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Transport: Indiana Senate Transit Bill, DC Buses, Transit Lifeline In Rural America, Using BRT To Extend St. Louis Metro Reach

April 5, 2013
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TRANSPORT Transit Bill Moves Through Indiana Senate, Slowly  Urban Indy   HB1011 was heard in the Senate Tax & Fiscal Policy committee on Tuesday, April 2nd. Before any lobbying could begin, the chairman offered an amendment which was seconded and taken up.
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Urban Issues: Demographic Evolution Of Cities 1950-2050, Fighting Gentrification, An Urban School System That Works, SF Trash Inspectors

April 5, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Chart: Demographic Evolution of Cities 1950 - 2025  Urban Demographics, via: @trnsprttnst   A nice chart showing the U.N. estimate for the demographic evolution of cities between 1950 and 2025.
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Transport: Bill To Let Dallas Transit Into Arlington, 51 Metros Ranked On Accessibility, Arlington's 'Super Stop' Fight, London Cycling Festival, PPP Idea for Virginia LRT Line

April 4, 2013
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TRANSPORT Green Line to Medford Won't Open Until 2019  Daily Free Press   Despite a growing burden of debt, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority could begin construction on extending the Green Line from Lechmere to College Avenue in Medford and Union Square in Somerville in the coming months.
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Urban Issues: Neighborhood Engagement, 7 UK Social Classes, Fed Money Creates Jobs, Saudi Women & Biking, Buenos Aires Flooding, Peak Urbanism

April 4, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Pittsburgh's Neighborhood Engagement Efforts  Rebuilding Place in Urban Space   One aspect of the current PLANPGH comprehensive land use planning process in the City of Pittsburgh is to my way of thinking a good example of how to do neighborhood-based planning as an element of the overall process.
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Transport: Calif. Super Majority Law, Houston Pay To Play Driving, Flywheel Tram Energy Storage, Synchronizing Lights To Fight Gridlock, Fort Worth Bike Share

April 3, 2013
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TRANSPORT In California, 2/3rds Vote Means You Lose  Los Angeles Times, via: @rpuentes   Measure J fell just 0.6% shy of the required two-thirds approval as support fell in upscale enclaves. Some politicians are pushing to cut the requirement.
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Transport: New Frontiers in Transit Denial, Fort Worth & Cottonbelt Line, LA's Red Car Conspiracy Theory, $4B In TIFIA & TIGER In Fed Plan, Bike Infrastructure Investment

April 2, 2013
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TRANSPORT New Frontiers in Transit Denial  Human Transit   This just in from the BBC: Technology giant Philips corporation sent some people to the extremely busy Singapore bus system to imagine an alternative to typical fixed-route bus service.
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Urban Issues: The Great Senior Housing Sell Off, SF Housing Movement, Sexual Politics Of Urban Environments, H1-B Visa Race, Transit Spending & Unemployment In Fresno

April 2, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Get Ready for the Great Senior Housing Sell Off  Chicago Tribune   Something in salmon compels them to swim upstream. An invisible force calls swallows to return to Capistrano.
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Transport: Healthy Cycling, British Columbia's Transit Dreams, Map21 Helps Rural States, GAO Says HSR Estimates Reasonable

April 1, 2013
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TRANSPORT Biking Shown as Good Way to Stay Healthy  Grist   It's always a pleasure when scientific studies confirm your own long-held opinions, especially when what you think flies in the face of all conventional wisdom.  
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Transport: Hampton Roads Transit Criticism, Wal-Mart Customer Delivery Idea, Divide Over Transpo Funding, California HSR Lawsuit

March 29, 2013
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TRANSPORT Hampton Roads Transit Board Defends Agency Against Report  Virginian Pilot   The Hampton Roads Transit Board of Commissioners defended the agency Thursday against an outside panel's critical review of its finances and record keeping, and ordered its own internal auditor to review the findings.
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Environment & Ecology: Preparing For Climate Change, Energy Use Sustainability, Urban Heat Island & Bugs, Oahu's Green Buffers

March 29, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY 82% of Americans Want US to Prepare for Climate Change  USA Today   Should the United States prepare for climate change? And who should pay? A Stanford University survey released Thursday finds that 82% of Americans want the nation to prepare
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