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Urbanism & Design: Charlotte TOD Success, St. Louis Ballpark Redevelopment, Downtown Pittsburgh Building Boom, Boston Fenway Redevelopment
May 15, 2013
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Charlotte Officials Tout South End that Transit Built
Charlotte Observer
With construction booming in Charlotte's South End, city leaders on Tuesday called the area a model for the kind of smart growth that transit projects can spur in struggling neighborhoods east, west and north of uptown.
News: LaHood To Stay At DOT, Inaugural Bike Lane, NYC's Expensize School Buses, Detroit To Begin Streetcar Construction, Oregon HSR Study
January 23, 2013
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National: Boxer - Mayor V Good Transpo Sec Candidate
The Hill
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said Tuesday that Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa would make a "terrific" replacement for Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood...
Read On South Bend: Could City See A Streetcar? South Bend Tribune
Residents and visitors may soon be able to hop on an urban people mover such as a rapid transit bus, rubber-tire…
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said Tuesday that Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa would make a "terrific" replacement for Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood...
Read On South Bend: Could City See A Streetcar? South Bend Tribune
Residents and visitors may soon be able to hop on an urban people mover such as a rapid transit bus, rubber-tire…
News: Warp Speed Ahead, Less Solo Commuting, CAHSR Fed Funding, KC Streetcar Funds, Palo Alto TOD
September 21, 2012
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Interstellar: Warp Speed Could be Possible
Space.com
A warp drive to achieve faster-than-light travel - a concept popularized in television's Star Trek - may not be as unrealistic as once thought, scientists say...
Read On National: Fewer Americans Solo Commuting USA Today
The dismal economy and skyrocketing gas prices may have accomplished what years of advocacy failed to: getting more people to stop driving solo....
A warp drive to achieve faster-than-light travel - a concept popularized in television's Star Trek - may not be as unrealistic as once thought, scientists say...
Read On National: Fewer Americans Solo Commuting USA Today
The dismal economy and skyrocketing gas prices may have accomplished what years of advocacy failed to: getting more people to stop driving solo....
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…
News: American Wall Map, Policies & Foreclosure, Urban Development Politics, Phoenix Transit Plan, End Of California Redevelopment Agencies
January 3, 2012
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National: Best American Wall Map You've Never Seen
Slate (via Mike L)
American mapmaking's most prestigious honor is the "Best of Show" award at the annual competition of the Cartography and Geographic Information Society. The five most recent winners were all maps designed by large, well-known institutions: National Geographic (three times), the Central Intelligence Agency Cartography Center, and the U.S. Census Bureau...
American mapmaking's most prestigious honor is the "Best of Show" award at the annual competition of the Cartography and Geographic Information Society. The five most recent winners were all maps designed by large, well-known institutions: National Geographic (three times), the Central Intelligence Agency Cartography Center, and the U.S. Census Bureau...
Bay Area: Hercules Waterfront Project Back on Track
September 22, 2011|San Jose Mercury News
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Plans for a Hercules bus, train and ferry terminal and an adjacent 1,400-home transit village are back on track, officials assured Hercules residents earlier this month as they sought to allay concerns that the highly touted projects were in jeopardy... Read On
Bay Area: Hercules Tries to Pick Up
July 13, 2011|San Jose Mercury News
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In 2004, Jeffrey Wisniewski was fresh out of college, living in an apartment in Lafayette and house-hunting with his future wife, when chance brought them to Hercules. "We fell in love with the architecture on the waterfront," said Wisniewski, today a civil engineer, married, with a young son. "We liked the style, we liked the setting, so we bought in."... Read On
Hercules Aerial Tram Maps
April 26, 2007
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This study seeks to inform City of Hercules Council and Staff about connecting the City’s waterfront to a new developing town center. This study gives technical information on the possibility of using aerial ropeways (which includes aerial trams and gondolas) and discusses alternatives such as buses and streetcars. Below are maps and figures from the report.
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