News: Transit Resiliency, Des Moines BRT Stalls, Bike & Pedestrian Funding, TIF District Benefits, City Allergies
May 10, 2012
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Salt Lake City: Sugarhouse Streetcar Starts Construction
Salt Lake Tribune
Under the warm spring sun Wednesday, a crowd gathered at 2235 Main St. in South Salt Lake to celebrate the beginning of the long anticipated return of streetcars to the Salt Lake Valley...
Read On Pittsburgh: Impact of Port Authority Route Eliminations UCSUR Pub
The Port Authority of Allegheny County has proposed a 35 percent service reduction to cope with a looming $64 million budget shortfall.
Under the warm spring sun Wednesday, a crowd gathered at 2235 Main St. in South Salt Lake to celebrate the beginning of the long anticipated return of streetcars to the Salt Lake Valley...
Read On Pittsburgh: Impact of Port Authority Route Eliminations UCSUR Pub
The Port Authority of Allegheny County has proposed a 35 percent service reduction to cope with a looming $64 million budget shortfall.
Blogosphere: Virginia Beach Rail Vote, Transit Score, Transit-Oriented Burbs, Sustainable Cities, Urban Planning For Dummies, 'Evil' Suburbs
April 30, 2012
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Blogosphere - In this section you'll find commentary, opinion and editorials from blogs and newspapers around the country. The opinions expressed in these blogs do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Reconnecting America.
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Blogosphere: The Onion Releases Transit Issue
Planetizen
Out this week, the satirical newspaper The Onion has collected a host of stories dedicated to transit and transportation. Some of these you may have seen before, but many are new to us...
Read On Editorial: Virginia Beach's Second Chance for Rail Virginian Pilot
People in Virginia Beach have been talking about light rail since the 1970s. In 1999, the last time they were asked whether to bring it to the city, about 42,000 voters said no. ..
Out this week, the satirical newspaper The Onion has collected a host of stories dedicated to transit and transportation. Some of these you may have seen before, but many are new to us...
Read On Editorial: Virginia Beach's Second Chance for Rail Virginian Pilot
People in Virginia Beach have been talking about light rail since the 1970s. In 1999, the last time they were asked whether to bring it to the city, about 42,000 voters said no. ..
News: Pedestrian Habits, Biking In Mexico, LA Vs. Beverly Hills, Defending ARC Decision, SF Losing Diversity, Urban Solar Farm
April 12, 2012
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National: The Peculiar Habits of the Pedestrian
Slate (Part 2 of Walking Series)
What does famed urbanist William "Holly" Whyte have in common with David Simon's award-winning television series The Wire? They both understood the importance of street corners...
Read On Bay Area: BRT Key in Re-imagining El Camino Real Santa Clara Weekly
Would you rather spend an afternoon strolling the Champs…
What does famed urbanist William "Holly" Whyte have in common with David Simon's award-winning television series The Wire? They both understood the importance of street corners...
Read On Bay Area: BRT Key in Re-imagining El Camino Real Santa Clara Weekly
Would you rather spend an afternoon strolling the Champs…
News: Senate Transpo Bill, Bogota's BRT Decline, Chicago Bike Share, Fines For Distracted Walking, Marseille's Melting Pot, Schools & Segregation
March 15, 2012
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National: Senate Passes Transportation Bill
Transportation Nation
Years late, and much smaller than once envisioned, the Senate has passed its version of a two-year $109 billion transportation bill by a wide, bi-partisan majority...
Read On International: Bogota's BRT System in Distress Associated Press
Bogota's eco-friendly mass transit system has been…
Years late, and much smaller than once envisioned, the Senate has passed its version of a two-year $109 billion transportation bill by a wide, bi-partisan majority...
Read On International: Bogota's BRT System in Distress Associated Press
Bogota's eco-friendly mass transit system has been…
Blogosphere: Virginia Beach LRT Options, Bus Bunching, GOP Highway Fixation, Pain In Poor Neighborhoods, Arts For Cities
March 13, 2012
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Blogosphere: Weigh Options on Light Rail
Virginian Pilot
Virginia Beach is looking for every possible funding source as it considers extending Norfolk's light rail line east. That's smart business. Taxpayers should expect city leaders to work the best possible deal for residents...
Read On Opinion: New CEO Will Unify the System Arizona Republic
Transit is becoming more relevant in our daily lives. It gives people an option to get out of their cars and…
Virginia Beach is looking for every possible funding source as it considers extending Norfolk's light rail line east. That's smart business. Taxpayers should expect city leaders to work the best possible deal for residents...
Read On Opinion: New CEO Will Unify the System Arizona Republic
Transit is becoming more relevant in our daily lives. It gives people an option to get out of their cars and…
News: California HSR Visions, Bringing LRT To Virginia Beach, Chicago Rail Cars Recalled, BofA Housing Deal
March 9, 2012
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Los Angeles: Two Visions of California HSR
Los Angles Times
The bullet trains that would someday streak through California at 220 mph are, in the vision of their most ardent supporters, more than just a transportation system. They are also a means to alter the state's social, residential and economic fabric...
Read On California: Residents Still Support HSR Transportation Nation
By a 51 to 45 majority, Californians favor high…
The bullet trains that would someday streak through California at 220 mph are, in the vision of their most ardent supporters, more than just a transportation system. They are also a means to alter the state's social, residential and economic fabric...
Read On California: Residents Still Support HSR Transportation Nation
By a 51 to 45 majority, Californians favor high…
Blogosphere: How ST Could Build SE Seattle Station
July 18, 2011|Crosscut
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Sound Transit, the three-county rail and express-bus agency, announced some bad news, good news last month: Arbitrators had ordered it to pay $66 million in the last round of lawsuits by contractors on the South Link light rail line construction through the Rainier Valley, who sued over contaminated soils, ill-drafted design documents, and other unplanned costs... Read On
Norfolk: HRT to Delay LRT Study to Virginia Beach
April 28, 2011|Virginian Pilot
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Hampton Roads Transit announced Tuesday it will delay the study on extending light rail to Virginia Beach for about a year, pushing back City Council's ability to make a decision about the project to the last quarter of 2013... Read On
Norfolk: Virginia Beach LRT Study Halted
April 5, 2011|Virginian Pilot
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Hampton Roads Transit has put its study of light rail in Virginia Beach on indefinite hold, one month before it was set to release preliminary costs and ridership estimates for an extension from Norfolk to the Oceanfront... Read On
Virginia Beach: City Looks to Change Growth Pattern
September 7, 2010|Virginian Pilot
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For years, Virginia Beach has been a textbook example of suburban sprawl. Housing booms in the 1970s, '80s and '90s led to miles of strip malls, car dealerships and big-box stores with acres of parking lots. Now, the city is pretty much full...
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