News: BRT Rating System, HSR Research, PA Transpo Funding, Trading Lawn For TOD, NY Green Zoning, Student Debt and Home Ownership
May 2, 2012
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National: BRT Systems Getting Rating Standard
Transportation Nation
Now it can be told: there are objective standards for measuring how good your Bus Rapid Transit system is. The Institute for Transportation Development Policy has issued new scoring system to see how good BRT systems around the world are...
Read On Research: Accessibility Impacts of HSR The Transportationist (Full Article)
This paper reviews the state of high-speed rail (HSR)…
Now it can be told: there are objective standards for measuring how good your Bus Rapid Transit system is. The Institute for Transportation Development Policy has issued new scoring system to see how good BRT systems around the world are...
Read On Research: Accessibility Impacts of HSR The Transportationist (Full Article)
This paper reviews the state of high-speed rail (HSR)…
Blogosphere: LA Rail Car Politics, Bike & Walk Investments Pay Off, Affording Affordable Housing, Urban Pollution & Obesity
May 2, 2012
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Opinion: MTA Does Right Thing on Rail Cars
Los Angeles Times
It is in the nature of politicians to keep making the same mistakes over and over again, especially if they're the kind of mistakes favored by a lawmaker's key financial backers...
Read On Blogosphere: Small Investments Can Pay Off DC Streetsblog
If you ever doubted whether a small investment in biking and walking could have a large impact, here is…
It is in the nature of politicians to keep making the same mistakes over and over again, especially if they're the kind of mistakes favored by a lawmaker's key financial backers...
Read On Blogosphere: Small Investments Can Pay Off DC Streetsblog
If you ever doubted whether a small investment in biking and walking could have a large impact, here is…
Blogosphere: Congress' Transpo Failure, Seattle Parking Rates, Urban Ghost Towns, Land-Use Planning By Lawsuit, Miami Zoning Lessons
April 3, 2012
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Blogosphere: Congress Again Fails on Infrastructure
Washington Post Wonkbook
On Friday, President Obama signed the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012. Odds are you didn't hear about it. There wasn't a signing ceremony in the Rose Garden, and no one on the Hill rushed to the cameras to take the credit...
Read On Blogosphere: Revenue After Parking Rate Increase DC…
On Friday, President Obama signed the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012. Odds are you didn't hear about it. There wasn't a signing ceremony in the Rose Garden, and no one on the Hill rushed to the cameras to take the credit...
Read On Blogosphere: Revenue After Parking Rate Increase DC…
Blogosphere: Urban Metabolism, Cyclist Demographics, Highway Teardowns, Seattle Transformation, Russian Street Art, Iron Triangle
March 22, 2012
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Blogosphere: Why People in Cities Walk Fast
The Atlantic Cities
Late last week our own Richard Florida wondered on Twitter whether pedestrian walking speeds might indicate a city's economic activity - reflecting some sort of "urban metabolism," as he put it. ..
Read On Blogosphere: Why Are 3 of 4 Cyclists Men? DC Streetsblog
I've never thought of myself as a female cyclist. For the last 13…
Late last week our own Richard Florida wondered on Twitter whether pedestrian walking speeds might indicate a city's economic activity - reflecting some sort of "urban metabolism," as he put it. ..
Read On Blogosphere: Why Are 3 of 4 Cyclists Men? DC Streetsblog
I've never thought of myself as a female cyclist. For the last 13…
Blogosphere: NY Transit News Coverage, SF Bus Signal Priority, :Personal Rapid Transit, Psychology of Suburbia
March 21, 2012
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Blogosphere: Transit Coverage for the Birds
Second Avenue Sagas
Covering the ins and outs of transit news isn't necessarily a sexy business. The vast majority of New Yorkers couldn't care less about safety regulations, debt financing, bond issuances or the behind-the-scenes politics of the MTA Board...
Read On Blogosphere: Transit Priority for Half of Signals SF Streetsblog
Two years from now, Muni buses will…
Covering the ins and outs of transit news isn't necessarily a sexy business. The vast majority of New Yorkers couldn't care less about safety regulations, debt financing, bond issuances or the behind-the-scenes politics of the MTA Board...
