News: Atlanta Credit Rating, Regional Planning, SF Transit First Parking Rules, Rules For Bus Riders, Rude Paris Metro Riders
August 8, 2012
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Atlanta: Tax Rejection Could Impact City Credit Rating
The Hill
The rejection of an $8 billion transportation tax in Atlanta last week could negatively impact the city's credit rating, according to a report from a key financial rating agency....
Read On Midwest: Regional Approach…
The rejection of an $8 billion transportation tax in Atlanta last week could negatively impact the city's credit rating, according to a report from a key financial rating agency....
Read On Midwest: Regional Approach…
News: Atlanta Infrastructure Vote, Cincinnati Streetcar Funds, MBTA Trolley Toy Sets, Adopt-A-Stop Program, Habitable Bridges
July 31, 2012
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TRANSPORT Georgia: Infrastructure Vote On Nation's Mind The Hill
Georgia will be on the minds of transportation observers this week as the state votes on a proposed infrastructure sales tax that has attracted national attention....
Read On Cincinnati: City Moving Money In Place For Streetcar Cincinnati.com
TRANSPORT Georgia: Infrastructure Vote On Nation's Mind The Hill
Georgia will be on the minds of transportation observers this week as the state votes on a proposed infrastructure sales tax that has attracted national attention....
Read On Cincinnati: City Moving Money In Place For Streetcar Cincinnati.com
Blogosphere: Bikes & Traffic Laws, Quality Of Life Investments, US As HSR Nation, Center Vs. Curb Running, Model Green Schools
July 23, 2012
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Blogosphere: Bikes Are Not Cars
Streetsblog SF
If you follow just about any major media coverage of street etiquette and safety, by now you've probably seen a piece vilifying people on bikes for "running" stop signs...
Read On Commentary: Indianapolis Transit Efforts Stuck in State Indianapolis Star
Earlier this month, several mayors and council leaders from local cities and towns gathered at the Indianapolis Museum of Art…
If you follow just about any major media coverage of street etiquette and safety, by now you've probably seen a piece vilifying people on bikes for "running" stop signs...
Read On Commentary: Indianapolis Transit Efforts Stuck in State Indianapolis Star
Earlier this month, several mayors and council leaders from local cities and towns gathered at the Indianapolis Museum of Art…
Blogosphere: War On Urban Gardens, Student Loan Urban Enticements, Vietnam Sprawl, Effects Of Coddling NIMBYs
July 20, 2012
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Blogosphere: Missed Opportunities on Northern Branch
Cap'n Transit
I had to admit that New Jersey Transit isn't planning to pave paradise for the parking lots on the Erie Railroad Northern Branch. They want to take over some existing parking lots, build on top of some others...
Read On URBANISM/HOUSING/CITIES Blogosphere: City Officials Wage War on Gardens Grist
Across the country and even in Canada, cities' thinking about front lawns is more…
I had to admit that New Jersey Transit isn't planning to pave paradise for the parking lots on the Erie Railroad Northern Branch. They want to take over some existing parking lots, build on top of some others...
Read On URBANISM/HOUSING/CITIES Blogosphere: City Officials Wage War on Gardens Grist
Across the country and even in Canada, cities' thinking about front lawns is more…
Blogosphere: San Bernardino BRT, Fed Map21 Guide, CAHSR Insider Politics, Transit & Transit Dependent, Jefferson Sprawl
July 16, 2012
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Commentary: BRT Will Be Boon to San Bernardino
San Bernadino County Sun
In about a year and a half, San Bernardino and Loma Linda will be the beneficiaries of a new bus rapid transit (BRT) line offering quicker commute times, more frequent trips and an enhanced streetscape...
Read On Blogosphere: Cliff's Notes Version of Map 21 DC Streetsblog
The FTA has put out a helpful guide [PDF] to the changes to public transit policy in MAP-21, the new…
In about a year and a half, San Bernardino and Loma Linda will be the beneficiaries of a new bus rapid transit (BRT) line offering quicker commute times, more frequent trips and an enhanced streetscape...
