News: NY Bike Share Cost, Fed. Conference Bill, Seattle Parking Minimums, Private Texas HSR, Healthy Planning, Building Affordable Housing
May 9, 2012
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New York: Price of City's Bike Share
Guardian UK
Perhaps it is because gift horses seem so few and far-between in the cycling campaigning world that the common habit of advocates is not just to look them in the mouth, but immediately to start doing dentistry on them...
Read On National: Negotiators Kick Off Bill Conference Transportation Nation
Republicans and Democrats from the House and Senate began their formal conference over surface…
Perhaps it is because gift horses seem so few and far-between in the cycling campaigning world that the common habit of advocates is not just to look them in the mouth, but immediately to start doing dentistry on them...
Read On National: Negotiators Kick Off Bill Conference Transportation Nation
Republicans and Democrats from the House and Senate began their formal conference over surface…
News: KC Streetcar Tax Districts, Anatomy Of Transit Vote Defeat, CA Statewide Rail Planning, Strip Mall Parks
April 30, 2012
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Kansas City: Streetcar Taxing District Advances
Kansas City Business Journal
A Jackson County judge has ruled that Kansas City officials can move forward with plans to create a special taxing district in Downtown to build a streetcar system...
Read On Tampa: Combination of Factors Led to LRT Defeat Tampa Tribune
Frugality, opposition to new taxes, concerns about the bad economy and confusion about rail plans led Hillsborough County voters to defeat a…
A Jackson County judge has ruled that Kansas City officials can move forward with plans to create a special taxing district in Downtown to build a streetcar system...
Read On Tampa: Combination of Factors Led to LRT Defeat Tampa Tribune
Frugality, opposition to new taxes, concerns about the bad economy and confusion about rail plans led Hillsborough County voters to defeat a…
News: LA Tax Extension, Vancouver Anti-LRT, CAHSR Funding, House Transpo Bill, Seattle Monorail Tax, Bike Sharing Economics
April 19, 2012
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Los Angeles: Mayor V Wants to Extend Sales Tax
Los Angeles Times
Faced with a congressional stalemate over transportation funding, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wants county voters to approve an indefinite extension of a half-cent sales tax used for transit projects...
Read On Vancouver: Anti-LRT Petitioners Fall Short Columbian
The Clark County Auditor's office has declared more than two-thirds of signatures turned in by light rail opponents seeking a vote to…
Faced with a congressional stalemate over transportation funding, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wants county voters to approve an indefinite extension of a half-cent sales tax used for transit projects...
Read On Vancouver: Anti-LRT Petitioners Fall Short Columbian
The Clark County Auditor's office has declared more than two-thirds of signatures turned in by light rail opponents seeking a vote to…
News: Pedestrian Lifestyle, Tampa's GOP Bus Convention, Work & Bike Commute, Bus Service Decline, Unplanned Country, Creative Cities
April 16, 2012
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National: Starting People Walking Again
Slate (Part 4 of Walking Series)
The plight of life on foot in America was nowhere more poignantly expressed than in the conviction, just last year, of a Georgia woman for vehicular manslaughter...
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The plight of life on foot in America was nowhere more poignantly expressed than in the conviction, just last year, of a Georgia woman for vehicular manslaughter...
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News: GAO Questions NJ Claims, Utah Commuter Line, Federal Transpo Messaging, Tunneling Beneath Alps, Tampa Master Plan, Detroit Gardens
April 10, 2012
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National: GAO Report Disputes NJ Gov Claims on ARC
New York Times
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey exaggerated when he declared that unforeseen costs to the state were forcing him to cancel the new train tunnel planned to relieve congested routes across the Hudson River, according to a long-awaited report by independent Congressional investigators...
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Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey exaggerated when he declared that unforeseen costs to the state were forcing him to cancel the new train tunnel planned to relieve congested routes across the Hudson River, according to a long-awaited report by independent Congressional investigators...
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News: Toronto's Relief LIne, Tampa Transit Tax, Houston HSR, California HSR Drops Anaheim, Pollution Property Price, China Enclave Urbanism
April 9, 2012
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Toronto: The Downtown Relief Line
Toronto Star
How do you spell relief if you ride the south end of the Yonge subway? D-R-L - downtown relief line. Since 1910, when the idea first emerged of a transit line connecting the east end of Toronto with the south end of Yonge St., the DRL has gained very little traction...
