News: Milwaukee Streetcar Progress, Intermodal Traffic Increase, Battery Powered Trams, Ann Arbor Rail Support, Megacities Impact
February 4, 2013
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Austin: Central Texas Transit Effort Lacks Leadership
Austin American Statesman
Austin officials and other Central Texas civic leaders have developed an ambitious vision for a network of passenger trains and other transit projects, but the planning lacks leadership and the concept hasn't been adequately sold to the public, according to a report by national transit experts released Friday...
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Austin officials and other Central Texas civic leaders have developed an ambitious vision for a network of passenger trains and other transit projects, but the planning lacks leadership and the concept hasn't been adequately sold to the public, according to a report by national transit experts released Friday...
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News: LRT & Segregation, LRT Sales Tax Vote OK'd, Fresno BRT Skepticism, Dayton Transit Plan, Revitalizing Transit Hub
January 28, 2013
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Twin Cities: Orfield Worries About LRT and Segregation
Pioneer Press
Unlike many Twin Cities housing advocates, Myron Orfield doesn't fear the Central Corridor light-rail line will force low-income minorities from St. Paul neighborhoods. In fact, he's telling anyone who'll listen that it will do just the opposite. ..
Read On Tampa: Pinellas Leaders Approve LRT Tax Measure Tampa Tribune
After a contentious, hours-long hearing, Pinellas County transit…
Unlike many Twin Cities housing advocates, Myron Orfield doesn't fear the Central Corridor light-rail line will force low-income minorities from St. Paul neighborhoods. In fact, he's telling anyone who'll listen that it will do just the opposite. ..
Read On Tampa: Pinellas Leaders Approve LRT Tax Measure Tampa Tribune
After a contentious, hours-long hearing, Pinellas County transit…
News: Tyson's Corner Buses, Underground At 150, Houston-Dallas HSR Study, DC Focus Jobs & Activity Centers, Guatamala's Private City For Elites
January 14, 2013
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National: Sen KBH Denies Transpo Secretary Rumors
CBS DFW
Former Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison is dismissing a report that mentioned her as a potential Transportation Secretary during President Obama's second term...
Read On Virginia: Buses at the Center of Tyson's Plan Washington Post
With Metro's arrival in Tysons Corner less than a year away, mass transit is the talk of Northern Virginia planning and transportation experts. The…
Former Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison is dismissing a report that mentioned her as a potential Transportation Secretary during President Obama's second term...
Read On Virginia: Buses at the Center of Tyson's Plan Washington Post
With Metro's arrival in Tysons Corner less than a year away, mass transit is the talk of Northern Virginia planning and transportation experts. The…
News: Portland Bike Share, Illinois Infrastructure Crisis, Tampa Freight Rail Sharing, LA Rapid Bus Plans, Battery Powered Bus, Density & Environment
December 17, 2012
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Oregon: Bike Sharing Coming to Portland, for a Price
Transportation Nation
Portland's city council approved bike share - but funding it is largely the responsibility of hometown operator Alta. The one-year projected cost to set up and run the 750-bike, 75 station bike share program is $6.5 million dollars...
Read On Twin Cities: Golden Valley Holds Fate of LRT Line Minneapolis Star Tribune
Golden Valley resident Robert Mattison knows that…
Portland's city council approved bike share - but funding it is largely the responsibility of hometown operator Alta. The one-year projected cost to set up and run the 750-bike, 75 station bike share program is $6.5 million dollars...
Read On Twin Cities: Golden Valley Holds Fate of LRT Line Minneapolis Star Tribune
Golden Valley resident Robert Mattison knows that…
News: Seattle's Slow Rapid Bus, DC Parking Limits, Michigan Car Fee, Legislation & Urban Form, Exxon's Move To Burbs
November 29, 2012
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Seattle: Rapid Buses Not So Fast to Ballard
Seattle Times
While the new RapidRide bus mostly lives up to its name in West Seattle, passengers on its sister route to Ballard are routinely stuck in traffic...
Read On San Antonio: O'Toole Enters the Local Streetcar Fight San Antonio Express News
As opponents to San Antonio's planned streetcar system ratcheted up their attacks Wednesday, enlisting the help of an Oregon-based transportation researcher nationally known for…
While the new RapidRide bus mostly lives up to its name in West Seattle, passengers on its sister route to Ballard are routinely stuck in traffic...
