Toolkit Focuses On Opportunities To Extend TOD In Connecticut
June 3, 2013
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A toolkit created to introduce the primary components of a TOD program that meets common Connecticut community goals has been added to the Resource Center best practices database.
Urban Issues: HUD's Sequestration Cuts, Transformational Data, Investing Pensions Locally, Smarter Cities, Big Data In NYC, Technology As City Equalizer
April 3, 2013
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Housing Hardest Cut of Sequestration
Slate Moneybox
Sequestration is largely designed to prevent cuts in targeted anti-poverty programs, but the Department of Housing and Urban Development's various housing assistant programs are an exception.
Urban Issues: Boston Adding Housing, Ethiopia's Middle Class, San Antonio's Busines Savvy Immigrants, Bay Area Low Income Workers Struggle
March 25, 2013
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Boston Looks to Add 30,000 Housing Units by 2020
Boston Globe
The city of Boston plans to add up to 30,000 new housing units by 2020 to meet the needs of a changing population that includes more families moving to the downtown area, Mayor Thomas M. Menino is set to announce on Monday.
News: LA Port Freight Rail EIR, LaHood: Sequestration 'Dumb', Passenger Rail Renaissance, Fighting Sprawl
March 1, 2013
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International: $1.28B Loan for Phase 1 of UAE Rail
Railway Technology
Etihad Rail has received a $1.28bn loan to build the first phase of the UAE's $11bn national railway network...
Read On Los Angeles: LA Port Issues Final Environmental Report Progressive Railroading
The Port of Los Angeles has released a Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for BNSF Railway Co.'s proposed Southern California International Gateway (SCIG) project...
Etihad Rail has received a $1.28bn loan to build the first phase of the UAE's $11bn national railway network...
Read On Los Angeles: LA Port Issues Final Environmental Report Progressive Railroading
The Port of Los Angeles has released a Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for BNSF Railway Co.'s proposed Southern California International Gateway (SCIG) project...
News: Amtrak Privatization, Texas Money For Roads, Manchester City Tram-Pions, Virginia Gas Tax Plan, LaHood Was Right For Job
February 13, 2013
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National: Mica Revives Amtrak Privatization Plan
The Hill
Former House Transportation Committee Chairman Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) is aiming at of his favorite targets when he led the panel, Amtrak, with legislation to end its "monopoly" on rail service...
Read On Dallas: TXDOT Wants State Infrastructure Fund for Roads Dallas Morning News
Texas…
Former House Transportation Committee Chairman Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) is aiming at of his favorite targets when he led the panel, Amtrak, with legislation to end its "monopoly" on rail service...
Read On Dallas: TXDOT Wants State Infrastructure Fund for Roads Dallas Morning News
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News: Tempe-Mesa Streetcar Link, Mexico HSR Proposal, People-Friendly Transit, Beijing Smog Fight, Dearborn TOD Input
January 31, 2013
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Blogosphere: Unions Want a Transpo Funding Defender
The Hill
Transportation unions are urging President Obama to appoint a staunch defender of federal road and transit funding to replace outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood...
Read On Blogosphere: Rockefeller Wants NTSB Chief The Hill
The chairman of the Senate committee that has to approve Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood's replacement is…
Transportation unions are urging President Obama to appoint a staunch defender of federal road and transit funding to replace outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood...
Read On Blogosphere: Rockefeller Wants NTSB Chief The Hill
The chairman of the Senate committee that has to approve Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood's replacement is…
Blogosphere: Paying For Charlotte Transit, War On Cars, WMATA Strategic Plan, Anti-Bike Media, Housing Voucher Impact
January 25, 2013
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Blogosphere: How to Pay for Future Charlotte Transit?
The Naked City
Mecklenburg's transit agency, the Metropolitan Transit Commission, is launching a study group to look at how to pay for future transit projects..
Read On Blogosphere: SF Brings Back Chinatown Parking Ban Streetsblog SF
In San Francisco's Chinatown, removing car parking is great for business. Last year's week-long trial removal of parking on five blocks of Stockton Street was…
Mecklenburg's transit agency, the Metropolitan Transit Commission, is launching a study group to look at how to pay for future transit projects..
Read On Blogosphere: SF Brings Back Chinatown Parking Ban Streetsblog SF
In San Francisco's Chinatown, removing car parking is great for business. Last year's week-long trial removal of parking on five blocks of Stockton Street was…
Blogosphere: Why Grids Matter, LRT Progress In Houston, Streetcars In DC, A Tale Of Two Subways, NJ Transit Village Tour
December 14, 2012
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Blogosphere: Why Grids Matter
Walkable DFW
I have written before about the difference between dendritic and reticulated grids. However, that was highly theoretical and still lacking in real world justification. Here I'm going to try and provide further justification for the grid in a more applicable manner...
Read On Blogosphere: Light Rail Construction Moving Fast Houston Press
Since 2004, anyone living or visiting the areas near Main Street,…
I have written before about the difference between dendritic and reticulated grids. However, that was highly theoretical and still lacking in real world justification. Here I'm going to try and provide further justification for the grid in a more applicable manner...
Read On Blogosphere: Light Rail Construction Moving Fast Houston Press
Since 2004, anyone living or visiting the areas near Main Street,…
News: BART Parking Fee Hike, Twin Cities BRT Near Completion, Charlotte Streetcar On Chopping Block, Transit & The Economy
December 11, 2012
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International: Polluted Mongolian City Turns to BRT
AFP
On the streets of Ulan Bator a people renowned for their horse riding skills have to contend every day with ever more Hummers, Land Cruisers and Range Rovers...
Read On Bay Area: BART Looks to Raise Parking Fees San Francisco Chronicle
With BART carrying record loads and parking lots filling fast at more and more stations, the transit system is…
On the streets of Ulan Bator a people renowned for their horse riding skills have to contend every day with ever more Hummers, Land Cruisers and Range Rovers...
Read On Bay Area: BART Looks to Raise Parking Fees San Francisco Chronicle
With BART carrying record loads and parking lots filling fast at more and more stations, the transit system is…
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