Blogosphere: Changing Transpo Bill, Future Streets, Privatizing Parking, Tactical Urbanism, Arrival Cities
March 5, 2012
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Blogosphere: How Transpo Bill Changed Overnight
DC Streetsblog
The sun rose this morning on a landscape considerably different from the one described by not one but two articles Streetsblog published yesterday...
Read On Blogosphere: The Street of the Future! Streetsblog
This 45-second simulation of cute miniature jelly beans multi-ton driverless vehicles navigating the…
The sun rose this morning on a landscape considerably different from the one described by not one but two articles Streetsblog published yesterday...
Read On Blogosphere: The Street of the Future! Streetsblog
This 45-second simulation of cute miniature jelly beans multi-ton driverless vehicles navigating the…
Blogosphere: Dallas LRT, Embracing Sacramento Streetcar, Federal Highway-Centric Bill, Illegal Guerrilla Wayfinding, Evolving Curbside
February 28, 2012
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Blogosphere: Dallas LRT, Tip of the Iceberg
DOT Fastlane
Whether it's reducing highway traffic by taking cars off the road, slowing the effect of carbon emissions, or spurring economic development along bus, subway, streetcar, and light rail routes, public transit helps move America...
Read On Editorial: City Council Should Embrace Streetcars Sacramento Bee
In mapping the future of downtown Sacramento, city…
Whether it's reducing highway traffic by taking cars off the road, slowing the effect of carbon emissions, or spurring economic development along bus, subway, streetcar, and light rail routes, public transit helps move America...
Read On Editorial: City Council Should Embrace Streetcars Sacramento Bee
In mapping the future of downtown Sacramento, city…
Blogosphere: Mode Inertia, Beautiful Streets, Transit Tax Options, Love Vs. Creativity, Agenda 21, Why Downtowns Fail, Suburban Future, Smart Growth Problem
February 16, 2012
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Editorial: Sen. DeMint - Ready for a Rotten Bill?
Wall Street Journal (Paywall)
The Congressional Budget Office now estimates that our national debt could nearly double over the next 10 years-to an astounding $29.4 trillion from $15 trillion today-so you might think Washington would be looking to stop the fiscal train wreck...
Read On Editorial: Houston Delegation Needs to…
The Congressional Budget Office now estimates that our national debt could nearly double over the next 10 years-to an astounding $29.4 trillion from $15 trillion today-so you might think Washington would be looking to stop the fiscal train wreck...
Read On Editorial: Houston Delegation Needs to…
Blogosphere: Bike Lane Spoils Movie, Transpo Bill Veto Threat, New Starts Funding, Inconspicuous Density, Earthscraper
February 15, 2012
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Editorial: Green Bike Lane Scaring Films Away
Los Angeles Times (via Streetsblog LA)
Los Angeles has a bike plan, and it's a fine idea. We have quite enough cars and quite enough drivers, thank you very much, and the counter-stereotypical truth is that we also have thousands and thousands of bicyclists who would gladly leave the car in the garage...
Los Angeles has a bike plan, and it's a fine idea. We have quite enough cars and quite enough drivers, thank you very much, and the counter-stereotypical truth is that we also have thousands and thousands of bicyclists who would gladly leave the car in the garage...
News: Italian HSR, California HSR, Transportation Bill Madness, Measure R
January 31, 2012
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National: House Rs to Unveil Transport Bill Washington Post
House Republicans will present a long-awaited plan to fund the nation's transportation system on Tuesday, a proposal that would shift more decision-making authority to state governments, dramatically reduce the time spent on environmental reviews and encourage private companies to expand the highway system by building toll roads...
National: House Rs to Unveil Transport Bill Washington Post
House Republicans will present a long-awaited plan to fund the nation's transportation system on Tuesday, a proposal that would shift more decision-making authority to state governments, dramatically reduce the time spent on environmental reviews and encourage private companies to expand the highway system by building toll roads...
News: LA Line Gets Fed ROD, Miami Airport Rail Connection, Honolulu Design OK, Cutting Stops To Speed Service
January 5, 2012
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Los Angeles: Crenshaw Line Gets ROD from FTA
Daily Breeze
The Federal Transit Administration issued its final approval of plans for a $1.72 billion transit line along Crenshaw Boulevard, running from the Green Line near Los Angeles International Airport to the Expo Line, it was announced today...
Read On Miami: New Rail Connection to Miami Airport Transportation Nation
For close to three years,…
The Federal Transit Administration issued its final approval of plans for a $1.72 billion transit line along Crenshaw Boulevard, running from the Green Line near Los Angeles International Airport to the Expo Line, it was announced today...
Read On Miami: New Rail Connection to Miami Airport Transportation Nation
For close to three years,…
Blogosphere: Urban Housing Shift, Centralized HSR, Transit Hubs, Fringe Suburbs, IKEA Urbanism, Landscape Algorithms, Olympic Transit
December 1, 2011
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Blogosphere: Housing Prices Reveal Urban Shift
All About Cities
A new survey in the United States revealed that only 12% of future home buyers wanted to purchase a home in the suburban-fringe. A decade ago, it is quite possible that the number would have been reversed with over 80% wanting a large suburban home...
Read On Blogosphere: An HSR Country is a Centralized Country Pedestrian Observations
1950s' Japan was a fairly monocentric country, in…
A new survey in the United States revealed that only 12% of future home buyers wanted to purchase a home in the suburban-fringe. A decade ago, it is quite possible that the number would have been reversed with over 80% wanting a large suburban home...
Read On Blogosphere: An HSR Country is a Centralized Country Pedestrian Observations
1950s' Japan was a fairly monocentric country, in…
Blogoshpere: Rust Belt Stereotypes, Transit Confusion, Multipolar Cities, A Better Bus, The Transit Core, Indoor Bee Keeping
November 21, 2011
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Blogosphere: Rust Belt Stereotypes
Rust Belt
The Rust Belt is poor. It's not news. The Rust Belt is also heavily segregated. Both facts are related. Zones of extreme segregation and poverty serve to siphon potential of a city's limited human capital, and they create negative externalities that sap a city's limited resources...
Read On Blogosphere: Streetfilms Q&A with Mia Birk Streetfilms
In the past year,…
The Rust Belt is poor. It's not news. The Rust Belt is also heavily segregated. Both facts are related. Zones of extreme segregation and poverty serve to siphon potential of a city's limited human capital, and they create negative externalities that sap a city's limited resources...
Read On Blogosphere: Streetfilms Q&A with Mia Birk Streetfilms
In the past year,…
News: Triangle Rail, Inactivity & Cancer, Luring Families to Cities, Sprawl's Spread
November 7, 2011
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Triangle: Working on the Railroads Raleigh Public Record
Though Raleigh has been talking rail for more than two decades, it seems as though plans to make the Capitol City a rail-friendly place are now chugging along. Raleigh is involved in three different rail projects-high speed rail, light rail and building a new downtown train station..
Triangle: Working on the Railroads Raleigh Public Record
Though Raleigh has been talking rail for more than two decades, it seems as though plans to make the Capitol City a rail-friendly place are now chugging along. Raleigh is involved in three different rail projects-high speed rail, light rail and building a new downtown train station..
Raleigh: DOT Proposes New Alignment
September 27, 2011|News & Observer
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The public will get a chance to weigh in on a plan to route high-speed trains through downtown. The N.C. Department of Transportation is considering a proposed 700-foot bridge to carry northbound trains diagonally over automobile traffic on Capital Boulevard, just south of the Wade Avenue interchange... Read On
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