News: Transpo Bill Negotiations, A Driving Tax, Impact Of Clustered Development, National Highway Tolls, Romney & HUD, Urban Spatial Strategy
April 17, 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.
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National: More Quiet Cars on Commuter Trains
USA Today
Riders on New York's Long Island Railroad and Metro-North will have an easier time finding a quiet car now that the busiest commuter rail lines in North America increased the number of quiet spaces this month...
Read On National: Heritage Foundation Not Happy with Bill The Hill
The conservative Heritage Foundation's political arm is warning its members…
Riders on New York's Long Island Railroad and Metro-North will have an easier time finding a quiet car now that the busiest commuter rail lines in North America increased the number of quiet spaces this month...
Read On National: Heritage Foundation Not Happy with Bill The Hill
The conservative Heritage Foundation's political arm is warning its members…
Blogosphere: Freeway Removal Opportunity, De-Bikification Of Beijing, Exurban Decline, Urban Forests, Rural Housing Finance
April 10, 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: Freeway Removal Creates Opportunity
The City Fix
The famed U.S. intellectual Lewis Mumford once said, "Forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and friends." The recently released report on freeway removal from by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy and EMBARQ (the producer of this blog) seems to be getting a bit closer to that ideal..
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The famed U.S. intellectual Lewis Mumford once said, "Forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and friends." The recently released report on freeway removal from by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy and EMBARQ (the producer of this blog) seems to be getting a bit closer to that ideal..
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News: Twin Cities LRT Vs. BRT, Chinese HSR Failure, The DFW Urbanology Show, SF's Bayview Revival, China Property Tax
March 14, 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.
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International: Under Fire Indian Government on BRT
Times of India
For the Delhi government, it seems, the traffic volume in the city has remained static in the past four years. In response to the Delhi high court's order to get a "scientific study" conducted on the BRT corridor, the government is submitting a four-yearold study...
Read On Twin Cities: Light Rail Still Best for SW Corridor Minneapolis…
For the Delhi government, it seems, the traffic volume in the city has remained static in the past four years. In response to the Delhi high court's order to get a "scientific study" conducted on the BRT corridor, the government is submitting a four-yearold study...
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Cities of Opportunity
May 1, 2011|Partnership for New York City
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When the first edition of Cities of Opportunity was developed, we made a decision to rank cities only in their 10 indicator categories and to forego showing overall rankings to avoid the misperception of a contest. That risk seemed especially significant in 2007, when the media cast New York and London in a death match for global capital market kingship.
International: Beijing's Suburban Future
February 11, 2011|The Atlantic
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In my close-friend circle, I'm known for two things: ice-cream addiction and zero sense of direction. So when I was marveling at Brian Glucroft's fascinating photo blogs on China's lesser-known cities (Xiapu, Fujian and Yulin, Guangxi) and telling my friends back home how I couldn't believe I've never explored these places, they stated the obvious...
Quote of the Day
June 1, 2010|Global Times
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"I haven't heard about the '1,050 kilometers by 2020' plan yet, only the '561 kilometers by 2015' one,"
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International: Campaign to Increase Cycling in Beijing
January 25, 2010|Guardian UK
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After wrestling for years with Beijing's appalling traffic and pollution problems, city planners have come up with a distinctly old-fashioned solution: bicycles....
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Using TOD to fight sprawl in China
September 14, 2009
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China's rapid modernization since introducing economic reforms in 1978 has prompted the suburbanization of Chinese cities, many of which are mimicking the automobile-centric patterns of post-World War II United States. Robert Cervero and Jennifer Day studied Shanghai's experience and make the case that transit-oriented development can help stem the centrifugal movement of people and jobs out of central cities.
The Asian TOD
August 25, 2009
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[This is the first in what we hope is a large series of expert blogs on TOD highlighting work and research that experts are doing in the field. Today's post is by Dr. Ming Zhang who is an Associate Professor in the School of Community and Regional Planning at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Zhang specializes in urban transportation planning, transportation impacts on land use, urban form and travel behavior, GIS applications in urban and transportation planning, and land use/transportation issues in developing countries.]
International: Will China Sprawl?
August 19, 2009|New York Times
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Beijing's transit development is at a crossroads. The capital of the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases is in danger of locking itself into a pattern of Los Angeles-type sprawl with ever-rising CO2 emissions, a new World Bank study finds......
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