Read On Blogosphere: Transit Priority for Half of Signals SF Streetsblog
Two years from now, Muni buses will…
Blogosphere: Transpo Bill Comparison, Road Project Funding, SF's Wiggle, US Passenger Rail, Privatizing Transit, Cleveland's Brain Gain, Rural Urbanism
March 16, 2012
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Blogosphere: Compare the Senate and House Bills
DC Streetsblog
Now that the Senate has passed a transportation bill and everyone's waiting to see what the House will do next, Transportation for America has done us all a great service and compared the Senate's bill to the House's...
Read On Blogosphere: Senate's Transportation Program The Transport Politic
The U.S. Senate's passage of a…
Now that the Senate has passed a transportation bill and everyone's waiting to see what the House will do next, Transportation for America has done us all a great service and compared the Senate's bill to the House's...
Read On Blogosphere: Senate's Transportation Program The Transport Politic
The U.S. Senate's passage of a…
News: Las Vegas Monorail Lessons, Nonprofit Transit, Houston Walkability, Housing Discrimination, Renting Foreclosures, Urban Tree Decline
February 28, 2012
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Las Vegas: Why the Bus System Passed Monorail
M Live
Imagine if you will a city seeking to expand its transit options. A group of private business interest purpose building a privately-funded rail line designed to connect key attractions along the city's main thoroughfare...
Read On Research: Potential for Nonprofit Transit TRB TRID
Virtually all US transit operations are managed and funded by a public agency. In Europe,…
Imagine if you will a city seeking to expand its transit options. A group of private business interest purpose building a privately-funded rail line designed to connect key attractions along the city's main thoroughfare...
Read On Research: Potential for Nonprofit Transit TRB TRID
Virtually all US transit operations are managed and funded by a public agency. In Europe,…
News: Transpo Funding Bill, Urban Bike Guerrillas, TIGER IV, Milwaukee & Kansas City Streetcar Plans, California Housing Funds
February 1, 2012
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National: GOP Goes On Offensive with Transport Bill
The Hill
House Republicans teed up an election-year battle over jobs Tuesday, unveiling a $260 billion transportation bill designed to put Democrats on the defensive...
Read On National: House Rolls Out Transpo Bill Transportation Nation
House…
House Republicans teed up an election-year battle over jobs Tuesday, unveiling a $260 billion transportation bill designed to put Democrats on the defensive...
Read On National: House Rolls Out Transpo Bill Transportation Nation
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News: Good Urban Schools, Faster Wisconsin HSR, Trolley Debate, LRT Vs. Subway, Tampa Ballpark Rail, Viking Stadium, AC Transit BRT Guru
January 24, 2012
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Philadelphia: A Public School So Good, Parents Line Up
Philadelphia Inquirer (via @OtisWhite)
Niambi Love doesn't mess around when it comes to her children's education. Friday night, her husband parked their car outside the Penn Alexander School in West Philadelphia. She kept checking to see whether anyone had lined up to grab one of the coveted kindergarten spots at the public school...
Niambi Love doesn't mess around when it comes to her children's education. Friday night, her husband parked their car outside the Penn Alexander School in West Philadelphia. She kept checking to see whether anyone had lined up to grab one of the coveted kindergarten spots at the public school...
Blogosphere: Pedestrian Pete; Rebuilding Detroit, Bike Share Maps, Dulles Transit, Dog Storage, Microsoft's Relining App
January 20, 2012
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Blogosphere: 'Pedestrian Pete' Has a Bone to Pick
DC Streetsblog
Meet Pedestrian Pete, otherwise known as Houston notable Peter Brown. Brown, a former city council member and director of the urbanism group Better Houston, is conducting an ongoing video critique of this Texas city's pedestrian environment...
Read On Blogosphere: Can Detroit Build Way to Success? Urbanophile
If you look at the typical…
Meet Pedestrian Pete, otherwise known as Houston notable Peter Brown. Brown, a former city council member and director of the urbanism group Better Houston, is conducting an ongoing video critique of this Texas city's pedestrian environment...
Read On Blogosphere: Can Detroit Build Way to Success? Urbanophile
If you look at the typical…
