Transport: Colorado Road Funds For Transit, Infrastructure & Democracy, Streetcars & Overhead Wires, Pedestrian Death Toll
May 8, 2013
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Colorado Road Money Can Be Used for Transit Now
Denver Post, via: DC Streetsblog
A new state law that quietly moved through this year's legislature gives cities and counties unprecedented…
Transport: Disneyland Streetcar Demands, Public Roads & Private Funding, Strategic Freight Plan, 100,000 Budapest Critical Mass Ride
May 7, 2013
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Disneyland Demands Raise Streetcar Costs
Kitsap Sun
While various stakeholders continue to disagree on the merits of Anaheim's proposed streetcar project, there is no debating that it is the most expensive project of its kind in recent memory.
News: MTA's Rat Problem, Ft. Worth Rail Plan, Toledo's Better Bus Station, Streetcar Economic Boost, Disney & Anaheim Streetcar, CAHSR Lawsuit Dismissed
March 4, 2013
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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. The Chatter, commentary and opposition articles will be found towards the bottom.
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New York: Box Tunnel Pact Reserves Space for Future
Railway Age
Amtrak has reached tentative agreement with private developers in Manhattan to construct an 800-foot-long box tunnel on site at the 26-acre Hudson Yards development site on Manhattan's West Side...
Read On New York: MTA Works on Rat Problem Wall Street Journal
Locked in endless…
Amtrak has reached tentative agreement with private developers in Manhattan to construct an 800-foot-long box tunnel on site at the 26-acre Hudson Yards development site on Manhattan's West Side...
Read On New York: MTA Works on Rat Problem Wall Street Journal
Locked in endless…
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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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…
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…
News: Utah Rail Budget Hike, Anaheim Streetcar Concept, GHG Law Challenge, SF Office Renewal, Young Moving Out Of State
October 25, 2012
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Salt Lake City: UTA Raises Rail Budget 27%
Salt Lake Tribune
As the Utah Transit Authority gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a 2013 budget that will spike spending on its growing train operations by 27 percent, it also cleared the next-to-last stop toward borrowing another $180 million to help pay for constructing new TRAX and FrontRunner lines...
Read On Anaheim: City OKs Streetcar Plan OC Register
The City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday to support the…
As the Utah Transit Authority gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a 2013 budget that will spike spending on its growing train operations by 27 percent, it also cleared the next-to-last stop toward borrowing another $180 million to help pay for constructing new TRAX and FrontRunner lines...
Read On Anaheim: City OKs Streetcar Plan OC Register
The City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday to support the…
News: Anaheim Streetcar Plan, Tampa LRT Endorsed, LaHood Snubbed In Detroit, 25 Years Of Consumer Spending
October 23, 2012
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Anaheim: City Considers $319m Streetcar
OC Register
The city has spent $6.1 million toward a $319 million streetcar system yet to win City Council approval, which could come Tuesday when it decides whether to push forward with the railway between the new ARTIC transit hub near Honda Center and popular tourist destinations, including Disneyland...
Read On Tampa: Local Developer Backs LRT Idea Tampa Tribune
For months, Tampa developer Al Austin has maintained that chairing the organization that…
The city has spent $6.1 million toward a $319 million streetcar system yet to win City Council approval, which could come Tuesday when it decides whether to push forward with the railway between the new ARTIC transit hub near Honda Center and popular tourist destinations, including Disneyland...
Read On Tampa: Local Developer Backs LRT Idea Tampa Tribune
For months, Tampa developer Al Austin has maintained that chairing the organization that…
Blogosphere: SoCal Sustainability, Walkability Politics, Atlanta Rail Plans, Fresno TOD Imposter, Metropolitan Revolution
April 18, 2012
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Commentary: SoCal Hailed as Model of Sustainability
Los Angeles Times
Southern California is no longer the Great Satan of suburban sprawl. Last month, the Census Bureau released a list of America's densest urban areas, and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim ranked first. New York-Newark was fifth...
Read On Blogosphere: Why Don't Conservative Cities Walk? Slate Moneybox
Reading Tom Vanderbilt's series…
Southern California is no longer the Great Satan of suburban sprawl. Last month, the Census Bureau released a list of America's densest urban areas, and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim ranked first. New York-Newark was fifth...
Read On Blogosphere: Why Don't Conservative Cities Walk? Slate Moneybox
Reading Tom Vanderbilt's series…
Blogosphere: Transpo Bill Talks, Tucson Streetcar, LA Bike Sharing, SF To Anaheim HSR, Oakland Housing Displacement, War On Suburbia Hoax, Obesity & Postal Codes
April 16, 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: House Tries to Horse Trade Keystone XL
DC Streetsblog
In another desperate attempt to push forward their fossil fuel agenda, House Republicans have indicated that even though they've been incapable of passing a transportation bill, they're willing to go to conference committee and pass the Senate bill...
Read On Blogosphere: Investment on Streetcar Line Starting DC Streetsblog
Streetcars are back, and…
In another desperate attempt to push forward their fossil fuel agenda, House Republicans have indicated that even though they've been incapable of passing a transportation bill, they're willing to go to conference committee and pass the Senate bill...
Read On Blogosphere: Investment on Streetcar Line Starting DC Streetsblog
Streetcars are back, and…
News: Toronto's Relief LIne, Tampa Transit Tax, Houston HSR, California HSR Drops Anaheim, Pollution Property Price, China Enclave Urbanism
April 9, 2012
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Toronto: The Downtown Relief Line
Toronto Star
How do you spell relief if you ride the south end of the Yonge subway? D-R-L - downtown relief line. Since 1910, when the idea first emerged of a transit line connecting the east end of Toronto with the south end of Yonge St., the DRL has gained very little traction...
Read On Tampa: City Tax Could Pay for Transit Tampa Tribune
Two years after…
How do you spell relief if you ride the south end of the Yonge subway? D-R-L - downtown relief line. Since 1910, when the idea first emerged of a transit line connecting the east end of Toronto with the south end of Yonge St., the DRL has gained very little traction...
Read On Tampa: City Tax Could Pay for Transit Tampa Tribune
Two years after…
ULI California High Speed Rail TOD Marketplace
September 20, 2010
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Reconnecting America Chief of Staff Allison Brooks and Deputy Policy Director Darnell Grisby will be in Anaheim, CA on Sept. 27 to attend the ULI High Speed Rail TOD Marketplace summit. Four California District Councils of the Urban Land Institute are hosting this summit on high-speed rail and transit-oriented development in partnership with the California High Speed Rail Authority, funded in part by a grant from the ULI foundation. The goal of the summit is to create a leading forum in which public and private land use and transit stakeholders can address TOD-related challenges while setting an example for HSR TOD across the country.
