News: Tram Trains, Austin Rail Recommendation, Nashville Real-Time Info, Long Island Development, Baseball Development
May 18, 2012
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International: Sheffield Gets First Tram-Train
BBC News
Tram-trains which run on street tracks and railway lines are to be piloted in South Yorkshire in a scheme worth £58m, the government has confirmed...
Read On Austin: City Releases Urban Rail Recommendation Austin American Statesman
The first phase of urban rail should run from the Austin Convention Center to Mueller, passing through the University of Texas and Hancock Center, the City of Austin Transportation Department said in a memo sent today…
Tram-trains which run on street tracks and railway lines are to be piloted in South Yorkshire in a scheme worth £58m, the government has confirmed...
Read On Austin: City Releases Urban Rail Recommendation Austin American Statesman
The first phase of urban rail should run from the Austin Convention Center to Mueller, passing through the University of Texas and Hancock Center, the City of Austin Transportation Department said in a memo sent today…
Blogosphere: NY Ungridlocked, Saving Baton Rouge Transit, Dallas Light Rail Vs. Tollway, Housing & Transport LInk, Robocar future
May 17, 2012
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Blogosphere: New York Becomes Ungridlocked
City-Journal
Back in February 2009, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that, in three months' time, New York City would permanently close Broadway to car and truck traffic in Times Square and Herald Square. The plan would "ease traffic congestion throughout the Midtown grid," the mayor said...
Read On Blogosphere: Saving a Transit System and Turning Tides T4 America Blog
Last month, the citizens of Baton Rouge, LA, voted to raise…
Back in February 2009, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that, in three months' time, New York City would permanently close Broadway to car and truck traffic in Times Square and Herald Square. The plan would "ease traffic congestion throughout the Midtown grid," the mayor said...
Read On Blogosphere: Saving a Transit System and Turning Tides T4 America Blog
Last month, the citizens of Baton Rouge, LA, voted to raise…
News: LA's Changing Boulevards, Houston Supercommuters, Transport Bill Talks, Florida's Outsource City
May 15, 2012
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Los Angeles: Boulevards Are Changing in LA
Los Angeles Times
As Los Angeles' boulevards reassert their place in the public realm, the transformation along Atlantic offers glimpses of a new city identity taking shape...
Read On Texas: Dallas to Houston Supercommuters Top of Nation Dallas Morning News
Has that Frisco-to-Dallas commute…
As Los Angeles' boulevards reassert their place in the public realm, the transformation along Atlantic offers glimpses of a new city identity taking shape...
Read On Texas: Dallas to Houston Supercommuters Top of Nation Dallas Morning News
Has that Frisco-to-Dallas commute…
News: Houston Transit Funding, Seattle LRT Copper Theives, Pedestrian Research, Chinese Suburbanization
May 14, 2012
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Houston: Metro Hears from Public on Road Funding
Houston Chronicle
Metro board members on Friday got an earful of diverse opinions on whether the transit authority should continue to divert a portion of its sales tax revenues to road projects...
Read On Seattle: Theives Steal 4 Miles of Copper Wire Seattle Post Intelligencer
Thieves stole 70,000 pounds of copper cable…
Metro board members on Friday got an earful of diverse opinions on whether the transit authority should continue to divert a portion of its sales tax revenues to road projects...
Read On Seattle: Theives Steal 4 Miles of Copper Wire Seattle Post Intelligencer
Thieves stole 70,000 pounds of copper cable…
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: Bamboo Bike, Driving & Work, CAHSR State Budget, Bus Rodeo, DC Development Subsidies, Housing & Land Use
May 11, 2012
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Blogosphere: Can a Bamboo Bike Change the World?
Mashable
Big Idea: BBS holds bike-building workshops where students can craft their own bamboo bicycle - a sustainable form of transportation made in a sustainable way...
Read On Blogosphere: Metro Logos Around the World Transit Maps
Slightly tangential to my usual posts, but cool nonetheless. The Metrobits.org website showcases around 170 Metro logos (and other train systems as well - Sydney's CityRail is most decidedly not a Metro, but…
Big Idea: BBS holds bike-building workshops where students can craft their own bamboo bicycle - a sustainable form of transportation made in a sustainable way...
Read On Blogosphere: Metro Logos Around the World Transit Maps
Slightly tangential to my usual posts, but cool nonetheless. The Metrobits.org website showcases around 170 Metro logos (and other train systems as well - Sydney's CityRail is most decidedly not a Metro, but…
News: NY Bike Share Cost, Fed. Conference Bill, Seattle Parking Minimums, Private Texas HSR, Healthy Planning, Building Affordable Housing
May 9, 2012
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New York: Price of City's Bike Share
Guardian UK
Perhaps it is because gift horses seem so few and far-between in the cycling campaigning world that the common habit of advocates is not just to look them in the mouth, but immediately to start doing dentistry on them...
Read On National: Negotiators Kick Off Bill Conference Transportation Nation
Republicans and Democrats from the House and Senate began their formal conference over surface…
Perhaps it is because gift horses seem so few and far-between in the cycling campaigning world that the common habit of advocates is not just to look them in the mouth, but immediately to start doing dentistry on them...
Read On National: Negotiators Kick Off Bill Conference Transportation Nation
Republicans and Democrats from the House and Senate began their formal conference over surface…
News: Speeding LA Transit Work, Dulles Rail Solution, Chicago Red Line Replacement, Houston Bike Share, Salt Lake Streetcar Park
May 3, 2012
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California: Bill Would Speed Up Measure R Projects
Land Lines Magazine
An effort moving forward at the California statehouse is intended to make sure Los Angeles area transportation projects are done sooner, and ensure that funding does not dry up any time in the foreseeable future...
Read On National: BART Defends Service Shutdown to FCC Computer World
Disrupting mobile phone service is a legitimate tool for law enforcement authorities working against terrorism or other dangerous situations, a mass transit…
An effort moving forward at the California statehouse is intended to make sure Los Angeles area transportation projects are done sooner, and ensure that funding does not dry up any time in the foreseeable future...
Read On National: BART Defends Service Shutdown to FCC Computer World
Disrupting mobile phone service is a legitimate tool for law enforcement authorities working against terrorism or other dangerous situations, a mass transit…
Blogosphere: Fed Transpo Posturing, True BRT In SF, Atlanta 50/50 Mandate, Sterilized Bus Air, Streetlight Budget Drain, Tea Party Vs. Planners
May 1, 2012
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Opinion: Cars, Trains, Political Posturing
New York Times
The transportation bill is vital, providing billions of dollars to states and communities to build and repair roads, ensure bridges are safe and improve mass transit for millions of commuters. It also sustains some 2.9 million jobs, many in the hard-pressed construction industry. ..
Read On Blogosphere: SF Ready to Commit to True BRT Transbay Blog
In San Francisco, the…
The transportation bill is vital, providing billions of dollars to states and communities to build and repair roads, ensure bridges are safe and improve mass transit for millions of commuters. It also sustains some 2.9 million jobs, many in the hard-pressed construction industry. ..
Read On Blogosphere: SF Ready to Commit to True BRT Transbay Blog
In San Francisco, the…
