News: NYC Bike Share, Virtual Twin Cities LRT Tour, Tucson TOD, Privatizing Moscow Metro, Cincinnati Form Based Codes
May 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. The Chatter, commentary and opposition articles will be found towards the bottom.
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New York: 42 Bike Share Docks for Lower Manhattan
Transportation Nation
The New York City Department of Transportation continues to show community boards in Brooklyn and Manhattan where it's planning to install Bike Share stations in those boroughs...
Read On Minneapolis: Virtual Tour of SW LRT Twin Cities Finance and Commerce
The proposed Southwest Light Rail Transit…
The New York City Department of Transportation continues to show community boards in Brooklyn and Manhattan where it's planning to install Bike Share stations in those boroughs...
Read On Minneapolis: Virtual Tour of SW LRT Twin Cities Finance and Commerce
The proposed Southwest Light Rail Transit…
Blogosphere: Indiana Transpo Financing, Transit's Secret Language, Air Rights Development, Kaleidoscopic Cities
March 9, 2012
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Blogosphere: Another House Proposal Dies
DC Streetsblog
The original six-year House transportation bill had funding levels that were too low, so House leaders axed that and came up with a fairy tale bill in which oil drilling would pay for higher transportation spending levels...
Read On Blogosphere: Creative Transport Financing in Indiana The Urbanophile
I've been…
The original six-year House transportation bill had funding levels that were too low, so House leaders axed that and came up with a fairy tale bill in which oil drilling would pay for higher transportation spending levels...
Read On Blogosphere: Creative Transport Financing in Indiana The Urbanophile
I've been…
Blogosphere: Pinellas Light Rail, Bay Area Rail Conspiracies, Deadly Roads, Modernist City Planning, Freeway Parklands, Low Income Housing Cutbacks
February 27, 2012
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Editorial: Light Rail Plans Get Rolling
Tampa Bay Times
After more than a year of quiet discussions between local officials and transportation experts, the conversation about public transportation in Pinellas is about to get broader and louder...
Read On Blogosphere: Various BART v HSR Conspiracy Theories Caltrain HSR Compatibility Blog
The unfortunate reality of Bay Area transit politics is that twenty-eight agencies compete for funding and…
After more than a year of quiet discussions between local officials and transportation experts, the conversation about public transportation in Pinellas is about to get broader and louder...
Read On Blogosphere: Various BART v HSR Conspiracy Theories Caltrain HSR Compatibility Blog
The unfortunate reality of Bay Area transit politics is that twenty-eight agencies compete for funding and…
Blogosphere: Sustainable Transport Vision, Coordinating Transit & Housing, NY Growing, Downtown Venture Capital
January 27, 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.
Blogosphere: St. Louis Arch Plan Quietly Closes Streets
Next American City
A foundation aiming to revamp the grounds near the famed Gateway Arch in St. Louis presented its second update to the city Wednesday night, its first in 12 months...
Read On Blogosphere: Vision for Sustainable Transport The City Fix
We are in the midst of global trends that point to more congestion, air pollution, and traffic injuries and deaths in our cities, not to mention the…
A foundation aiming to revamp the grounds near the famed Gateway Arch in St. Louis presented its second update to the city Wednesday night, its first in 12 months...
Read On Blogosphere: Vision for Sustainable Transport The City Fix
We are in the midst of global trends that point to more congestion, air pollution, and traffic injuries and deaths in our cities, not to mention the…
News: California HSR, Oversized Passengers, Spanish HSR Lessons, Federal Infrastructure Bank, Lost Bus Lanes, China Air Pollution
January 17, 2012
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California: Bumpy Ride for CAHSR Effort
Reuters
California Governor Jerry Brown wants to move forward with building a statewide high-speed rail system seen costing nearly $100 billion, but lawmakers are nervous about approving bonds needed to lock in federal funds to get the project under way...
Read On New York: Big Americans Pose Challenges for Transit New York Times
It was called the "First…
California Governor Jerry Brown wants to move forward with building a statewide high-speed rail system seen costing nearly $100 billion, but lawmakers are nervous about approving bonds needed to lock in federal funds to get the project under way...
Read On New York: Big Americans Pose Challenges for Transit New York Times
It was called the "First…
Blogosphere: Tyson's Transformitive Retrofit
October 28, 2011|Streetsblog DC
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"That strip mall just got rezoned for high rise buildings." "These auto dealerships are going to disappear." Those aren't words you hear very often in suburbia, but if you're hanging out in Tysons Corner, Virginia, you'd better get used to it... Read On
Blogosphere: Tyson's Development Needs Housing
September 29, 2011|Greater Greater Washington
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Capital One Bank plans to expand its Tysons Corner campus from two to 14 buildings within the next two decades. Bringing taller buildings with more residential apartments into the mix would make the new center a positive contributor to Tyson's transformation into a walkable urban center... Read On
Blogosphere: Tyson's Corner Becomming a Real City
September 28, 2011|Infrastructurist
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To Washington, D.C., residents, the mention of Tysons Corner, Virginia, brings to mind images of vast highways, major shopping centers and corporate office parks. Now ambitious Northern Virginia officials hope to transform Tysons into an actual city... Read On
Blogosphere: Tyson's Plans Diverge on Walkability
July 29, 2011|Greater Greater Washington
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Several developers have submitted proposals to make parts of Tysons Corner more urban. Among the proposals for the Tysons East (or "Tysons-McLean" station, two stand out on either end of the walkable spectrum: an excellent project by LCOR and a terrible one by Mitre. ... Read On
Virginia: Tyson's Corner Spat with Capital One
July 11, 2011|Washington Post
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Capital One, owner of 26 acres in Tysons Corner, sued two neighboring property owners last week in a dispute over the financial giant's rights to develop its headquarters campus... Read On
