Blogosphere: Investing In Multipurpose Streets, Citywide Transport Planning, St. Louis TOD Market Study, Unburying Lexington Stream
January 16, 2013
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Blogosphere: Invest in Multipurpose Streets
LA Streetsblog
Municipal bond rates are at historic lows. A memo by two respected faculty members at the UCLA Anderson Forecast (available at Streetsblog, for some reason link to city website is broken) suggests the city take advantage of these low rates to fund a $3 billion program to resurface, rehabilitate, and reconstruct city streets...
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Municipal bond rates are at historic lows. A memo by two respected faculty members at the UCLA Anderson Forecast (available at Streetsblog, for some reason link to city website is broken) suggests the city take advantage of these low rates to fund a $3 billion program to resurface, rehabilitate, and reconstruct city streets...
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Blogosphere: Transit & Place Making, Why LA Needs Subway, GAO & Mileage Fees, Buried Freeways, Bike Master Planning
January 15, 2013
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Blogosphere: Alternatives for the Valley BRT Project
The Source
A bus rapid transit or light rail line along Van Nuys Boulevard are among the options recommended for further study in the Alternative Analysis released today by Metro for the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor project...
A bus rapid transit or light rail line along Van Nuys Boulevard are among the options recommended for further study in the Alternative Analysis released today by Metro for the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor project...
Blogosphere: Tramway Wi-Fi Connection, Zipcar & Avis, Corporate Carpoolers, Best US Bike Share, Mapping Urban Agriculture
January 9, 2013
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Blogosphere: Wi-Fi Connection for Florence Tramway
Eltis
The initiative is part of a wider project called "Wi-Move" (built up as a partnership between the Tuscany Region and the Municipality of Florence) with the aim of offering free hot spots to citizens and tourists in the most important locations and public spaces of the city...
Read On Blogosphere: More Zipcar to Avis Analysis The City Fix
Barely ten years ago, no one knew whether car sharing could even work in North…
The initiative is part of a wider project called "Wi-Move" (built up as a partnership between the Tuscany Region and the Municipality of Florence) with the aim of offering free hot spots to citizens and tourists in the most important locations and public spaces of the city...
Read On Blogosphere: More Zipcar to Avis Analysis The City Fix
Barely ten years ago, no one knew whether car sharing could even work in North…
Blogosphere: Sunbelt Congestion Taxes, Shorter Blocks & Traffic, Revised FTA Funding Rules, Megabus & Resurgent Downtowns
January 8, 2013
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Blogosphere: On Congestion Taxes and the Sun Belt
Walkable DFW
Congestion taxes are the latest in a long line of magic bullets proposed to solve all city problems. One of the clear differences between congestion taxes and other oft-cited magic bullets (stadiums, convention centers, starchitectural public monuments, casinos, etc), is that there are actually clear, demonstrable examples of success around the world...
Read On Blogosphere: Sacramento Gets FTA Grant…
Congestion taxes are the latest in a long line of magic bullets proposed to solve all city problems. One of the clear differences between congestion taxes and other oft-cited magic bullets (stadiums, convention centers, starchitectural public monuments, casinos, etc), is that there are actually clear, demonstrable examples of success around the world...
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News: Portland Bike Share, Illinois Infrastructure Crisis, Tampa Freight Rail Sharing, LA Rapid Bus Plans, Battery Powered Bus, Density & Environment
December 17, 2012
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Oregon: Bike Sharing Coming to Portland, for a Price
Transportation Nation
Portland's city council approved bike share - but funding it is largely the responsibility of hometown operator Alta. The one-year projected cost to set up and run the 750-bike, 75 station bike share program is $6.5 million dollars...
Read On Twin Cities: Golden Valley Holds Fate of LRT Line Minneapolis Star Tribune
Golden Valley resident Robert Mattison knows that…
Portland's city council approved bike share - but funding it is largely the responsibility of hometown operator Alta. The one-year projected cost to set up and run the 750-bike, 75 station bike share program is $6.5 million dollars...
