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Transport: Private LRT Extension Plans, Bike Guidelines Outdated, Infrastructure Hawk, How SLT Became Transit Leader

June 6, 2013
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TRANSPORT Virginia Beach Considers Private Light Rail Ideas  Virginian Pilot   A private-sector proposal to extend light rail into Virginia Beach merits a closer look and competing ideas will be welcomed, the City Council informally decided Tuesday.  
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Transport: NYC Bike Share, Virginia Beach Private LRT Questions, SF Taxi Industry, Building New RR Under NYC

May 28, 2013
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TRANSPORT Giving Citi Bike an Early Tryout  NY Streetsblog   Today, New Yorkers turned out under sunny skies to try out bike-share for the first time.
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Transport: Virginia Beach LRT Planning, Moderating Congestion Worries, San Diego Trolley Gets Fed OK, Fed Infrastructure Timelines

May 20, 2013
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TRANSPORT Virginia Beach Light Rail at a Crossroads  Virginian Pilot   The once-abstract idea of light rail in the city continues to take shape as planners crunch the numbers and take public comment on the most detailed scenarios yet for sending The Tide to the Oceanfront.
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Transport: Bill To Let Dallas Transit Into Arlington, 51 Metros Ranked On Accessibility, Arlington's 'Super Stop' Fight, London Cycling Festival, PPP Idea for Virginia LRT Line

April 4, 2013
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TRANSPORT Green Line to Medford Won't Open Until 2019  Daily Free Press   Despite a growing burden of debt, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority could begin construction on extending the Green Line from Lechmere to College Avenue in Medford and Union Square in Somerville in the coming months.
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Transport: SunRail Expectations, Amtrak National Network, Transit Vital To Pittsburgh, Denver East Colfax Corridor Planning

March 18, 2013
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TRANSPORT Don't Expect SunRail to Be Cure All  Orlando Sentinel   There I was, happily reading a front-page story about plans to bring assorted rail projects to Orlando, when I ran face first into these statements from transit supporters:   Read On   Local Businesses Giving Telecommuting a Try  Virginian Pilot   Julie Rowland's townhouse sits back from a crescent-shaped street in Virginia Beach's Timberlake neighborhood. Few cars travel down it during the day. Inside, the phone almost never rings.  
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News: Detroit Transit Vision, Texrail Project Map, Funding Colorado Fastracks, HOT Lanes Spreading, Charlotte Streetcar Caution

December 5, 2012
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Tracks News - In this section you'll find news from cities around the country as well as interviews and general reporting on issues.  It might be from a newspaper or a blog, but it counts as news. TRANSPORT Twin Cities: Feds Given More Time to Assess SW LRT Minneapolis Star Tribune
A relatively obscure federal agency has been awarded extra time to weigh in on the proposed Southwest Corridor light-rail line...

Read On Los Angeles: Transit Tax Measure Loses, Streetcar Wins KCET
Bittersweet news has hit Los Angeles transit advocates over the past two days. First, Measure J, the L.A. County November 6 ballot initiative to extend a sales tax dedicated to transportation projects by 30 years, lost by nearly…
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News: Virginia Beach Light Rail Vote, NC LRT Sales Tax Passes, Houston Guts Transit Tax, Columbia Crossing Defeat

November 7, 2012
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Tracks News - In this section you'll find news from cities around the country as well as interviews and general reporting on issues.  It might be from a newspaper or a blog, but it counts as news. TRANSPORT Virginia Beach: LRT Support Measure Likely to Pass Virginian Pilot
Light-rail supporters wanted a decisive approval of a referendum they hoped would spur the city to bring The Tide here...

Read On North Carolina: Orange County Passes LRT Ballot   WCHL Chappel Hill
On Election Night, the controversial half-cent transit sales tax easily won the vote in Orange County-but while all of Orange County's urban precincts voted for the referendum, all of its rural precincts voted against…
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News: Detroit Regional Transit Needs, Bus-Only Lanes In Chicago, NY Taxi App Quits, BRT & TOD In Twin Cities

October 18, 2012
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Tracks News - In this section you'll find news from cities around the country as well as interviews and general reporting on issues.  It might be from a newspaper or a blog, but it counts as news.  TRANSPORT Detroit: LaHood - Regional Organization Desired Railway Age
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood visited Detroit Monday with a suggestion that a Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority might be better equipped to land federal funding for transportation projects, including assistance with a much-debated streetcar project...

Read On National: Is DC's Economic Future Tied to Cars? Transportation Nation
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Blogosphere: Techno Transit Fantasy, TIFIA Rush, S.America Road Use Pricing, Virginia Beach LRT Vote, City Rankings

October 2, 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. TRANSPORT Blogosphere: The Techno Fantasy that Refuses to Die Human Transit
An article in Fast Company, by Li Wen and Shawn Gayle, has unfortunately give more oxygen to the so-called NETWORK_LA proposal, which is founded on the delusion..

Read On Blogosphere: DOT Approves $545m Loan for Crenshaw The Source
The loan was announced back in 2010, but a lot of paperwork goes into securing these things. The good news is that the deal is now…
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News: VA Beach LRT Vote, Streetcar Return To Houston, Portland's Bike Focus, Austin Downtown Residential

September 10, 2012
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Tracks News - In this section you'll find news from cities around the country as well as interviews and general reporting on issues.  It might be from a newspaper or a blog, but it counts as news. TRANSPORT Norfolk: VA Beach LRT Splits Council Virginian Pilot
Some city officials want to create what they call a "citizen information campaign" to educate residents on an upcoming referendum on extending light rail from Norfolk...

Read On Houston: East End Looking Towards Streetcars Houston Chronicle
As the once solidly industrial East End transforms with a 4-month-old soccer stadium, a light rail line under construction and the imminent sale of a 136-acre plot that could…
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