Testing Starts Monday
Los Angeles Times
Three weeks of testing are scheduled to begin Monday for the new Orange Line extension -- a $216-million project in the San Fernando Valley that will add four miles to the bus rapid transit route and link it to the Chatsworth Metrolink rail station...
Read On Denver: RTD Seeking Ideas for I225 LRT Project Denver Post
Private firms will soon be asked to submit…
Three weeks of testing are scheduled to begin Monday for the new Orange Line extension -- a $216-million project in the San Fernando Valley that will add four miles to the bus rapid transit route and link it to the Chatsworth Metrolink rail station...
Read On Denver: RTD Seeking Ideas for I225 LRT Project Denver Post
Private firms will soon be asked to submit…
Blogosphere: Obama Veto Threat, Do Cycletracks Work?, Chicago BRT Investment, NJ Toll Brawl
April 20, 2012
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Blogosphere: Would Obama Veto the Bill? Maybe
Transportation Issues Daily
Could Congress pass a transportation bill only to see it vetoed by the President? It's possible, and here's why...
Read On Blogosphere: Do DC's Cycletracks Work? Greater Greater Washington
DDOT officials have said they are waiting to build the L Street cycletrack until they finished a study about the city's 2 existing cycletracks, on 15th Street and Pennsylvania…
Could Congress pass a transportation bill only to see it vetoed by the President? It's possible, and here's why...
Read On Blogosphere: Do DC's Cycletracks Work? Greater Greater Washington
DDOT officials have said they are waiting to build the L Street cycletrack until they finished a study about the city's 2 existing cycletracks, on 15th Street and Pennsylvania…
Blogosphere: State Vs. Local In Virginia, Infrastructure Funding Vs. Financing, KC Transit Manifesto, Mapping Space Syntax, White Roof Global Impact
April 17, 2012
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Virginia: Plan Would Let State Override Local Plans
Greater Greater Washington
It's time for Virginia residents to storm the harbor of their state capitol and throw the tea overboard. Last week, Governor Bob McDonnell signed a transportation bill that massively expands the hand of government and overrides local decisions about how communities should grow and change. How's that for big government? ..
Read On Blogosphere: Fantasy…
It's time for Virginia residents to storm the harbor of their state capitol and throw the tea overboard. Last week, Governor Bob McDonnell signed a transportation bill that massively expands the hand of government and overrides local decisions about how communities should grow and change. How's that for big government? ..
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Blogosphere: Freeway Removal Opportunity, De-Bikification Of Beijing, Exurban Decline, Urban Forests, Rural Housing Finance
April 10, 2012
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Blogosphere: Freeway Removal Creates Opportunity
The City Fix
The famed U.S. intellectual Lewis Mumford once said, "Forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and friends." The recently released report on freeway removal from by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy and EMBARQ (the producer of this blog) seems to be getting a bit closer to that ideal..
Read On Blogosphere: De-Bikification of Beijing …
The famed U.S. intellectual Lewis Mumford once said, "Forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and friends." The recently released report on freeway removal from by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy and EMBARQ (the producer of this blog) seems to be getting a bit closer to that ideal..
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Blogosphere: Frequent Network Maps, HSR Politics, Death Of Expansion, Demolishing Detroit, Hottest Urban Housing Trends, City Of Bubbles
April 5, 2012
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Blogosphere: How/When to Do Frequent Network Maps
Human Transit
When a transit agency first sits down to do frequent network mapping, this always comes up. Not all services are frequent over the same exact span. Many are frequent all day but not evening or weekend. This the the normal outcome of a history of route-by-route and hour-by-hour service analysis...
Read On Blogosphere: HSR Political Context Transport Textbook
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When a transit agency first sits down to do frequent network mapping, this always comes up. Not all services are frequent over the same exact span. Many are frequent all day but not evening or weekend. This the the normal outcome of a history of route-by-route and hour-by-hour service analysis...
Read On Blogosphere: HSR Political Context Transport Textbook
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News: Maryland Sales Tax Hike, Triangle LRT EIS, Rahm's Infrastructure Plan, The Urbanology Show, Belin's Lost City
April 4, 2012
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Maryland: Governor May Try for Sales Tax Increase
Baltimore Sun
Gov. Martin O'Malley says he still hopes to convince the legislature to raise money for highway and transit projects - possibly by adding another penny to Maryland's six-percent sales tax and dedicating the extra revenue to transportation...
Read On Norfolk: Councilmembers Want Nov Election for LRT Virginian Pilot
Two councilmen want the City Council to decide as early as next week whether to…
Gov. Martin O'Malley says he still hopes to convince the legislature to raise money for highway and transit projects - possibly by adding another penny to Maryland's six-percent sales tax and dedicating the extra revenue to transportation...
Read On Norfolk: Councilmembers Want Nov Election for LRT Virginian Pilot
Two councilmen want the City Council to decide as early as next week whether to…
