News: LA Tax Extension, Vancouver Anti-LRT, CAHSR Funding, House Transpo Bill, Seattle Monorail Tax, Bike Sharing Economics
April 19, 2012
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Los Angeles: Mayor V Wants to Extend Sales Tax
Los Angeles Times
Faced with a congressional stalemate over transportation funding, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wants county voters to approve an indefinite extension of a half-cent sales tax used for transit projects...
Read On Vancouver: Anti-LRT Petitioners Fall Short Columbian
The Clark County Auditor's office has declared more than two-thirds of signatures turned in by light rail opponents seeking a vote to…
Faced with a congressional stalemate over transportation funding, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wants county voters to approve an indefinite extension of a half-cent sales tax used for transit projects...
Read On Vancouver: Anti-LRT Petitioners Fall Short Columbian
The Clark County Auditor's office has declared more than two-thirds of signatures turned in by light rail opponents seeking a vote to…
News: California HSR Business Plan, Open Rail Data, Paying For Transpo Bill, City With Most Global Clout, Housing Affordability & Density
April 3, 2012
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California: State Updates HSR Business Plan
Reuters
California officials on Monday unveiled a major overhaul of a controversial plan to build a high-speed rail system in the state, slashing the cost by some $30 billion, to $68.4 billion, and addressing other criticisms of the massive project...
Read On Boston: 40% in Survey Want to Bail Out MBTA Boston Globe
A state bailout of the cash-strapped MBTA won the backing of 40 percent of Massachusetts…
California officials on Monday unveiled a major overhaul of a controversial plan to build a high-speed rail system in the state, slashing the cost by some $30 billion, to $68.4 billion, and addressing other criticisms of the massive project...
Read On Boston: 40% in Survey Want to Bail Out MBTA Boston Globe
A state bailout of the cash-strapped MBTA won the backing of 40 percent of Massachusetts…
Blogosphere: Four Horsemen Of Bipartisanship, Toronto Takes LRT Over Subway, Electrifying Caltrain, Rooftop Water Supplies
March 23, 2012
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Blogosphere: 4 Unsung Heroes Critical to Senate Bill
Transportation Bill
They are the "Four Horsemen of Bipartisanship" according to Gary Hoitsma, editor of the DC-based Washington Letter on Transportation and Managing Associate at The Carmen Group. Hoitsma was kind enough enough to share with our readers this section from the current WLT issue:..
Read On Blogosphere: Council Approves LRT Over…
They are the "Four Horsemen of Bipartisanship" according to Gary Hoitsma, editor of the DC-based Washington Letter on Transportation and Managing Associate at The Carmen Group. Hoitsma was kind enough enough to share with our readers this section from the current WLT issue:..
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News: Detroit LRT Doubts, Canada Line Housing Demand, Prohibiting Rail Density, SF Parking Success, Austin Urban Village Vision
March 19, 2012
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Detroit: Light Rail Meets Doubt from DOT
Detroit Free Press
The U.S. Transportation Department expressed concerns about funding and costs for a 3.4-mile light-rail or streetcar line on Woodward from downtown Detroit to New Center in a blunt status report given to investors this week...
Read On Vancouver: Wait for Housing Strong on Canada Line Vancouver Sun
The U.S. Transportation Department expressed concerns about funding and costs for a 3.4-mile light-rail or streetcar line on Woodward from downtown Detroit to New Center in a blunt status report given to investors this week...
Read On Vancouver: Wait for Housing Strong on Canada Line Vancouver Sun
News: Las Vegas Monorail Lessons, Nonprofit Transit, Houston Walkability, Housing Discrimination, Renting Foreclosures, Urban Tree Decline
February 28, 2012
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Las Vegas: Why the Bus System Passed Monorail
M Live
Imagine if you will a city seeking to expand its transit options. A group of private business interest purpose building a privately-funded rail line designed to connect key attractions along the city's main thoroughfare...
Read On Research: Potential for Nonprofit Transit TRB TRID
Virtually all US transit operations are managed and funded by a public agency. In Europe,…
Imagine if you will a city seeking to expand its transit options. A group of private business interest purpose building a privately-funded rail line designed to connect key attractions along the city's main thoroughfare...
