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: SunRail Funding, Tucson-Phoenix Rail, Texas HSR Plans, Rough Road Tax, Austin Rail Plan, Salt Lake Gentrification, High Tech Ghost Town
May 11, 2012
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Orlando: Bill Would Capture Value for Operations
Orlando Sentinel
A bipartisan bill circulating in Congress could help the SunRail commuter train in Central Florida pay for millions of dollars in annual operating deficits...
Read On Arizona: Rail Between Tucson and Phoenix Studied Arizona Public Media
Several options for passenger rail service…
A bipartisan bill circulating in Congress could help the SunRail commuter train in Central Florida pay for millions of dollars in annual operating deficits...
Read On Arizona: Rail Between Tucson and Phoenix Studied Arizona Public Media
Several options for passenger rail service…
Blogosphere: Bamboo Bike, Driving & Work, CAHSR State Budget, Bus Rodeo, DC Development Subsidies, Housing & Land Use
May 11, 2012
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Blogosphere: Can a Bamboo Bike Change the World?
Mashable
Big Idea: BBS holds bike-building workshops where students can craft their own bamboo bicycle - a sustainable form of transportation made in a sustainable way...
Read On Blogosphere: Metro Logos Around the World Transit Maps
Slightly tangential to my usual posts, but cool nonetheless. The Metrobits.org website showcases around 170 Metro logos (and other train systems as well - Sydney's CityRail is most decidedly not a Metro, but…
Big Idea: BBS holds bike-building workshops where students can craft their own bamboo bicycle - a sustainable form of transportation made in a sustainable way...
Read On Blogosphere: Metro Logos Around the World Transit Maps
Slightly tangential to my usual posts, but cool nonetheless. The Metrobits.org website showcases around 170 Metro logos (and other train systems as well - Sydney's CityRail is most decidedly not a Metro, but…
News: NY Bike Share Cost, Fed. Conference Bill, Seattle Parking Minimums, Private Texas HSR, Healthy Planning, Building Affordable Housing
May 9, 2012
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New York: Price of City's Bike Share
Guardian UK
Perhaps it is because gift horses seem so few and far-between in the cycling campaigning world that the common habit of advocates is not just to look them in the mouth, but immediately to start doing dentistry on them...
Read On National: Negotiators Kick Off Bill Conference Transportation Nation
Republicans and Democrats from the House and Senate began their formal conference over surface…
Perhaps it is because gift horses seem so few and far-between in the cycling campaigning world that the common habit of advocates is not just to look them in the mouth, but immediately to start doing dentistry on them...
Read On National: Negotiators Kick Off Bill Conference Transportation Nation
Republicans and Democrats from the House and Senate began their formal conference over surface…
News: Planning Megaprojects, Personalized Travel Planning, Encouraging Walking, NY Bike Share, Chicago Train Congestion
May 8, 2012
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National: Amtrak Ticket Checkers to Use iPhones
New York Times
Old-school train conductors are finally ready to give up their hole punchers to try something new: the iPhone...
Read On Research: Why Mass Media Matters to Planning Research Journal of Planning Education and Research (Abstract)
(Note from JW - This paper is by Bent Flyvbjerg and discusses megaprojects) This article asks how planning scholarship may effectively gain impact in planning…
Old-school train conductors are finally ready to give up their hole punchers to try something new: the iPhone...
Read On Research: Why Mass Media Matters to Planning Research Journal of Planning Education and Research (Abstract)
(Note from JW - This paper is by Bent Flyvbjerg and discusses megaprojects) This article asks how planning scholarship may effectively gain impact in planning…
News: Chicago Bus Lanes, Vancouver BRT, CAHSR Numbers, Caltrain Electrification, Gainesville Transit Taxes, London Smart City Test
May 4, 2012
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Chicago: Bus Only Lanes Are Coming Soon
Chicago Sun Times
Bus rapid transit is coming to Chicago. Within two years, CTA bus riders will get their own lane to get through the throngs of traffic near Union Station and the Ogilvie Transportation Center...