Read On Blogosphere: Cliff's Notes Version of Map 21 DC Streetsblog
The FTA has put out a helpful guide [PDF] to the changes to public transit policy in MAP-21, the new…
News: San Diego CAHSR Work, Bogota's Lost Luster, Charlotte LRT Final Design, CA Redevelopment Funds
July 11, 2012
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Blogosphere: TIFIA Loan Changes, China's Bike Boom, Individualism & Sustainability, Market-Oriented Urbanism
July 5, 2012
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Blogosphere: TIFIA Loan Program Ignores National Goals
DC Streetsblog
In the highly polarized and antagonistic transportation bill negotiations, dragged out over the course of almost a year, there was one thing that Democrats and Republicans could agree on: vastly expanding the TIFIA loan program...
Read On Blogosphere: China's Booming Bikes The City Fix
The Beijing Municipal Government recently launched a new…
In the highly polarized and antagonistic transportation bill negotiations, dragged out over the course of almost a year, there was one thing that Democrats and Republicans could agree on: vastly expanding the TIFIA loan program...
Read On Blogosphere: China's Booming Bikes The City Fix
The Beijing Municipal Government recently launched a new…
Blogosphere: What Fed Transpo Bill Means, Americans Driving Less, Rise Of Modern Food Truck, Branding Cities, Cities Vs. Suburbs, Lawns & Climate Change
July 2, 2012
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Blogosphere: New Bill Passes, Overview of Contents
DC Streetsblog
This is a bill that's been called "a death blow to mass transit" by the Amalgamated Transit Union, "a step backwards for America's transportation system" by the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, "a retreat from the goals of sustainability and economic resiliency" by Reconnecting America, "a substantial capitulation" by Transportation for America, and "bad news for biking and walking" by America Bikes...
This is a bill that's been called "a death blow to mass transit" by the Amalgamated Transit Union, "a step backwards for America's transportation system" by the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, "a retreat from the goals of sustainability and economic resiliency" by Reconnecting America, "a substantial capitulation" by Transportation for America, and "bad news for biking and walking" by America Bikes...
Blogosphere: Induced Traffic Effect, SAFETEA-LU Friday, Paying For Rail, Bus Shelter Seating, Not-So-Speedy Streetcars
June 26, 2012
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Blogosphere: Induced Traffic Effect Often Ignored
Planetizen
Despite many studies confirming the effect of induced traffic, the effect is often ignored in the transport models used for project appraisal, says a team of Scandanavian researchers creating an extreme bias in the assessment of new projects. ..
Read On Blogosphere: New Bill or Extension by Friday Transportation Issues Daily
SAFETEA-LU expires Friday at midnight. The replacement bill was on the brink of death, with a six-month extension of the…
Despite many studies confirming the effect of induced traffic, the effect is often ignored in the transport models used for project appraisal, says a team of Scandanavian researchers creating an extreme bias in the assessment of new projects. ..
Read On Blogosphere: New Bill or Extension by Friday Transportation Issues Daily
SAFETEA-LU expires Friday at midnight. The replacement bill was on the brink of death, with a six-month extension of the…
Blogosphere: House Issue Deadline, Banks Fund Transport, Sports & Transit, DC Needs Streetcars, An Urban Man, Will Allen's Urban Farms
June 21, 2012
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Blogosphere: House Instructs to Get Bill Done
DC Streetsblog
There's no excuse for dilly-dallying. That was the overwhelming sense of the House of Representatives, which just voted 386 to 34 that the conference should wrap up its work and pass some sort of transportation compromise by Friday...
Read On Blogosphere: Banks Announce $175B for Transport Embarq
The world's largest multi-lateral…
There's no excuse for dilly-dallying. That was the overwhelming sense of the House of Representatives, which just voted 386 to 34 that the conference should wrap up its work and pass some sort of transportation compromise by Friday...
Read On Blogosphere: Banks Announce $175B for Transport Embarq
The world's largest multi-lateral…