Read On Research: Potential for Nonprofit Transit TRB TRID
Virtually all US transit operations are managed and funded by a public agency. In Europe,…
News: Gas Tax Inadequate, Rail Innovative Investments, Twin Cities Transitways, Sustainability & TOD, SF Housing Cost, Bus TOD, Urban Mesa
February 24, 2012
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National: Gas Tax Unable to Pay for Transpo Needs
USA Today
Transportation funding. Wait! Don't turn away. This is important - if you drive or ride in an automobile, if you commute by bus, rail or bicycle, or if your loved ones do. ..
Read On National: Innovative Investment Strategies Rail Magazine
In our second edition of Digital RAIL, we consider new and innovative strategies to support passenger rail systems and…
Transportation funding. Wait! Don't turn away. This is important - if you drive or ride in an automobile, if you commute by bus, rail or bicycle, or if your loved ones do. ..
Read On National: Innovative Investment Strategies Rail Magazine
In our second edition of Digital RAIL, we consider new and innovative strategies to support passenger rail systems and…
Blogosphere: Cincy Streetcar Groundbreaking, Trip Chaining, State Transport Funding, Urbanism & Crime, Live-Work Economics, Suburban Urganism
February 21, 2012
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Blogosphere: Celebrating Streetcar Groundbreaking
Urban Cincy
On what turned out to be virtually perfect weather for Cincinnati in mid-February, hundreds of people gathered to celebrate the official groundbreaking of the Cincinnati Streetcar this past Friday...
Read On Blogosphere: Trip Chaining Pedestrian Observations
Gendered Innovations' charts of trip…
On what turned out to be virtually perfect weather for Cincinnati in mid-February, hundreds of people gathered to celebrate the official groundbreaking of the Cincinnati Streetcar this past Friday...
Read On Blogosphere: Trip Chaining Pedestrian Observations
Gendered Innovations' charts of trip…
Blogosphere: Obama Budget, Tea Party Transit War, Visualizing NYC Taxi Activity, Places That Inspire Romance, Green Zoning
February 14, 2012
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Blogosphere: Enhancement Funds for Communities
ASLA Dirt
Three separate communities in Vermont recently planned new pedestrian and bicycle connections thanks to federal Transportation Enhancement (TE) funds and are ready to move forward with several projects:..
Read On Blogosphere: Obama Budget $476B Over 6 Years DC Streetsblog
President Obama has…
Three separate communities in Vermont recently planned new pedestrian and bicycle connections thanks to federal Transportation Enhancement (TE) funds and are ready to move forward with several projects:..
Read On Blogosphere: Obama Budget $476B Over 6 Years DC Streetsblog
President Obama has…
News: Transpo Funding Bill, Urban Bike Guerrillas, TIGER IV, Milwaukee & Kansas City Streetcar Plans, California Housing Funds
February 1, 2012
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National: GOP Goes On Offensive with Transport Bill
The Hill
House Republicans teed up an election-year battle over jobs Tuesday, unveiling a $260 billion transportation bill designed to put Democrats on the defensive...
Read On National: House Rolls Out Transpo Bill Transportation Nation
House…
House Republicans teed up an election-year battle over jobs Tuesday, unveiling a $260 billion transportation bill designed to put Democrats on the defensive...
Read On National: House Rolls Out Transpo Bill Transportation Nation
House…
News: FTA New Starts Streamlining, Peace Dividend For Transit, California HSR, Central Indiana Transit Funding
January 26, 2012
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National: LaHood Announces Major Transit Streamlining
FTA
During his State of the Union Address on Tuesday night, President Obama called on federal agencies to cut red tape in construction projects. Accepting that challenge, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today proposed a significant change in the way major transit projects compete for federal funds by streamlining the process and making decisions more responsive to local needs. ..
Read On National: Obama Calls to Use War…
During his State of the Union Address on Tuesday night, President Obama called on federal agencies to cut red tape in construction projects. Accepting that challenge, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today proposed a significant change in the way major transit projects compete for federal funds by streamlining the process and making decisions more responsive to local needs. ..
Read On National: Obama Calls to Use War…