Read On Vancouver WA: BRT Plan Gets the Green Light Columbian
A citizens committee Wednesday signaled it's on board for bus rapid transit…
Bus rapid transit is coming to Chicago. Within two years, CTA bus riders will get their own lane to get through the throngs of traffic near Union Station and the Ogilvie Transportation Center...
Read On Vancouver WA: BRT Plan Gets the Green Light Columbian
A citizens committee Wednesday signaled it's on board for bus rapid transit…
Blogosphere: Speeding Cars & Child Safety, TIFIA Loan Value, CAHSR Business Plan, The Vienna Metropolis, Charlotte's Sidewalks
May 4, 2012
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Blogosphere: Think of the Children
Systemic Failure
Politicians will go to any length to protect children from underage sex, predators, and abductions. But when public health professionals suggest children should be protected from speeding automobiles - well, get ready for a whole lot of stupid:..
Read On Blogosphere: A Little TIFIA Goes a Long Way DOT Fastlane
While America waits for Congress to pass a comprehensive, long-term transportation plan, DOT…
Politicians will go to any length to protect children from underage sex, predators, and abductions. But when public health professionals suggest children should be protected from speeding automobiles - well, get ready for a whole lot of stupid:..
Read On Blogosphere: A Little TIFIA Goes a Long Way DOT Fastlane
While America waits for Congress to pass a comprehensive, long-term transportation plan, DOT…
Blogosphere: Civil Rights & Transit, Toronto Speed Limits, Pricing Travel Behavior, Origin Story of CNU, DC Sustainability Vision
May 3, 2012
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Editorial: Civil Rights and Transit Service
Los Angeles Times
Wouldn't it be great if we could move public transportation across the city of Los Angeles as easily as the avenging thieves of the film "The Italian Job" moved their fleet of get-away Mini Coopers by hacking into the transit authority's computers and making all the lights turn green at the right moment?..
Read On Blogosphere: World's Largest Underground HSR Station …
Wouldn't it be great if we could move public transportation across the city of Los Angeles as easily as the avenging thieves of the film "The Italian Job" moved their fleet of get-away Mini Coopers by hacking into the transit authority's computers and making all the lights turn green at the right moment?..
Read On Blogosphere: World's Largest Underground HSR Station …
News: BRT Rating System, HSR Research, PA Transpo Funding, Trading Lawn For TOD, NY Green Zoning, Student Debt and Home Ownership
May 2, 2012
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National: BRT Systems Getting Rating Standard
Transportation Nation
Now it can be told: there are objective standards for measuring how good your Bus Rapid Transit system is. The Institute for Transportation Development Policy has issued new scoring system to see how good BRT systems around the world are...
Read On Research: Accessibility Impacts of HSR The Transportationist (Full Article)
This paper reviews the state of high-speed rail (HSR)…
Now it can be told: there are objective standards for measuring how good your Bus Rapid Transit system is. The Institute for Transportation Development Policy has issued new scoring system to see how good BRT systems around the world are...
Read On Research: Accessibility Impacts of HSR The Transportationist (Full Article)
This paper reviews the state of high-speed rail (HSR)…
News: Fed Transpo Pressure, Enviro Vs. Infrastructure, CA HSR Testimony, Fed Golden Handcuffs, Food Desert Maps
May 1, 2012
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National: Obama Hits Congress on Transportation Bill
Transportation Nation
President Barack Obama is getting pointed on the transportation bill. Speaking at the AFL-CIO's Building and Construction Trades Department Conference today, Obama whacked the Republican-led House of Representatives for "refusing to pass a bipartisan bill that could guarantee work for millions of construction workers...
Read On Atlanta: Sierra Club Comes Out Against Sales Tax Atlanta Journal…
President Barack Obama is getting pointed on the transportation bill. Speaking at the AFL-CIO's Building and Construction Trades Department Conference today, Obama whacked the Republican-led House of Representatives for "refusing to pass a bipartisan bill that could guarantee work for millions of construction workers...
Read On Atlanta: Sierra Club Comes Out Against Sales Tax Atlanta Journal…
