News: CAHSR Blessing, Elecric Freight, TOD Impact On VMT, Light Rail Benefits Research, Berlin's Cheap Rents, Portland Downtown
May 17, 2012
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California: HSR Project Given Conditional Blessing
Sacramento Bee
The latest plan for building a California bullet train system got a very conditional blessing Tuesday from a "peer review committee" of transportation experts...
Read On Los Angeles: An Electric Solution for Freeway Freight Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles may be one of the first…
The latest plan for building a California bullet train system got a very conditional blessing Tuesday from a "peer review committee" of transportation experts...
Read On Los Angeles: An Electric Solution for Freeway Freight Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles may be one of the first…
News: LA's Changing Boulevards, Houston Supercommuters, Transport Bill Talks, Florida's Outsource City
May 15, 2012
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Los Angeles: Boulevards Are Changing in LA
Los Angeles Times
As Los Angeles' boulevards reassert their place in the public realm, the transformation along Atlantic offers glimpses of a new city identity taking shape...
Read On Texas: Dallas to Houston Supercommuters Top of Nation Dallas Morning News
Has that Frisco-to-Dallas commute…
As Los Angeles' boulevards reassert their place in the public realm, the transformation along Atlantic offers glimpses of a new city identity taking shape...
Read On Texas: Dallas to Houston Supercommuters Top of Nation Dallas Morning News
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News: Denver Nixes Transit Vote, Bellevue LRT Cost Cutting, Expanding Dallas LRT, Twin Cities TOD Biz Boost
April 26, 2012
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Denver: RTD Board Nixes Fastracks Extension Fall Vote
Denver Post (via Bill S)
A FasTracks proposal to link commuters in the northwest Denver metro area to downtown is stalled after the Regional Transportation District board of directors decided Tuesday night not to pursue a tax increase in November that would fund the idea...
Read On National: Daimler Closing Orion Bus Manufacturing Plant Toronto Star
German automotive giant Daimler announced Wednesday…
A FasTracks proposal to link commuters in the northwest Denver metro area to downtown is stalled after the Regional Transportation District board of directors decided Tuesday night not to pursue a tax increase in November that would fund the idea...
Read On National: Daimler Closing Orion Bus Manufacturing Plant Toronto Star
German automotive giant Daimler announced Wednesday…
Blogosphere: People & Station Areas, Calif. Transpo Needs, Biking In London, Foodie Cities, Greenwashing Sprawl
April 12, 2012
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Blogosphere: Humans Better than Cars Near Transit
Slate Moneybox
Stamford, Conn. is home to a commuter rail station heading in to New York City. Currently, land near the station is largely allocated to be used as parking lots or parking garages...
Read On Blogosphere: California Needs $538B to Maintain System LA Streetsblog
One of the things I do each year is read the California Transportation Commission Annual Report. I…
Stamford, Conn. is home to a commuter rail station heading in to New York City. Currently, land near the station is largely allocated to be used as parking lots or parking garages...
Read On Blogosphere: California Needs $538B to Maintain System LA Streetsblog
One of the things I do each year is read the California Transportation Commission Annual Report. I…
Blogosphere: Driving Blind, Hating The Bus, TOD Density Bonus, Citizen Engagement, Millenials & Home Builders
March 30, 2012
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Blogosphere: Google's Prius Drives Blind Man
Wired Autopia
Steve Mahan is clinically blind, having lost 95 percent of his vision over the course of several years. But on a sunny day in the Bay Area, the Google crew arrived to shuttle him around, running errands like the rest of us and making a trip through the Taco Bell drive-through...
Read On Blogosphere: Hate the Bus? Time to Reconsider NPR
Steve Mahan is clinically blind, having lost 95 percent of his vision over the course of several years. But on a sunny day in the Bay Area, the Google crew arrived to shuttle him around, running errands like the rest of us and making a trip through the Taco Bell drive-through...
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Blogosphere: Attack On Transit Funds, Fuel Economy Undermines Highways, Urban County, Promoting TOD, World's Smartest City
February 3, 2012
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Blogosphere: Ways & Means Would Shift Transit Monies
T4 America
Reversing policy begun under President Ronald Reagan, House Ways and Means Committee - at the direction of House leadership - could move Friday to end guaranteed funding for public transportation, and leave even today's inadequate funding levels in doubt...
Reversing policy begun under President Ronald Reagan, House Ways and Means Committee - at the direction of House leadership - could move Friday to end guaranteed funding for public transportation, and leave even today's inadequate funding levels in doubt...
Blogosphere: Portland vs. Vancouver, WA., Suburban Green Streets, Urbanists Circa 400BC, Lives Of Commuters, Busways
December 21, 2011
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Blogosphere: Dream of Suburbs Alive in Vancouver
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
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Read On Blogosphere: Hey Vikings, Parking is Not Cities Twin Cities Sidewalks
I kinda understand tailgating, I suppose. It's like a picnic, only instead of being in a park under a tree on a blanket in the grass, you're in a parking…
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Read On Blogosphere: Hey Vikings, Parking is Not Cities Twin Cities Sidewalks
I kinda understand tailgating, I suppose. It's like a picnic, only instead of being in a park under a tree on a blanket in the grass, you're in a parking…
Blogosphere: Hartford Blogger, Florida Bike Sharing, Pro Transit Libertarians, Bay Bridge Bike Path, In Lieu Parking Fee, A Better Gas Tax
December 15, 2011
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Blogosphere: Hartford Blogger Boosts 'Sad City'
Wall Street Journal
Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra isn't the only one zeroing in on the sorry image of Connecticut's capitol city. Despite its downer of a name, the blog Sad City Hartford is also trying to champion Hartford as a city on the rise..
Read On Blogosphere: Broward B-Cycle Launches Today Transit Miami
South…
Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra isn't the only one zeroing in on the sorry image of Connecticut's capitol city. Despite its downer of a name, the blog Sad City Hartford is also trying to champion Hartford as a city on the rise..
Read On Blogosphere: Broward B-Cycle Launches Today Transit Miami
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News: Google Transit, TOD in Detroit, Cycling in SF, New Haven Streetcar, Lake Oswego Urban Renewal, Carmageddon, Suburban Ecological Danger
December 1, 2011
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Research: Google Transit Tool for Small Agencies
TRB
TRB's Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Final Report for Transit IDEA Project 58: Google Transit Data Tool for Small Transit Agencies discusses the process, results, and work effort carried out in creating a tool to have transit information such as routes, start and stop times, trips, fares, and schedules accessible online via Google Transit..
TRB's Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Final Report for Transit IDEA Project 58: Google Transit Data Tool for Small Transit Agencies discusses the process, results, and work effort carried out in creating a tool to have transit information such as routes, start and stop times, trips, fares, and schedules accessible online via Google Transit..
News: Drilling for Transpo Funds, Connecticut Busway, Light Rail Vision in Burbs, Sustainability Summit, Saving Farms
November 22, 2011
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National: The User Pays
National Journal Experts
The House Republicans are making infrastructure the backbone of their own jobs proposal, a foil to President Obama's jobs package. They are offering a long-term (and long overdue) highway bill that would be paid for by expanded domestic drilling...
Read On Research: Political Relevance of Tuscan Wine Society and Space
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The House Republicans are making infrastructure the backbone of their own jobs proposal, a foil to President Obama's jobs package. They are offering a long-term (and long overdue) highway bill that would be paid for by expanded domestic drilling...
Read On Research: Political Relevance of Tuscan Wine Society and Space
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