Blogosphere: NY Transit Trends, Atlanta Conflicting Priorities, Urbanism & Travel Behavior, Top Planning Trends, Visualizing Transit Trip Distance
March 2, 2012
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Blogosphere: NY Transit Use Up, Commute Times Down
Urbanophile
My latest blog post is online over at New Geography. It's called "Commuting in New York City, 2000-2010." In it, I examine some of the trends in commuting over the last decade in New York...
Read On Blogosphere: Different Priorities in Atlanta Conflicting Transport Politic
Getting the residents of the 10-county Atlanta region to agree…
My latest blog post is online over at New Geography. It's called "Commuting in New York City, 2000-2010." In it, I examine some of the trends in commuting over the last decade in New York...
Read On Blogosphere: Different Priorities in Atlanta Conflicting Transport Politic
Getting the residents of the 10-county Atlanta region to agree…
Blogosphere: SF Bike Share, HSR As Growth Engine, Rail & Walk Score, Breaking Zoning Codes, Urban Animals
March 1, 2012
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Blogosphere: SF Bike Share for Short Trips
SF Streetsblog
San Franciscans are burning with curiosity about the imminent arrival of bike-share this summer. At a forum held by the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Center yesterday, participants wanted to know details like where the stations will be located and what color the bikes will be...
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San Franciscans are burning with curiosity about the imminent arrival of bike-share this summer. At a forum held by the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Center yesterday, participants wanted to know details like where the stations will be located and what color the bikes will be...
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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
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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…
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: Cost Of New Transit Riders, Bike Organizations, Demands For Traffic Calming, The Corner Store, Disappearing Skywalk System
February 24, 2012
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Blogosphere: Cost of New Riders, Park N Rides
Cap'n Transit Rides Again
This may be more important than the congestion-fighting mentality I've described in recent posts in accounting for the proliferation of park-and-ride lots and garages in transit systems new and old...
Read On Blogosphere: Three Major Bike Orgs to Join Bike League Blog (via Streetsblog)
The leadership of the Alliance for Biking & Walking, Bikes Belong, and the League…
This may be more important than the congestion-fighting mentality I've described in recent posts in accounting for the proliferation of park-and-ride lots and garages in transit systems new and old...
Read On Blogosphere: Three Major Bike Orgs to Join Bike League Blog (via Streetsblog)
The leadership of the Alliance for Biking & Walking, Bikes Belong, and the League…
Blogoshere: REITs For Transport, Chicago Bus Priority, House Transpo Bill Delayed, Parking Minimums, Yarnbombing, Parasite Shelters
February 23, 2012
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Blogosphere: Expand REITS for Transport?
Urban Ethics and Theory
Second, Congress can expand the definitions of Real Estate Investment Trusts (Reits) and Master Limited Partnerships to include investments in assets such as roads, water, ports, airports, transmission lines, waste water and bridges...
Read On Blogosphere: Chicago Commits to Bus Priority Transport…
Second, Congress can expand the definitions of Real Estate Investment Trusts (Reits) and Master Limited Partnerships to include investments in assets such as roads, water, ports, airports, transmission lines, waste water and bridges...
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News: Boston Indigo Line, Chicago BRT, Auto Pollution, Houston LRT, SF Private Public Spaces, New Regionalism
February 22, 2012
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Boston: Mayor Kicks Off Indigo Line Initiative
Boston Globe
Residents who live along the MBTA's Fairmount Line joined Mayor Thomas Menino Tuesday, at the Strand Theater in Dorchester to officially kick off the Fairmount Indigo Planning Initiative. ..
Read On Chicago: $7.3M Approved for BRT WBEZ Chicago
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration is channeling more than $7.3 million in tax increment financing toward a "bus…
Residents who live along the MBTA's Fairmount Line joined Mayor Thomas Menino Tuesday, at the Strand Theater in Dorchester to officially kick off the Fairmount Indigo Planning Initiative. ..
Read On Chicago: $7.3M Approved for BRT WBEZ Chicago
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration is channeling more than $7.3 million in tax increment financing toward a "bus…
Blogosphere: Opposing House Transpo Bill, SADAG 2050 Plan, Transport Mega-Projects, Food Truck No Fly Zone, Nashville Downtown Code
February 22, 2012
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Blogosphere: 10 Reasons for Opposition to House Bill
T4 America
As the House prepares to take up its transportation bill next week, criticism is pouring in from a diverse range of transportation stakeholders, elected officials, health professionals, business and labor groups and public interest organizations...
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As the House prepares to take up its transportation bill next week, criticism is pouring in from a diverse range of transportation stakeholders, elected officials, health professionals, business and labor groups and public interest organizations...
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