Blogosphere: Bicycle Oriented Development, NYC Lessons For LA, Richmond Top Innovators, Participatory Budgeting, True Urban Mixed Use, Energy From Rope Drives
March 4, 2013
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Blogosphere: Bicycles and Economic Development
Bacon's Rebellion
Richmond is gaining traction as a bicycle-friendly region but it is a slow and arduous process...
Read On Blogosphere: NYC Transport Boss Offers LA Lessons Metro's The Source
I had the good fortune of attending a forum last night with Janette Sadik-Khan, the innovative Transportation Commissioner for New York City...
Richmond is gaining traction as a bicycle-friendly region but it is a slow and arduous process...
Read On Blogosphere: NYC Transport Boss Offers LA Lessons Metro's The Source
I had the good fortune of attending a forum last night with Janette Sadik-Khan, the innovative Transportation Commissioner for New York City...
Blogosphere: AASHTO Bike Regs Challenged, LA Transport History, Ode To NY DIY Seating, Protecting Pedestrians, Lincoln Revitalization
March 1, 2013
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Commentary: We Found Our Son on the Subway
New York Times Opinionator
The story of how Danny and I were married last July in a Manhattan courtroom, with our son, Kevin, beside us, began 12 years earlier, in a dark, damp subway station...
Read On Blogosphere: King County Has Chance to Raise Money Crosscut
The King County Council could find its ability boosted to increase vehicle-related taxes without a public ballot under a bill introduced…
The story of how Danny and I were married last July in a Manhattan courtroom, with our son, Kevin, beside us, began 12 years earlier, in a dark, damp subway station...
Read On Blogosphere: King County Has Chance to Raise Money Crosscut
The King County Council could find its ability boosted to increase vehicle-related taxes without a public ballot under a bill introduced…
Blogosphere: SF Bikeway Costs, Chicago BRT Gridlock Worries, Infra Bank Bill Returns, Climate Change & Transpo, City As Power Plant
February 28, 2013
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Blogosphere: Mission Bikeway Would Cost More
SF Streetsblog
Constructing raised, protected bike lanes on downtown Mission Street would cost more than building them on Market, according to SF Municipal Transportation Agency Director Ed Reiskin...
Read On Blogosphere: Reporter Worries about BRT Gridlock Chicago Streetsblog
In a recent CBS Chicago TV editorial, veteran news personality Walter Jacobson panicked that the…
Constructing raised, protected bike lanes on downtown Mission Street would cost more than building them on Market, according to SF Municipal Transportation Agency Director Ed Reiskin...
Read On Blogosphere: Reporter Worries about BRT Gridlock Chicago Streetsblog
In a recent CBS Chicago TV editorial, veteran news personality Walter Jacobson panicked that the…
Blogosphere: Transit As Urban Industry, China Profitable HSR, Case For Higher Gas Tax, Subway Cell Phone Service Debate, Iceland Landscape Lessons
February 25, 2013
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Blogosphere: Transit as Urban Industry
Rebuilding Space in Urban Place
Back during the initial streetcar study in DC (DC Transit Futures), I made the point that if DC were to (re)develop streetcars to the extent discussed, then we could work to even develop streetcar manufacturing facilities...
Read On Blogosphere: Four of China's HSR Lines Profitable Systemic Failure
According to a report late last year, four of the country's high-speed rail…
Back during the initial streetcar study in DC (DC Transit Futures), I made the point that if DC were to (re)develop streetcars to the extent discussed, then we could work to even develop streetcar manufacturing facilities...
Read On Blogosphere: Four of China's HSR Lines Profitable Systemic Failure
According to a report late last year, four of the country's high-speed rail…
Blogosphere: LA Bike Plan Progress, Commuting Criminals Myth, CEQA Reform Bill, Ontario Sprawl, DC Sustainability Plan
February 22, 2013
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Blogosphere: Fake Townhouses Hide Portals
Messy Nessy Chic (via @albertatrebla)
Every city has its secrets, it's just a matter of finding them. On a street in Brooklyn that takes you towards the river, where the cobblestones begin paving the road, there is a townhouse that deserves a second look...
