Blogosphere: Value Capture, Staten Island BRT, Bike Work Day Record, Density More Than High Rise, Death Of Detroit
May 14, 2012
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Blogosphere: Value Capture Past, Present, Future
Lincoln House Blog
Although it's been used widely in Europe and Latin America, value capture - the concept of asking private landowners to contribute to the cost of infrastructure, for example, in anticipation of the rise of property values such projects bring - has been a little harder to find in the U.S. That may be changing. One notable project, the Dallas-Fort Worth Cotton Belt transit line, is based on fundamental principles of value capture...
Although it's been used widely in Europe and Latin America, value capture - the concept of asking private landowners to contribute to the cost of infrastructure, for example, in anticipation of the rise of property values such projects bring - has been a little harder to find in the U.S. That may be changing. One notable project, the Dallas-Fort Worth Cotton Belt transit line, is based on fundamental principles of value capture...
News: SunRail Funding, Tucson-Phoenix Rail, Texas HSR Plans, Rough Road Tax, Austin Rail Plan, Salt Lake Gentrification, High Tech Ghost Town
May 11, 2012
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Orlando: Bill Would Capture Value for Operations
Orlando Sentinel
A bipartisan bill circulating in Congress could help the SunRail commuter train in Central Florida pay for millions of dollars in annual operating deficits...
Read On Arizona: Rail Between Tucson and Phoenix Studied Arizona Public Media
Several options for passenger rail service…
A bipartisan bill circulating in Congress could help the SunRail commuter train in Central Florida pay for millions of dollars in annual operating deficits...
Read On Arizona: Rail Between Tucson and Phoenix Studied Arizona Public Media
Several options for passenger rail service…
Blogosphere: Logic Of Buses, Transit Patent Trolls, NY Rent Control, Floating Cities, Romney Smart Growth Model
April 24, 2012
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Blogosphere: The Magic of Streetcars, Logic of Buses
Streets.mn
The City of Minneapolis is promoting Streetcars in a number of corridors, including one in North along Broadway to compensate for the rerouting of Bottineau LRT to avoid North. Promoters of Minneapolis Streetcars, including Mayor R.T. Rybak, are engaged in magical thinking in their assertion that streetcars will have transformative effects...
Read On Blogosphere: More on the Patent Trolls Atlantic…
The City of Minneapolis is promoting Streetcars in a number of corridors, including one in North along Broadway to compensate for the rerouting of Bottineau LRT to avoid North. Promoters of Minneapolis Streetcars, including Mayor R.T. Rybak, are engaged in magical thinking in their assertion that streetcars will have transformative effects...
Read On Blogosphere: More on the Patent Trolls Atlantic…
News: Toronto's Relief LIne, Tampa Transit Tax, Houston HSR, California HSR Drops Anaheim, Pollution Property Price, China Enclave Urbanism
April 9, 2012
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Toronto: The Downtown Relief Line
Toronto Star
How do you spell relief if you ride the south end of the Yonge subway? D-R-L - downtown relief line. Since 1910, when the idea first emerged of a transit line connecting the east end of Toronto with the south end of Yonge St., the DRL has gained very little traction...
Read On Tampa: City Tax Could Pay for Transit Tampa Tribune
Two years after…
How do you spell relief if you ride the south end of the Yonge subway? D-R-L - downtown relief line. Since 1910, when the idea first emerged of a transit line connecting the east end of Toronto with the south end of Yonge St., the DRL has gained very little traction...
Read On Tampa: City Tax Could Pay for Transit Tampa Tribune
Two years after…
News: Maryland Sales Tax Hike, Triangle LRT EIS, Rahm's Infrastructure Plan, The Urbanology Show, Belin's Lost City
April 4, 2012
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Maryland: Governor May Try for Sales Tax Increase
Baltimore Sun
Gov. Martin O'Malley says he still hopes to convince the legislature to raise money for highway and transit projects - possibly by adding another penny to Maryland's six-percent sales tax and dedicating the extra revenue to transportation...
