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News: Honolulu Fed Funding, $353M Passenger Railcar Purchase, Barriers To Passenger Rail, Tolling Federal Highways, Austin Auto-Ped Fatalities
November 20, 2012
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National: AASHTO Gets a New Executive Director Governing
Frederick "Bud" Wright, a former executive director of the Federal Highway Administration, will lead the association that represents state transportation departments...
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Hawaii: Feds to Sign Grant Agreement for Rail Soon Honolulu Star Advertiser
The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation will sign a full-funding grant agreement with the Federal Transit Administration to provide $1.55 billion for…
National: AASHTO Gets a New Executive Director Governing
Frederick "Bud" Wright, a former executive director of the Federal Highway Administration, will lead the association that represents state transportation departments...
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Hawaii: Feds to Sign Grant Agreement for Rail Soon Honolulu Star Advertiser
The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation will sign a full-funding grant agreement with the Federal Transit Administration to provide $1.55 billion for…
News: Raleigh Rail Plans, Referendum On Columbia Crossing, KC Free Streetcar, Palo Alto TOD Vote, Suburban Office Decline
September 27, 2012
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Triangle Region: A Hitch in Raleigh's Rail Plans Indy Week
The good news is Union Station, a future hub for commuter, Amtrak and high-speed rail service in Raleigh, is fully funded at $60 million...
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Triangle Region: A Hitch in Raleigh's Rail Plans Indy Week
The good news is Union Station, a future hub for commuter, Amtrak and high-speed rail service in Raleigh,…
Triangle Region: A Hitch in Raleigh's Rail Plans Indy Week
The good news is Union Station, a future hub for commuter, Amtrak and high-speed rail service in Raleigh, is fully funded at $60 million...
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Triangle Region: A Hitch in Raleigh's Rail Plans Indy Week
The good news is Union Station, a future hub for commuter, Amtrak and high-speed rail service in Raleigh,…
News: Transit Rider Coalition, Private LRT In Detroit, TIGER 2012 Grants, Atlanta To Jacksonville HSR, Healthy Cities Programs
June 25, 2012
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Tampa: Groups Look to Rally for Transit Coalition
Tampa Tribune
A nationwide movement is under way to build coalitions of transit riders who confront the same dilemma local bus agencies face: Ridership is at record levels but a decline in government funding is forcing cuts in service...
Read On Detroit: M1 Rail Looks for Private Operator Crain's Detroit
Organizers of the $137 million streetcar plan for Detroit's Woodward…
A nationwide movement is under way to build coalitions of transit riders who confront the same dilemma local bus agencies face: Ridership is at record levels but a decline in government funding is forcing cuts in service...
Read On Detroit: M1 Rail Looks for Private Operator Crain's Detroit
Organizers of the $137 million streetcar plan for Detroit's Woodward…
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...
Blogosphere: Truck Toll Discount, California Redevelopment Agencies, Innovative Bikeway Designs, What China Can Teach Europe
January 9, 2012
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Blogosphere - In this section you'll find commentary, opinion and editorials from blogs and newspapers around the country. The opinions expressed in these blogs do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Reconnecting America.
Blogosphere: The $88 Million View
Salon
A few weeks ago, when the most expensive home in the history of Manhattan real estate sold for $88 million, a good chunk of that almost nine-figure check paid for something the occupant doesn't even own...
Read On Blogosphere: Truck Discount Pays Off for Toll Road Land Lines Magazine
An incentive to get more truckers using a tolled bypass of downtown Austin, TX, is working by all accounts, including from…
A few weeks ago, when the most expensive home in the history of Manhattan real estate sold for $88 million, a good chunk of that almost nine-figure check paid for something the occupant doesn't even own...
Read On Blogosphere: Truck Discount Pays Off for Toll Road Land Lines Magazine
An incentive to get more truckers using a tolled bypass of downtown Austin, TX, is working by all accounts, including from…
International: Luas Extension Might Break EU Laws
May 26, 2011|Irish Times
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The State would be in breach of European legislation if it was to grant permission for the Luas line linking St Stephens Green and Broombridge, a planning hearing has been told... Read On
Social Capital and the Built Environment: The Importance of Walkable Neighborhoods
September 1, 2003|American Journal of Public Health | September 2003, Vol 93, No. 9
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A growing number of researchers agree that social networks and community involvement have positive health consequences. Persons who are socially engaged with others and actively involved in their communities tend to live longer and be healthier physically and mentally.
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