Read On Blogosphere: Mayor V Celebrates Bike Plan Progress LA Streetsblog
Two years ago,…
Every city has its secrets, it's just a matter of finding them. On a street in Brooklyn that takes you towards the river, where the cobblestones begin paving the road, there is a townhouse that deserves a second look...
Read On Blogosphere: Mayor V Celebrates Bike Plan Progress LA Streetsblog
Two years ago,…
Blogosphere: POTUS Plan Lacks Transit, Making City Walkable, Streetcars Vs. Buses, Buying American Buses & Jobs, Cleveland TOD
February 21, 2013
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Blogosphere: Why Are School Buses Yellow?
New York Times Cityroom (via @mikelydon)
A question came to mind as school bus drivers prepared to start their engines on Wednesday on 7,700 public-school routes in New York City and end their monthlong strike: Why are most school buses yellow?..
Read On Blogosphere: POTUS' Infrastructure Plan, Lack Transit Next City (via @ttpolitic)
President Obama today…
A question came to mind as school bus drivers prepared to start their engines on Wednesday on 7,700 public-school routes in New York City and end their monthlong strike: Why are most school buses yellow?..
Read On Blogosphere: POTUS' Infrastructure Plan, Lack Transit Next City (via @ttpolitic)
President Obama today…
News: St. Paul Streetcar Vision, Alpert Making DC Greater, Schenectady Seeks 'Urban Pioneers', London Art District
February 12, 2013
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San Diego: Why the Trolley Doesn't Connect Airport
San Diego Union Tribune
Not long ago, U-T San Diego reported that the new planned San Diego Trolley line from Old Town to University City would cost $1.7 billion, and a Voice of San Diego member sent the article to me with a question...
Read On St. Paul: City Focuses Streetcar Vision Twin Cities Finance and Commerce
A list of 30 potential streetcar corridors in St. Paul has been cut in half amid an ongoing…
Not long ago, U-T San Diego reported that the new planned San Diego Trolley line from Old Town to University City would cost $1.7 billion, and a Voice of San Diego member sent the article to me with a question...
Read On St. Paul: City Focuses Streetcar Vision Twin Cities Finance and Commerce
A list of 30 potential streetcar corridors in St. Paul has been cut in half amid an ongoing…
US High Speed Rail Association Summit
February 11, 2013
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Reconnecting America President & CEO John Robert Smith will be participating in the US High Speed Rail Association Summit on Feb. 11 in Washington, DC.
Blogosphere: The Empty Bus Myth, Idaho Stop In Aspen, Making Suburbs Work Like Cities, Debating Fed. Department Of Cities, Tokyo's Cap N Trade Program
February 8, 2013
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Blogosphere: Countering the "Empty Buses" Myth
Human Transit
The Pinellas County, Florida transit agency has done this video to help counter the impressions people get from seeing empty buses around the area...
Read On Blogosphere: Aspen to Vote on "Idaho Stop" Streetsblog.net
Almost exactly 30 years ago, the state of Idaho enacted a traffic rule that would come to be known nationally as the "Idaho Stop," allowing cyclists to treat stop signs…
The Pinellas County, Florida transit agency has done this video to help counter the impressions people get from seeing empty buses around the area...
Read On Blogosphere: Aspen to Vote on "Idaho Stop" Streetsblog.net
Almost exactly 30 years ago, the state of Idaho enacted a traffic rule that would come to be known nationally as the "Idaho Stop," allowing cyclists to treat stop signs…
News: Charlotte Streetcar Vs. LRT, London Crossrail II Route, SF Market St. Over, DC Affordable Housing Initiative, Poverty & School Reform
February 6, 2013
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International: Failing to Keep Track of Spending
Guardian UK
Central government must do more to keep track of the money it provides to local authorities for transport projects, the public accounts committee has warned...
Read On Charlotte: Foxx - Opponents Using Smoke and Mirrors Charlotte Observer
In his most pointed annual State of the City address, Mayor Anthony Foxx said streetcar critics - such as Gov. Pat McCrory - are…
Central government must do more to keep track of the money it provides to local authorities for transport projects, the public accounts committee has warned...
Read On Charlotte: Foxx - Opponents Using Smoke and Mirrors Charlotte Observer
In his most pointed annual State of the City address, Mayor Anthony Foxx said streetcar critics - such as Gov. Pat McCrory - are…