Read On Twin Cities: Golden Valley Holds Fate of LRT Line Minneapolis Star Tribune
Golden Valley resident Robert Mattison knows that…
Blogosphere: Sydney's Light Rail Future, Governance & Poverty, Discussing Density, Developers Vs. Environmentalists, Minority Demographics
December 17, 2012
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Blogosphere: Sydney's Light Rail Future
Price Tags
TRAMS will become a major part of Sydney's commute again, the O'Farrell government will announce in its long-awaited final transport plan for the state...
Read On URBANISM | HOUSING | CITIES | ENVIRONMENT Blogosphere: Governance the Key to Addressing Poverty Polis
One of the principal challenges of global urbanization is the improvement of living conditions in slums, or communities with insufficient…
TRAMS will become a major part of Sydney's commute again, the O'Farrell government will announce in its long-awaited final transport plan for the state...
Read On URBANISM | HOUSING | CITIES | ENVIRONMENT Blogosphere: Governance the Key to Addressing Poverty Polis
One of the principal challenges of global urbanization is the improvement of living conditions in slums, or communities with insufficient…
Blogosphere: Growth In Protected Bike Lanes, Transit Funding Options, Mortgage Deduction Inequality, Health Enterprise Zones
December 13, 2012
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Blogosphere: Protected Bike Lanes Doubled in 2012
Streetsblog.net
They're the Cadillac (or, should we say, the Colnago) of bike infrastructure: protected bike lanes. But on-street bikeways that give cyclists some measure of physical protection from traffic have been more or less unheard of in American cities - until recently...
Read On Editorial: Exploring Transit Funding Options Urban Tulsa Weekly
Tulsa's transit system…
They're the Cadillac (or, should we say, the Colnago) of bike infrastructure: protected bike lanes. But on-street bikeways that give cyclists some measure of physical protection from traffic have been more or less unheard of in American cities - until recently...
Read On Editorial: Exploring Transit Funding Options Urban Tulsa Weekly
Tulsa's transit system…
Blogosphere: Detroit Regional Transit Approval, Phoenix-Tucson Rail Link, Toronto Green Line Vision, Denser Cities Smarter, Strong Core City Theory
December 11, 2012
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Blogosphere: Hybrids Not Quite as Gas Thrifty
DC Streetsblog
Consumer Reports announced Thursday that Ford was inflating the mileage on its hybrid models. Instead of getting "47 city/47 highway/47 combined mpg" as advertised, the Fusion sedan gets 35/41/39 and the new C-Max wagon gets 35/38/37...
Read On Blogosphere: Turning Measure J Defeat into a Victory San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Losing the transit-oriented countywide Measure J by 0.56 percentage points even…
Consumer Reports announced Thursday that Ford was inflating the mileage on its hybrid models. Instead of getting "47 city/47 highway/47 combined mpg" as advertised, the Fusion sedan gets 35/41/39 and the new C-Max wagon gets 35/38/37...
Read On Blogosphere: Turning Measure J Defeat into a Victory San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Losing the transit-oriented countywide Measure J by 0.56 percentage points even…
News: Mongolian BRT, More Women Take Transit, Charlotte Streetcar Politics, San Jose Zipcar Project
December 10, 2012
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International: Polluted Mongolian City Turns to BRT
AFP
On the streets of Ulan Bator a people renowned for their horse riding skills have to contend every day with ever more Hummers, Land Cruisers and Range Rovers. Mongolia's vast open steppes and deserts stretch for hundreds upon hundreds of kilometres (miles), and it has the lowest population density of any country in the world. But with its economy rocketing on the back of a mining boom the capital is the planet's second most polluted city after Ahvaz in Iran, according to the World Health Organisation, and suffers from dire congestion....
On the streets of Ulan Bator a people renowned for their horse riding skills have to contend every day with ever more Hummers, Land Cruisers and Range Rovers. Mongolia's vast open steppes and deserts stretch for hundreds upon hundreds of kilometres (miles), and it has the lowest population density of any country in the world. But with its economy rocketing on the back of a mining boom the capital is the planet's second most polluted city after Ahvaz in Iran, according to the World Health Organisation, and suffers from dire congestion....
Reconnecting America Releases Report On Transit In Midsize Cities
December 6, 2012
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Reconnecting America today released a report that explores transit in midsize cities with a focus on best practices in transit planning, funding strategies, and outcomes.
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