Blogosphere: 'Socialist' LRT, Twin Cities Accessibility Measures, Business Miss BRT Benefits, Fed Transpo Funding Role
January 28, 2013
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Commentary: About that 'Socialist' Light Rail Line
Columbian
Let's assume that Portland State University economist Tom Potiowsky was swinging for the fence when he took a swing at light-rail opponents at Thursday's Economic Forecast Breakfast, sponsored by The Columbian...
Read On Blogosphere: Twin Cities Accessibility Measure Out Transportationist
This report summarizes previous phases of the Access to Destinations project and applies the…
Let's assume that Portland State University economist Tom Potiowsky was swinging for the fence when he took a swing at light-rail opponents at Thursday's Economic Forecast Breakfast, sponsored by The Columbian...
Read On Blogosphere: Twin Cities Accessibility Measure Out Transportationist
This report summarizes previous phases of the Access to Destinations project and applies the…
Blogosphere: Congestion Pricing Cuts Traffic, BRT & Economic Development, Skyscrapers Over Trains, Repairing Freeway Scars, Hawaii TOD
January 23, 2013
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Blogosphere: Pricing Cuts Traffic 20% in 2 Weeks
EU Polis Network
The Göteborg congestion charge was launched on 1 January 2013. First reports after week 1 and week 2 of the scheme show that it is working as expected. The congestion charge is part of the West Swedish Agreement that aims to create an attractive, sustainable and growing region...
Read On Blogosphere: BRT Can Build Chicago's Economy…
The Göteborg congestion charge was launched on 1 January 2013. First reports after week 1 and week 2 of the scheme show that it is working as expected. The congestion charge is part of the West Swedish Agreement that aims to create an attractive, sustainable and growing region...
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News: Shanghai BRT Plan, NY Grand Central Keeps Growning, Building Type & Density Debate, TOD Increases Home Values
January 16, 2013
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International: Cleaning Lady Steals, Crashes Train
NBC News
A cleaning lady allegedly stole a Swedish train and drove it off the end of the tracks and smashed into a house outside Stockholm on Tuesday...
Read On International: Shanghai Unveils BRT Plan China Daily
Shanghai will build its first Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, a fast bus service with its own dedicated lanes, as part of the government's…
A cleaning lady allegedly stole a Swedish train and drove it off the end of the tracks and smashed into a house outside Stockholm on Tuesday...
Read On International: Shanghai Unveils BRT Plan China Daily
Shanghai will build its first Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, a fast bus service with its own dedicated lanes, as part of the government's…
Blogosphere: Funding Portland-Vancouver Bridge, Gondolas For Austin, US Mid-20th Century Infrastructure, Empty Bus Fallacy
November 19, 2012
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Editorial: CRC Games Cloud Federal Funding
Oregonian
The recent defeat of a transportation sales tax in Clark County was characterized by some officials as proof folks in Vancouver oppose light rail. But the characterization was an ill-informed screed by 10 southwest Washington Republicans protesting the design and financing of a new bridge linking Portland and Vancouver and the light-rail line built into it...
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The recent defeat of a transportation sales tax in Clark County was characterized by some officials as proof folks in Vancouver oppose light rail. But the characterization was an ill-informed screed by 10 southwest Washington Republicans protesting the design and financing of a new bridge linking Portland and Vancouver and the light-rail line built into it...
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News: A 'Why Bother' Highway Bill, TIGER Transit Benefit, Stockton Bankruptcy, Commuter Shed Maps, Privatizing Everything
June 26, 2012
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National: Why Bother With a Weak Bill?
National Journal
Anyone who has been reading this blog in recent months knows that we have been obsessively following the intrigue surrounding the highway bill. This week marks another pivotal moment. ..
Read On National: Rogoff - TIGER Good Start for Transit Agencies Fastlane
With transit ridership levels up in Chicago and around the country, access to affordable public transit…
Anyone who has been reading this blog in recent months knows that we have been obsessively following the intrigue surrounding the highway bill. This week marks another pivotal moment. ..
Read On National: Rogoff - TIGER Good Start for Transit Agencies Fastlane
With transit ridership levels up in Chicago and around the country, access to affordable public transit…
News: US Highway Aid Disparity, Transit Social Benefits, Mesa LRT Extension, Megacities For Poor, Graduate Clustering
May 31, 2012
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Research: Donor vs Donee States in US Highway Aid
Springer Transportation
In 2009, the US government spent more than $42 billion on the federal-aid highway program. Most of this money was raised from motor vehicle taxes, whose proceeds are deposited in the highway trust fund...
Read On Research: Long Term Social Benefits of Transit TRB TRIS
Standard cost benefit analysis (CBA) is often criticised for not taking land use effects induced by transport investments and wider economic benefits into account...
In 2009, the US government spent more than $42 billion on the federal-aid highway program. Most of this money was raised from motor vehicle taxes, whose proceeds are deposited in the highway trust fund...
Read On Research: Long Term Social Benefits of Transit TRB TRIS
Standard cost benefit analysis (CBA) is often criticised for not taking land use effects induced by transport investments and wider economic benefits into account...
News: Planning Megaprojects, Personalized Travel Planning, Encouraging Walking, NY Bike Share, Chicago Train Congestion
May 8, 2012
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National: Amtrak Ticket Checkers to Use iPhones
New York Times
Old-school train conductors are finally ready to give up their hole punchers to try something new: the iPhone...
Read On Research: Why Mass Media Matters to Planning Research Journal of Planning Education and Research (Abstract)
(Note from JW - This paper is by Bent Flyvbjerg and discusses megaprojects) This article asks how planning scholarship may effectively gain impact in planning…
Old-school train conductors are finally ready to give up their hole punchers to try something new: the iPhone...
Read On Research: Why Mass Media Matters to Planning Research Journal of Planning Education and Research (Abstract)
(Note from JW - This paper is by Bent Flyvbjerg and discusses megaprojects) This article asks how planning scholarship may effectively gain impact in planning…
News: Pedestrian Safety, Congestion Charging Research, HSR & Farming, BART Livermore Battle, Ft. Lauderdale Streetcar, TOD Before T
January 23, 2012
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Norfolk: University Endangered Peds w LRT Decision
Virginian Pilot
Because of their safety concerns for students on campus, Norfolk State University officials forced a $7 million relocation of the light-rail station across Brambleton Avenue, to move it away from the school...
Read On Research: Stockholm Congestion Charges, 5 Years Transport Policy
Congestion charges were introduced in Stockholm in 2006, first as a trial followed by a referendum, then permanently from 2007. This paper…
Because of their safety concerns for students on campus, Norfolk State University officials forced a $7 million relocation of the light-rail station across Brambleton Avenue, to move it away from the school...
Read On Research: Stockholm Congestion Charges, 5 Years Transport Policy
Congestion charges were introduced in Stockholm in 2006, first as a trial followed by a referendum, then permanently from 2007. This paper…
Research: Urban Dev, Governance and Education
September 14, 2011|Urban Studies
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A large, area-based metropolitan development initiative (MDI) was launched in Sweden in 1999 as part of a new metropolitan policy. The Swedish government and seven municipalities invested about 400 million Euros in 24 of the most deprived urban neighbourhoods in the Stockholm region, Gothenburg and Malmö... Read On
Blogosphere: When Conservatives Dislike the Market
August 23, 2011|Yglesias
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Stockholm is the only city in the world to have implemented a congestion pricing scheme that was subject to voter referendum, so it's an interesting place to study to better understand the politics of the issue... Read On
