News: MARTA GM To Economize, Private Florida Rail Gets OK, Buffalo To Amherst Rail Extension, LeBron's Bike Ride
December 20, 2012
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Atlanta: New MARTA GM Parker - Economize First
Transportation Nation
The new head of Atlanta's transit agency plans to makes changes within and outside the rail and bus agency before asking Georgia lawmakers to spend major state dollars on the transit system...
Read On Buffalo: NFTA Takes Another Look at Amherst Extension Buffalo News
For the first time in more than a decade, transit planners are envisioning the day when commuters may…
The new head of Atlanta's transit agency plans to makes changes within and outside the rail and bus agency before asking Georgia lawmakers to spend major state dollars on the transit system...
Read On Buffalo: NFTA Takes Another Look at Amherst Extension Buffalo News
For the first time in more than a decade, transit planners are envisioning the day when commuters may…
News: Gas Tax Options, Private Passenger Rail Service, LA HSR Challenges, HSR To Atlanta, Wetlands & Storm Damage
November 13, 2012
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National: Moving the Dial on the Gas Tax National Journal
On transportation, President Obama can plan on starting his second term the same way he began his first. Then, as now, the funding crisis for the nation's highways was a few years off but approaching fast. When the highway authority expiration date looms in 2014, no one will be prepared for it...
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Florida: Private Railroad Plans Passenger Service Tampa Tribune
The prospects of high-speed…
National: Moving the Dial on the Gas Tax National Journal
On transportation, President Obama can plan on starting his second term the same way he began his first. Then, as now, the funding crisis for the nation's highways was a few years off but approaching fast. When the highway authority expiration date looms in 2014, no one will be prepared for it...
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Florida: Private Railroad Plans Passenger Service Tampa Tribune
The prospects of high-speed…
News: Florida Rail Good For Downtowns, City Quiet Zones, Suburbs Think Density, Galveston Housing Fight
August 21, 2012
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Florida: Miami, Orlando Train Good for Downtowns
Sun Sentinel
Plans are already in motion to bring train service from the downtowns of Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Miami to Orlando in 2014. For travelers, it will offer a somewhat faster alternative to driving...
Plans are already in motion to bring train service from the downtowns of Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Miami to Orlando in 2014. For travelers, it will offer a somewhat faster alternative to driving...
Blogosphere: Next For Atlanta, Lessons From Miami, CAHSR Uncertain Future, Amateur Transit Videos, Best Cities For Young Professionals
August 6, 2012
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Blogosphere: What Next For Transportation In Atlanta?
The Avenue, Brookings
When it comes to transformative infrastructure, there's no bigger tool for metro areas than local referendums. These regional votes give metropolitan areas an opportunity to sidestep the business-as-usual approach in Washington and initiate their own local vision-and to do so with resources typically counted in the billions. From major rail investments in Denver to a new central park in Oklahoma City, referendums are a vital way to reshape our metropolitan economies. And that's exactly what makes yesterday's vote in Atlanta so troubling for that region's future....
When it comes to transformative infrastructure, there's no bigger tool for metro areas than local referendums. These regional votes give metropolitan areas an opportunity to sidestep the business-as-usual approach in Washington and initiate their own local vision-and to do so with resources typically counted in the billions. From major rail investments in Denver to a new central park in Oklahoma City, referendums are a vital way to reshape our metropolitan economies. And that's exactly what makes yesterday's vote in Atlanta so troubling for that region's future....
News: Arizona Transit Ridership, Amtrak Food Service Cost, Taking CAHSR To Vegas, Climate Science Ban, Social Impact Bonds
August 3, 2012
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TRANSPORT Arizona: Ridership Of Buses, Light Rail Jumps Arizon Republic
Valley Metro reported more than 71 million bus and light-rail rides for this past fiscal year, a 5.1 percent bump from fiscal 2011, including record numbers of light-rail passengers. Between July 1, 2011, and June 30 of this year, there were more than 13.5 million light-rail boardings, up nearly 760,000, or 5.9 percent, from the previous year. For the same period, there were nearly 57.5 million bus boardings, an increase of nearly 2.7 million, or 4.9 percent, over fiscal 2011. Weekends showed the greatest percentage increases....
