News: Detroit Regional Transit Needs, Bus-Only Lanes In Chicago, NY Taxi App Quits, BRT & TOD In Twin Cities
October 18, 2012
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Detroit: LaHood - Regional Organization Desired
Railway Age
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood visited Detroit Monday with a suggestion that a Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority might be better equipped to land federal funding for transportation projects, including assistance with a much-debated streetcar project...
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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood visited Detroit Monday with a suggestion that a Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority might be better equipped to land federal funding for transportation projects, including assistance with a much-debated streetcar project...
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News: NY Dollar Vans, Private Texas Commuter Rail, Hawaii Rail Woes, Ogden Streetcar Dream, TOD Grocer, LA Housing & Transit Protest
September 17, 2012
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New York: Dollar Vans, Illegal But Popular
Wall Street Journal
Amid the cacophony that is Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, there is one sound that at times stands out above the din. Beep beep! Beep beep! Beep beep beep!..
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Amid the cacophony that is Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, there is one sound that at times stands out above the din. Beep beep! Beep beep! Beep beep beep!..
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News: Fed. Budget Debate, Veto Threat, Oakland Streetcar Study, Cleveland Parking Building, GIS In Health Planning, Texas Drought
February 16, 2012
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National: GOP Questions Obama's Funding Proposal
The Hill
A key Republican on the Senate Budget Committee sharply criticized President Obama's proposal to use savings from reduced defense spending to help fund the Department of Transportation...
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A key Republican on the Senate Budget Committee sharply criticized President Obama's proposal to use savings from reduced defense spending to help fund the Department of Transportation...
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Ogden: Godfrey Bashes Streetcar Proposal
October 20, 2011|Standard.net
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Mayor Matthew Godfrey is questioning what he describes as a radically different proposal from Utah Transit Authority to build a streetcar system from downtown to Weber State University and McKay-Dee Hospital for $35 million less than originally projected... Read On
Ogden: Weber State Pushes for the Streetcar
August 22, 2011|Standard.net
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Weber State University officials want to make it clear to the city: They really want a streetcar system. University President Ann Millner told the Ogden City Council as much when the two groups met Thursday evening for a routine work session on campus... Read On
Ogden: Mayor Wants Plug on Streetcar Pulled
July 28, 2011|The Standard
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Mayor Matthew Godfrey says his administration has abandoned a proposed $160 million streetcar system because the price has derailed the project... Read On
Ogden: Streetcar On Hold for Route Re-examination
June 9, 2011|Salt Lake Tribune
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At the City Council's urging, stakeholders in a plan to connect the downtown intermodal hub to Weber State University and McKay-Dee Hospital Center agreed Wednesday to put the project on hold while an abandoned route for a streetcar gets another look... Read On
Ogden: City Should Use UTA Study
May 6, 2011|The Republic
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A transportation consultant is advising Ogden to hit the brakes for now and adapt to a Utah Transit Authority study to stay on track for federal funding to build a streetcar to near Weber State University and McKay-Dee Hospital... Read On
Ogden: Environmental Group Questions Streetcar Data
October 5, 2010|Salt Lake Tribune
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An Ogden environmentalist has called into question a consultant's analysis of Ogden's proposed streetcar routes because the study's underpinnings have not been released to the public. Dan Schroeder, conservation chairman of Ogden's Sierra Club, put his concerns in writing in a letter recently posted on the Weber County Forum blog.... Read On
Ogden: Arrington Discusses Benefits of TOD
May 17, 2010|Standard News
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A national expert on transit-oriented development has offered the Ogden City Council some principles for planning. Cities can either plan transit with community in mind or plan community with transit in mind, GB Arrington, a consultant with PB Placemaking in Portland, Ore., said at a work session last week...
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