Read On Norfolk: Councilmembers Want Nov Election for LRT Virginian Pilot
Two councilmen want the City Council to decide as early as next week whether to…
Gov. Martin O'Malley says he still hopes to convince the legislature to raise money for highway and transit projects - possibly by adding another penny to Maryland's six-percent sales tax and dedicating the extra revenue to transportation...
Read On Norfolk: Councilmembers Want Nov Election for LRT Virginian Pilot
Two councilmen want the City Council to decide as early as next week whether to…
News: Federal Transpo Bill Extension, $7B Chicago Plan, Aiding Inefficient Transit, Transit Access Guidelines, Hollywood Zoning Plans
March 30, 2012
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National: Senate Approves 90 Day Extension
The Hill
The Senate approved the extension of federal highway funding that was passed by the House on Thursday, accepting a short-term solution leaders in the chamber vehemently opposed...
Read On National: Mica Defends Highway Stopgap The Hill
Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) defended House Republicans on…
The Senate approved the extension of federal highway funding that was passed by the House on Thursday, accepting a short-term solution leaders in the chamber vehemently opposed...
Read On National: Mica Defends Highway Stopgap The Hill
Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) defended House Republicans on…
News: NY MTA Financing, San Diego BRT Debate, Colorado Fastracks Audit, Dense California Cities, Climate Change & Poor Countries
March 28, 2012
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New York: MTA Financing Shored Up
New York Times
New York State lawmakers and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo have reached an agreement to finance the remaining three years of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's five-year capital plan, preserving some of the region's largest transportation projects, transportation officials said Monday. ..
Read On National: Dems Trip Up GOP on Extension Transportation Nation
For the…
New York State lawmakers and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo have reached an agreement to finance the remaining three years of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's five-year capital plan, preserving some of the region's largest transportation projects, transportation officials said Monday. ..
Read On National: Dems Trip Up GOP on Extension Transportation Nation
For the…
News: Twin Cities LRT Vs. BRT, Chinese HSR Failure, The DFW Urbanology Show, SF's Bayview Revival, China Property Tax
March 14, 2012
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International: Under Fire Indian Government on BRT
Times of India
For the Delhi government, it seems, the traffic volume in the city has remained static in the past four years. In response to the Delhi high court's order to get a "scientific study" conducted on the BRT corridor, the government is submitting a four-yearold study...
Read On Twin Cities: Light Rail Still Best for SW Corridor Minneapolis…
For the Delhi government, it seems, the traffic volume in the city has remained static in the past four years. In response to the Delhi high court's order to get a "scientific study" conducted on the BRT corridor, the government is submitting a four-yearold study...
Read On Twin Cities: Light Rail Still Best for SW Corridor Minneapolis…
News: Federal Transpo Bill, Commuter Rail Ridership, Funding TEXRail, What Tulsa Wants, Research Green & Activity, San Antonio Redevelopment
February 27, 2012
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National: Transportation Bill Upsets Both Sides
New York Times
In contrast to the hundreds of pieces of legislation that cleave Congressional Republicans and Democrats, the one that pays for transportation projects has traditionally drawn a warm embrace from both parties, largely because of the giant piles of cash it bestows on states and communities to repair and maintain their roads, bridges and transit systems...
In contrast to the hundreds of pieces of legislation that cleave Congressional Republicans and Democrats, the one that pays for transportation projects has traditionally drawn a warm embrace from both parties, largely because of the giant piles of cash it bestows on states and communities to repair and maintain their roads, bridges and transit systems...
Blogosphere: Bike Lane Spoils Movie, Transpo Bill Veto Threat, New Starts Funding, Inconspicuous Density, Earthscraper
February 15, 2012
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Editorial: Green Bike Lane Scaring Films Away
Los Angeles Times (via Streetsblog LA)
Los Angeles has a bike plan, and it's a fine idea. We have quite enough cars and quite enough drivers, thank you very much, and the counter-stereotypical truth is that we also have thousands and thousands of bicyclists who would gladly leave the car in the garage...
Los Angeles has a bike plan, and it's a fine idea. We have quite enough cars and quite enough drivers, thank you very much, and the counter-stereotypical truth is that we also have thousands and thousands of bicyclists who would gladly leave the car in the garage...
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