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Valley Metro reported more than 71 million bus and light-rail rides for this past fiscal year, a 5.1 percent bump from fiscal 2011, including record numbers of light-rail passengers. Between July 1, 2011, and June 30 of this year, there were more than 13.5 million light-rail boardings, up nearly 760,000, or 5.9 percent, from the previous year. For the same period, there were nearly 57.5 million bus boardings, an increase of nearly 2.7 million, or 4.9 percent, over fiscal 2011. Weekends showed the greatest percentage increases....
Blogosphere: Transit To Miami Airport, Projections Fallacy, Affordable Family Housing, Form Based Codes & TOD
July 24, 2012
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Blogosphere: Transit Goes to Miami Airport
Jaunted
If you've ever flown into Miami you probably noticed that there's kind of a lack of decent public transportation to and from the city's core...
Read On Blogosphere: The Projections Fallacy DC Streetsblog
We spend billions every year in this country on our transportation network, large percentages of it based on traffic projections. This…
If you've ever flown into Miami you probably noticed that there's kind of a lack of decent public transportation to and from the city's core...
Read On Blogosphere: The Projections Fallacy DC Streetsblog
We spend billions every year in this country on our transportation network, large percentages of it based on traffic projections. This…
Blogosphere: Problems With Cheap BRT, Smart Sidewalks, Transpo Bill Deal Talk, Bike Friendly Dress Code, Greening Gaza
June 22, 2012
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Blogosphere: Do We Really Want Cheaper BRT?
Washington Post
A report is making the rounds today that claims the Corridor Cities Transitway BRT line could be built for far less money if buses were routed in mixed traffic rather than on a transitway, if "temporary stops" were built instead of stations, and if park and rides were eliminated from the outer stations. ..
A report is making the rounds today that claims the Corridor Cities Transitway BRT line could be built for far less money if buses were routed in mixed traffic rather than on a transitway, if "temporary stops" were built instead of stations, and if park and rides were eliminated from the outer stations. ..
A Decision-Support Framework For Using Value Capture to Fund Public Transit: Lessons From Project-Specific Analyses
June 11, 2012
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A May 2012 report on value capture mechanisms for funding transit has been added to the Resource Center best practices database. "A Decision-Support Framework For Using Value Capture to Fund Public Transit: Lessons From Project-Specific Analyses" examines tax-increment financing (TIF), special assessment districts (SADs), transit impact fees, joint developments, and air rights.
Blogosphere: Congested Cities & Bikes, City Preference Evidence, Urban Biodiversity Week, NM Ghost City, Cul-De-Sacs In The Sky
May 18, 2012
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Blogosphere: Europe's Most Congested City by Bike
The Atlantic Cities
Cities in the United States are becoming more tolerant, even encouraging, of bicyclists through increased bike infrastructure, bikeshare programs, and laws to protect riders...
Read On Blogosphere: Forget Transit, We Will Have Robocars DC Streetsblog
Writer Michael Lind argued that the "case for infrastructure investment has suffered from the lack of a…
Cities in the United States are becoming more tolerant, even encouraging, of bicyclists through increased bike infrastructure, bikeshare programs, and laws to protect riders...
Read On Blogosphere: Forget Transit, We Will Have Robocars DC Streetsblog
Writer Michael Lind argued that the "case for infrastructure investment has suffered from the lack of a…
A Decision-Support Framework For Using Value Capture to Fund Public Transit: Lessons From Project-Specific Analyses
May 8, 2012|Mineta Transportation Institute
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Executive Summary
The federal government, through various transportation acts, such as the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA), the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), and, more recently, the Safe, Affordable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), has reinforced the need for integration of land use and transportation and the provision of public transit. Other federal programs, such as the Livable Communities Program and the New Starts Program, have provided additional impetus to public transit. At the state and regional level, the past three decades have seen increased provision of public transit. However, the public transit systems typically require significant operating and capital subsidies—75 percent of transit funding is provided by local and state governments.1 With all levels of government under significant fiscal stress, new transit funding mechanisms are welcome. Value capture (VC) is once…
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