Read On San Antonio: O'Toole Enters the Local Streetcar Fight San Antonio Express News
As opponents to San Antonio's planned streetcar system ratcheted up their attacks Wednesday, enlisting the help of an Oregon-based transportation researcher nationally known for…
News: Virginia Beach LRT Financing, Factions In Detroit Coalition, Tampa LRT Vote Considered, Vancouver Subway Vision
November 28, 2012
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Norfolk: VA Beach Council to Pursue LRT Financing
Virginian Pilot
The City Council approved an ordinance Tuesday stating it will pursue light-rail financing and development options. About 62 percent of voters approved a referendum earlier this month that showed support for extending Norfolk's light rail system, The Tide, into the city...
Read On Michigan: Regional Transit Authority Factions…
The City Council approved an ordinance Tuesday stating it will pursue light-rail financing and development options. About 62 percent of voters approved a referendum earlier this month that showed support for extending Norfolk's light rail system, The Tide, into the city...
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News: Racial Gap In Commutes, Dallas Streetcar Routes, HART Testing BRT, Germany To London HSR
November 26, 2012
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Boston: Wide Racial Gap in Boston Commutes
Boston Globe
At the end of a recent community meeting on the state transportation system, a grandmotherly woman with a lyrical Caribbean accent strode up to the top transportation official in Massachusetts, dispensing with pleasantries...
Read On Dallas: Proposed Dallas Streetcar Routes Dallas Morning News
In today's paper, I wrote about the…
At the end of a recent community meeting on the state transportation system, a grandmotherly woman with a lyrical Caribbean accent strode up to the top transportation official in Massachusetts, dispensing with pleasantries...
Read On Dallas: Proposed Dallas Streetcar Routes Dallas Morning News
In today's paper, I wrote about the…
News: Virginia Streetcar Route, Transit & Economy, $1 Billion Sprawl Plans, Hitchhiking Carpools, Tampa Future Vision
November 14, 2012
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Virginia: Route 1 Streetcar Wanted
WTOP
Arlington and Alexandria both want a streetcar line along Route 1 to link the Northern Virginia communities but the two are at odds over timing and tactics...
Read On Nashville: Transit Plans Drive Economy Tennessean
My family has long recognized the impact transit has on development. My great-grandfather built his H.G. Hill Food Stores business by putting a grocery store everywhere the old Nashville streetcar stopped...
Arlington and Alexandria both want a streetcar line along Route 1 to link the Northern Virginia communities but the two are at odds over timing and tactics...
Read On Nashville: Transit Plans Drive Economy Tennessean
My family has long recognized the impact transit has on development. My great-grandfather built his H.G. Hill Food Stores business by putting a grocery store everywhere the old Nashville streetcar stopped...
News: Tampa Streetcar Woes, Subway Inflatable Plugs, Mexico City New Subway Line, Sports-Oriented Transit Development
November 1, 2012
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Tampa: CSX Crossing Insurance Costs Streetcar
Tampa Tribune
The fight to bring a streetcar downtown involved big battles. Organizers had to choose a route, persuade the federal government to give millions for the project and overcome resistance from some residents and city officials who were worried about the cost to taxpayers...
Read On New York: Could Plugs Have Spared Flooding Subways? CNN
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The fight to bring a streetcar downtown involved big battles. Organizers had to choose a route, persuade the federal government to give millions for the project and overcome resistance from some residents and city officials who were worried about the cost to taxpayers...
Read On New York: Could Plugs Have Spared Flooding Subways? CNN
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News: Florida Voters Favor HSR, Taipei Mega TOD Plan, Rec Open Space Inequality Research, SF Transit Tower, Land Banks Fight Blight
October 30, 2012
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Florida: State Voters Favored HSR Plans
The Hill
Voters in Florida's critical swing Interstate 4 corridor favored the construction of a high-speed railway between Tampa and Orlando that was killed by Florida's Gov. Rick Scott...
Read On International: Taipei Unveils Mega TOD Project Taiwan Today
Taipei Main Station is to be the site of a multibillion dollar real estate development featuring hotels, offices, restaurants…
Voters in Florida's critical swing Interstate 4 corridor favored the construction of a high-speed railway between Tampa and Orlando that was killed by Florida's Gov. Rick Scott...
Read On International: Taipei Unveils Mega TOD Project Taiwan Today
Taipei Main Station is to be the site of a multibillion dollar real estate development featuring hotels, offices, restaurants…
