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: 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…
Blogosphere: Auto Use Collapse, Cyclist Protection Laws, Kids & Traffic, Parking Lot Trees, Bolt Bus Northwest
May 8, 2012
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Blogosphere: Collapse of Auto Use Unprecedented
Business Insider
The greatest economics site in the world, FRED, has added vehicle miles data to its database. So we're going to have a lot of fun playing with this information. Here's the chart we made...
Read On Blogosphere: The Italian Job Metro Scene The Source
How do they do that? is a series for The Source that explores the technology that helps…
The greatest economics site in the world, FRED, has added vehicle miles data to its database. So we're going to have a lot of fun playing with this information. Here's the chart we made...
Read On Blogosphere: The Italian Job Metro Scene The Source
How do they do that? is a series for The Source that explores the technology that helps…
News: Fed Transpo Pressure, Enviro Vs. Infrastructure, CA HSR Testimony, Fed Golden Handcuffs, Food Desert Maps
May 1, 2012
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National: Obama Hits Congress on Transportation Bill
Transportation Nation
President Barack Obama is getting pointed on the transportation bill. Speaking at the AFL-CIO's Building and Construction Trades Department Conference today, Obama whacked the Republican-led House of Representatives for "refusing to pass a bipartisan bill that could guarantee work for millions of construction workers...
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President Barack Obama is getting pointed on the transportation bill. Speaking at the AFL-CIO's Building and Construction Trades Department Conference today, Obama whacked the Republican-led House of Representatives for "refusing to pass a bipartisan bill that could guarantee work for millions of construction workers...
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News: Denver Nixes Transit Vote, Bellevue LRT Cost Cutting, Expanding Dallas LRT, Twin Cities TOD Biz Boost
April 26, 2012
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Denver: RTD Board Nixes Fastracks Extension Fall Vote
Denver Post (via Bill S)
A FasTracks proposal to link commuters in the northwest Denver metro area to downtown is stalled after the Regional Transportation District board of directors decided Tuesday night not to pursue a tax increase in November that would fund the idea...
Read On National: Daimler Closing Orion Bus Manufacturing Plant Toronto Star
German automotive giant Daimler announced Wednesday…
A FasTracks proposal to link commuters in the northwest Denver metro area to downtown is stalled after the Regional Transportation District board of directors decided Tuesday night not to pursue a tax increase in November that would fund the idea...
Read On National: Daimler Closing Orion Bus Manufacturing Plant Toronto Star
German automotive giant Daimler announced Wednesday…
News: NY Vs. Megabus, Funding Detroit LRT, LA Mayor Transpo Secy?, Harm In Sprawl, Talking About Gentrification
April 25, 2012
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New York: Port Authority Wants Megabus Out
Transportation Nation
The Port Authority doesn't want Megabus to be able to pick up passengers on the sidewalk outside the West-side bus terminal. The city's Department of Transportation gave the discount carrier - known for occasional $1 fares - a three-month trial permit to operate on West 41st Street outside the terminal, which expires in early May...
Read On Detroit: M1 Rail Getting Ready to Go Crain's Detroit
The private…
The Port Authority doesn't want Megabus to be able to pick up passengers on the sidewalk outside the West-side bus terminal. The city's Department of Transportation gave the discount carrier - known for occasional $1 fares - a three-month trial permit to operate on West 41st Street outside the terminal, which expires in early May...
Read On Detroit: M1 Rail Getting Ready to Go Crain's Detroit
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News: Transpo Funding Conference, Baton Rouge Transit Tax, Rio Grande Valley Rail, Detroit LRT Funders
April 24, 2012
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National: Maybe the System is Working!
Transportation Nation Experts Blog
Everybody take a deep breath. Congress is poised this week to appoint conferees to a long-awaited conference committee that will negotiate a highway bill. Finally. I know that President Obama has dangled a veto threat over the House version, and I know that Republicans are determined to link the politically volatile Keystone XL pipeline to a bipartisan infrastructure bill...
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Everybody take a deep breath. Congress is poised this week to appoint conferees to a long-awaited conference committee that will negotiate a highway bill. Finally. I know that President Obama has dangled a veto threat over the House version, and I know that Republicans are determined to link the politically volatile Keystone XL pipeline to a bipartisan infrastructure bill...
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News: LA Tax Extension, Vancouver Anti-LRT, CAHSR Funding, House Transpo Bill, Seattle Monorail Tax, Bike Sharing Economics
April 19, 2012
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Los Angeles: Mayor V Wants to Extend Sales Tax
Los Angeles Times
Faced with a congressional stalemate over transportation funding, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wants county voters to approve an indefinite extension of a half-cent sales tax used for transit projects...
Read On Vancouver: Anti-LRT Petitioners Fall Short Columbian
The Clark County Auditor's office has declared more than two-thirds of signatures turned in by light rail opponents seeking a vote to…
Faced with a congressional stalemate over transportation funding, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wants county voters to approve an indefinite extension of a half-cent sales tax used for transit projects...
Read On Vancouver: Anti-LRT Petitioners Fall Short Columbian
The Clark County Auditor's office has declared more than two-thirds of signatures turned in by light rail opponents seeking a vote to…
News: Pedestrian Lifestyle, Tampa's GOP Bus Convention, Work & Bike Commute, Bus Service Decline, Unplanned Country, Creative Cities
April 16, 2012
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National: Starting People Walking Again
Slate (Part 4 of Walking Series)
The plight of life on foot in America was nowhere more poignantly expressed than in the conviction, just last year, of a Georgia woman for vehicular manslaughter...
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The plight of life on foot in America was nowhere more poignantly expressed than in the conviction, just last year, of a Georgia woman for vehicular manslaughter...
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News: GAO Questions NJ Claims, Utah Commuter Line, Federal Transpo Messaging, Tunneling Beneath Alps, Tampa Master Plan, Detroit Gardens
April 10, 2012
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National: GAO Report Disputes NJ Gov Claims on ARC
New York Times
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey exaggerated when he declared that unforeseen costs to the state were forcing him to cancel the new train tunnel planned to relieve congested routes across the Hudson River, according to a long-awaited report by independent Congressional investigators...
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Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey exaggerated when he declared that unforeseen costs to the state were forcing him to cancel the new train tunnel planned to relieve congested routes across the Hudson River, according to a long-awaited report by independent Congressional investigators...
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