Blogosphere: Private LRT Funding In Detroit, US HSR Future, DC Streetcar Revitalization, Kansas City Rail Future, Indy Regional Bike Map
May 31, 2012
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Blogosphere: Private Funding of Detroit Project Gift
Forbes
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood is coming to Detroit on Monday and the city's most prominent business leaders have their fingers crossed that he'll deliver the federal government's blessing on a long-awaited light rail project downtown...
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood is coming to Detroit on Monday and the city's most prominent business leaders have their fingers crossed that he'll deliver the federal government's blessing on a long-awaited light rail project downtown...
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Blogosphere: City's Bike Usage Video, House Conference Work, Voting On Job Access In Atlanta, Bus & Rail Mantras
May 22, 2012
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Blogosphere: What Big City Transportation Officials Want
Transportation Issues Daily
The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) was founded to help key large cities have a "meaningful political and technical relationship with each other on transportation-related issues, and to develop a stronger critical relationship with USDOT...
Read On Blogosphere: Day in the Life of City's Bike Usage Grist…
The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) was founded to help key large cities have a "meaningful political and technical relationship with each other on transportation-related issues, and to develop a stronger critical relationship with USDOT...
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Blogosphere: Congested Cities & Bikes, City Preference Evidence, Urban Biodiversity Week, NM Ghost City, Cul-De-Sacs In The Sky
May 18, 2012
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Blogosphere: Europe's Most Congested City by Bike
The Atlantic Cities
Cities in the United States are becoming more tolerant, even encouraging, of bicyclists through increased bike infrastructure, bikeshare programs, and laws to protect riders...
Read On Blogosphere: Forget Transit, We Will Have Robocars DC Streetsblog
Writer Michael Lind argued that the "case for infrastructure investment has suffered from the lack of a…
Cities in the United States are becoming more tolerant, even encouraging, of bicyclists through increased bike infrastructure, bikeshare programs, and laws to protect riders...
Read On Blogosphere: Forget Transit, We Will Have Robocars DC Streetsblog
Writer Michael Lind argued that the "case for infrastructure investment has suffered from the lack of a…
Blogosphere: Light Rail & Racial Justice, Car Sharing Impact, Traffic Fatality & Poverty, Complete Streets For All, Bike Share Parking
May 16, 2012
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Blogosphere: Light Rail and Racial Justice
Sightline Daily
Anyone familiar with Seattle's Rainier Valley knows it's a place in transition. Long one of the most racially diverse neighborhoods in the Northwest, it has for many decades struggled economically...
Read On Blogosphere: Car Sharing Could Cut Carbon Emissions DC Streetsblog
The brilliant thing about car-sharing is that it leads people to drive less by providing access to cars. It…
Anyone familiar with Seattle's Rainier Valley knows it's a place in transition. Long one of the most racially diverse neighborhoods in the Northwest, it has for many decades struggled economically...
Read On Blogosphere: Car Sharing Could Cut Carbon Emissions DC Streetsblog
The brilliant thing about car-sharing is that it leads people to drive less by providing access to cars. It…
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…
Blogosphere: Michigan Transit Policy, Bike Share Trips, Expensive Buy America Rules, Obesity Prevention Strategies, Street Hackers
May 9, 2012
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Blogosphere: Governor's Strategy Man Talks Transit
Model D
William Rustem, director of strategy for Gov. Rick Snyder, says that nothing is more important to Michigan's future than building transit and transportation systems that work...
Read On Blogosphere: 7 Questions as Bill Conference Starts DC Streetsblog
The first meeting of the transportation bill conference committee is today at 3:00. (To familiarize yourself with the participants, see Ben's reports on the House and Senate…
William Rustem, director of strategy for Gov. Rick Snyder, says that nothing is more important to Michigan's future than building transit and transportation systems that work...
Read On Blogosphere: 7 Questions as Bill Conference Starts DC Streetsblog
The first meeting of the transportation bill conference committee is today at 3:00. (To familiarize yourself with the participants, see Ben's reports on the House and Senate…
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…
News: KC Streetcar Tax Districts, Anatomy Of Transit Vote Defeat, CA Statewide Rail Planning, Strip Mall Parks
April 30, 2012
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Kansas City: Streetcar Taxing District Advances
Kansas City Business Journal
A Jackson County judge has ruled that Kansas City officials can move forward with plans to create a special taxing district in Downtown to build a streetcar system...
Read On Tampa: Combination of Factors Led to LRT Defeat Tampa Tribune
Frugality, opposition to new taxes, concerns about the bad economy and confusion about rail plans led Hillsborough County voters to defeat a…
A Jackson County judge has ruled that Kansas City officials can move forward with plans to create a special taxing district in Downtown to build a streetcar system...
Read On Tampa: Combination of Factors Led to LRT Defeat Tampa Tribune
Frugality, opposition to new taxes, concerns about the bad economy and confusion about rail plans led Hillsborough County voters to defeat a…
Blogosphere: No TIFIA For Tappan Zee, TransitScore Rankings, Denver Airport City, Green Garage, Cultural Borders
April 27, 2012
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Blogosphere: Feds Reject TIFIA for Tappan Zee
Streetsblog
In a major rebuke to the Cuomo administration's plans for a transit-less Tappan Zee Bridge, the federal government rejected New York State's application for a low-interest federal loan yesterday. ..
Read On Blogosphere: Kubrick's Subway Photos Second Avenue Sagas
Once upon a time, Stanley Kubrick wasn't always an award-winning director. He…
In a major rebuke to the Cuomo administration's plans for a transit-less Tappan Zee Bridge, the federal government rejected New York State's application for a low-interest federal loan yesterday. ..
Read On Blogosphere: Kubrick's Subway Photos Second Avenue Sagas
Once upon a time, Stanley Kubrick wasn't always an award-winning director. He…
Blogoshere: Copenhagen Difference, Robert Moses Effect, Toronto Green Roof Policy, Really Compact Building
April 26, 2012
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Blogosphere: Why Streets of Copenhagen are Different
The Atlantic Cities
Yesterday, I wrote about how the streets of cities in the United States were transformed over time into the exclusive province of cars. Fundamental changes in infrastructure and in law have solidified an attitude of resignation to the idea that people on foot or on bikes will inevitably be struck by vehicles...
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Yesterday, I wrote about how the streets of cities in the United States were transformed over time into the exclusive province of cars. Fundamental changes in infrastructure and in law have solidified an attitude of resignation to the idea that people on foot or on bikes will inevitably be struck by vehicles...
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