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Transport: Charlotte Mayor Named DOT Secretary, Inianapolis Transit Expansion Paused, Denver To Golden Line Opens, Travel Time Perception Errors

April 29, 2013
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TRANSPORT Foxx Named Transportation Secretary  Washington Post   President Obama plans to nominate Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx to serve as transportation secretary, a White House official said Sunday.
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Transport: Chinese Transit Excess, Fixing LA's 405, Cap&Trade Transit Funding, Transit & Traffic, Lease Airport To Build Rail

April 26, 2013
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TRANSPORT Chinese Cities are Building Metros They Might Not Need  The Economist   NOT many global cities of nearly 9m people lack an underground line, but until the end of last year the eastern city of Hangzhou was one of them.
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Urban Issues: Wall St. Housing Bet, Charlotte Bypass Threat Empty, How Atlanta Could Flourish in Global Economy

April 23, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Wall Street Betting Billions on Homes in Distressed Markets  Washington Post   Big investors are pouring unprecedented amounts of money into real estate hard hit by the housing crash, bringing those moribund markets back to life but raising the prospect of another Wall Street-fueled bubble that won't be…
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Transport: Central Indiana Transit Investment, Chicago Picks Next BRT Project, FRA's Costly Rules, CAHSR Bid Rules Controversy

April 22, 2013
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TRANSPORT Transit is Crucial Investment for Central Indiana  Indianapolis Star   When is good enough "good enough"? That's a question we hear in business, politics and life in general, but how often do we recognize the real issue at the heart of that question: "When do we stop investing in our future?"
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Urban Issues: FBI Building Competition, New German Rental Regulations, Cleveland Cycle Of Abandonment, Selling Fed Property

April 22, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Bid for FBI Building Sets off Healthy Competition  San Jose Mercury News   The FBI's announcement that it needs a new home has touched off a virtual real estate beauty contest, with communities around the region jockeying for the opportunity to attract the law enforcement agency-and attendant economic benefits-to their neighborhoods.
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Transport: NC Transport Spending Plan, NYC Nerd Buses, Bike Friendly Universities, Atlanta Streetcar Frequency Problem, Cincinnati Streetcar Costs

April 19, 2013
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TRANSPORT McCrory Outlines Strategy for Transpo Spending  News and Observer   North Carolina will build better transportation projects and create more jobs if it scraps an outmoded formula created in 1989 to sprinkle road-building money among different regions of the state, Gov. Pat McCrory said Thursday.
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Transport: China's HSR Theft From Japan, 'Dreamy' Administration Transpo Budget, NYC Bike Share, Banning Bikes In Toronto

April 16, 2013
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TRANSPORT In State Rebuttal, Charlotte Could Vote Against Road Expansion  The Naked City Blog   Charlotte City Council is threatening to withdraw its support for the proposed Monroe Bypass in a key, regional transportation planning group.
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Transport: FY2014 New Starts, Cambodia Overpass 'Achievement', Nashville 'Amp' BRT, Salt Lake Airport LRT, CAHSR Chooses Contractor

April 15, 2013
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TRANSPORT FTA Releases FY2014 New Starts Report  FTA   This Annual Report on Funding Recommendations is issued by the United States Secretary of Transportation to help inform the appropriations process for the upcoming fiscal year by providing information on projects included in the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) discretionary Capital Investment Grant Program.
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Transport: Madison BRT, Australian HSR $120B, DC Streetcar Joint Development, Designing Boston Transit Map

April 12, 2013
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TRANSPORT Madison BRT Plan Greeted Favorably by Officials  Capital Times   Enthusiasm is high for a new model of speedy bus service for Madison - but so is the potential price tag.
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Other Views: Reason Foundation Report On California High Speed Rail

April 12, 2013
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OTHER VIEWS Reason Foundation Releases Report on California High Speed Rail  Reuters   While California Governor Jerry Brown rode a bullet train in China, the libertarian Reason Foundation released a report on Thursday saying the state's planned high-speed rail system will likely need between $124 million and $373 million a year in operating subsidies once its core line is completed.
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