Read On Tampa: City Tax Could Pay for Transit Tampa Tribune
Two years after…
How do you spell relief if you ride the south end of the Yonge subway? D-R-L - downtown relief line. Since 1910, when the idea first emerged of a transit line connecting the east end of Toronto with the south end of Yonge St., the DRL has gained very little traction...
Read On Tampa: City Tax Could Pay for Transit Tampa Tribune
Two years after…
Blogosphere: Urban Metabolism, Cyclist Demographics, Highway Teardowns, Seattle Transformation, Russian Street Art, Iron Triangle
March 22, 2012
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Blogosphere: Why People in Cities Walk Fast
The Atlantic Cities
Late last week our own Richard Florida wondered on Twitter whether pedestrian walking speeds might indicate a city's economic activity - reflecting some sort of "urban metabolism," as he put it. ..
Read On Blogosphere: Why Are 3 of 4 Cyclists Men? DC Streetsblog
I've never thought of myself as a female cyclist. For the last 13…
Late last week our own Richard Florida wondered on Twitter whether pedestrian walking speeds might indicate a city's economic activity - reflecting some sort of "urban metabolism," as he put it. ..
Read On Blogosphere: Why Are 3 of 4 Cyclists Men? DC Streetsblog
I've never thought of myself as a female cyclist. For the last 13…
News: Detroit LRT Doubts, Canada Line Housing Demand, Prohibiting Rail Density, SF Parking Success, Austin Urban Village Vision
March 19, 2012
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Detroit: Light Rail Meets Doubt from DOT
Detroit Free Press
The U.S. Transportation Department expressed concerns about funding and costs for a 3.4-mile light-rail or streetcar line on Woodward from downtown Detroit to New Center in a blunt status report given to investors this week...
Read On Vancouver: Wait for Housing Strong on Canada Line Vancouver Sun
The U.S. Transportation Department expressed concerns about funding and costs for a 3.4-mile light-rail or streetcar line on Woodward from downtown Detroit to New Center in a blunt status report given to investors this week...
Read On Vancouver: Wait for Housing Strong on Canada Line Vancouver Sun
Blogosphere: Road Diet Benefits, Tampa Streetcar Stimulus, Freeway Mistakes, 12 Step Sprawl Recovery, Helsinki Townhouses
March 6, 2012
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Blogosphere: Road Diet Reduces Collisions
Seattle Bike Blog
Changes to Nickerson St in 2010 have resulted in a 23 percent drop in collisions, the city reported during a press conference today...
Read On Commentary: Tampa Streetcar Set Out to Rev Economy Atlanta Journal Constitution
Tampa's current streetcar system opened in 2002. By 1994, when Mayor Dick Greco was elected, plans were under way and…
Changes to Nickerson St in 2010 have resulted in a 23 percent drop in collisions, the city reported during a press conference today...
Read On Commentary: Tampa Streetcar Set Out to Rev Economy Atlanta Journal Constitution
Tampa's current streetcar system opened in 2002. By 1994, when Mayor Dick Greco was elected, plans were under way and…
News: Loving Buses, Bangkok TOD, Italy-France HSR, Denver TOD Affordable Housing, Tampa Growth, Urban Rivers
March 5, 2012
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National: It's Time to Love the Bus
Salon
The Guardian hailed it as "a stately vehicle" that conveys "a sense of privilege." British car mag Autocar road-tested it and praised its "brilliant economy and an interior to die for."..
Read On International: Development Following Transit Expansion Bangkok Post
The evolution of Bangkok's property market over the past two decades has closely tracked the development of rail mass transit, with a huge increase…
The Guardian hailed it as "a stately vehicle" that conveys "a sense of privilege." British car mag Autocar road-tested it and praised its "brilliant economy and an interior to die for."..
Read On International: Development Following Transit Expansion Bangkok Post
The evolution of Bangkok's property market over the past two decades has closely tracked the development of rail mass transit, with a huge increase…
