Blogosphere: Stamford Commuter TOD, LA Road Widening, Street Car Track Danger, Turnstile Music, City Visual Idenity
August 9, 2012
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Blogosphere: Stamford Key To Commuter Care
CTPost
The Connecticut Department of Transportation is in the process of transforming the Stamford Transportation Center into a place that will better serve commuters, the city of Stamford, the people of Southwestern Connecticut and the taxpayers of Connecticut. Faced with the need to replace a deteriorating and a too-expensive-to-maintain 1987 garage, we embarked on a bold strategy that will replace and add commuter parking at the same time that we provide opportunities for transit-oriented development near the Stamford Transportation Center....
The Connecticut Department of Transportation is in the process of transforming the Stamford Transportation Center into a place that will better serve commuters, the city of Stamford, the people of Southwestern Connecticut and the taxpayers of Connecticut. Faced with the need to replace a deteriorating and a too-expensive-to-maintain 1987 garage, we embarked on a bold strategy that will replace and add commuter parking at the same time that we provide opportunities for transit-oriented development near the Stamford Transportation Center....
News: CAHSR Friends & Foes, Cincinnati Streetcar Funds, Nashville BRT Forum, Crime & Mode Choice, TOD Overlays
July 10, 2012
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TRANSPORT California: Jerry Brown Excited About HSR Funding Los Angeles Times
"It's a jobs creator, and thank God we got it," Gov. Jerry Brown said of funding for high speed rail, narrowly approved by the Legislature last week...
Read On California: Vote Reveals Anti-HSR Faultline Transportation Nation
California Governor Jerry Brown scored a razor-thin legislative victory on Friday when the California State Legislature voted to release…
TRANSPORT California: Jerry Brown Excited About HSR Funding Los Angeles Times
"It's a jobs creator, and thank God we got it," Gov. Jerry Brown said of funding for high speed rail, narrowly approved by the Legislature last week...
Read On California: Vote Reveals Anti-HSR Faultline Transportation Nation
California Governor Jerry Brown scored a razor-thin legislative victory on Friday when the California State Legislature voted to release…
Tennessee Obesity Task Force
May 29, 2012
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Reconnecting America President and CEO John Robert Smith will give the morning keynote address on May 29 at the Tennessee Obesity Task Force gathering in Nashville.
News: NY Bike Share Cost, Fed. Conference Bill, Seattle Parking Minimums, Private Texas HSR, Healthy Planning, Building Affordable Housing
May 9, 2012
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New York: Price of City's Bike Share
Guardian UK
Perhaps it is because gift horses seem so few and far-between in the cycling campaigning world that the common habit of advocates is not just to look them in the mouth, but immediately to start doing dentistry on them...
Read On National: Negotiators Kick Off Bill Conference Transportation Nation
Republicans and Democrats from the House and Senate began their formal conference over surface…
Perhaps it is because gift horses seem so few and far-between in the cycling campaigning world that the common habit of advocates is not just to look them in the mouth, but immediately to start doing dentistry on them...
Read On National: Negotiators Kick Off Bill Conference Transportation Nation
Republicans and Democrats from the House and Senate began their formal conference over surface…
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: 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…
Blogosphere: Gardens On The Bus, Offstreet Parking, Portland Transit Funding, Neighborhood Magnetism, Tennessee Zoning, Suburban Future
February 29, 2012
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Blogosphere: Gardens on Top of Buses
Wake Up World (via Ed P)
Bus Roots is a living garden planted on the roofs of city buses. It's an effort that rose out of New York City designer Marco Antonio Castro Cosio's graduate thesis at the NYU. The project aims to reclaim the forgotten space on the tops of city buses...
Read On Blogosphere: Can Town Do Without Public Works? Atlantic Cities
For a representative of the…
Bus Roots is a living garden planted on the roofs of city buses. It's an effort that rose out of New York City designer Marco Antonio Castro Cosio's graduate thesis at the NYU. The project aims to reclaim the forgotten space on the tops of city buses...
Read On Blogosphere: Can Town Do Without Public Works? Atlantic Cities
For a representative of the…
Blogoshere: REITs For Transport, Chicago Bus Priority, House Transpo Bill Delayed, Parking Minimums, Yarnbombing, Parasite Shelters
February 23, 2012
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Blogosphere: Expand REITS for Transport?
Urban Ethics and Theory
Second, Congress can expand the definitions of Real Estate Investment Trusts (Reits) and Master Limited Partnerships to include investments in assets such as roads, water, ports, airports, transmission lines, waste water and bridges...
Read On Blogosphere: Chicago Commits to Bus Priority Transport…
Second, Congress can expand the definitions of Real Estate Investment Trusts (Reits) and Master Limited Partnerships to include investments in assets such as roads, water, ports, airports, transmission lines, waste water and bridges...
Read On Blogosphere: Chicago Commits to Bus Priority Transport…
Blogosphere: Opposing House Transpo Bill, SADAG 2050 Plan, Transport Mega-Projects, Food Truck No Fly Zone, Nashville Downtown Code
February 22, 2012
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Blogosphere: 10 Reasons for Opposition to House Bill
T4 America
As the House prepares to take up its transportation bill next week, criticism is pouring in from a diverse range of transportation stakeholders, elected officials, health professionals, business and labor groups and public interest organizations...
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As the House prepares to take up its transportation bill next week, criticism is pouring in from a diverse range of transportation stakeholders, elected officials, health professionals, business and labor groups and public interest organizations...
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Blogosphere: Mode Inertia, Beautiful Streets, Transit Tax Options, Love Vs. Creativity, Agenda 21, Why Downtowns Fail, Suburban Future, Smart Growth Problem
February 16, 2012
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Editorial: Sen. DeMint - Ready for a Rotten Bill?
Wall Street Journal (Paywall)
The Congressional Budget Office now estimates that our national debt could nearly double over the next 10 years-to an astounding $29.4 trillion from $15 trillion today-so you might think Washington would be looking to stop the fiscal train wreck...
Read On Editorial: Houston Delegation Needs to…
The Congressional Budget Office now estimates that our national debt could nearly double over the next 10 years-to an astounding $29.4 trillion from $15 trillion today-so you might think Washington would be looking to stop the fiscal train wreck...
Read On Editorial: Houston Delegation Needs to…
News: Affordable Housing Funding, Measuring LRT Opinions, DC Streetcar Return, Nashville BRT
January 30, 2012
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Chicago: City to Use Tax Credits for Affordable Housing
Chicago Tribune
The city's Department of Housing and Economic Development has allocated $30 million in federal tax credits to help finance 41 affordable housing projects, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration said Thursday...
Read On Norfolk: Measuring LRT Opinions is Divisive Virginian Pilot
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The city's Department of Housing and Economic Development has allocated $30 million in federal tax credits to help finance 41 affordable housing projects, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration said Thursday...
Read On Norfolk: Measuring LRT Opinions is Divisive Virginian Pilot
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