News: TEX Rail Picks DMUs, Progress In LA To Airport LRT, Ann Arbor 90% 2050 GHG Goal, Viability Of Smaller Mixed-Use
December 19, 2012
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Fort Worth: T Prefers DMUs for TEX Rail
Progressive Railroading
esterday, the Fort Worth Transportation Authority's (The T) board approved a change in the type of TEX Rail vehicle that will be included in the agency's New Starts federal funding submittal form...
Read On Los Angeles: Light Rail to Airport Moves Forward Los Angeles Times
Plans to build a light rail connection to Los Angeles International Airport advanced Monday with the unveiling of four potential station sites that would…
esterday, the Fort Worth Transportation Authority's (The T) board approved a change in the type of TEX Rail vehicle that will be included in the agency's New Starts federal funding submittal form...
Read On Los Angeles: Light Rail to Airport Moves Forward Los Angeles Times
Plans to build a light rail connection to Los Angeles International Airport advanced Monday with the unveiling of four potential station sites that would…
News: Congestion Parking Savings, Paying For Transport With VMT, Urban Communication Efficiency, Adding LRT Stations In Phoenix
December 18, 2012
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Maryland: Seeking Approval for Red Line FEIS
Rail Trends
A favorable decision by the FTA would permit MTA to begin final engineering on the Red Line and move forward with acquiring property needed for construction...
Read On San Francisco: Congestion Parking Saving Drivers $$ SF Examiner
When The City first…
A favorable decision by the FTA would permit MTA to begin final engineering on the Red Line and move forward with acquiring property needed for construction...
Read On San Francisco: Congestion Parking Saving Drivers $$ SF Examiner
When The City first…
Blogosphere: Ensuring Vibrant Streets, Car Commuting Costs, LA's Continental Crosswalk, EU's Shrinking Cities
December 18, 2012
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Blogosphere: Legislating Against Vibrant Streets
KCET
Traditionally, John Norquist says, major streets in urban locations have three purposes. He labels these: "Movement, market purpose and social purpose."...
Read On Blogosphere: Car Commuting Costs Marin Billions The Greater Marin
Marin's commuting workforce travels quite a distance for work, 11.5 miles each way on…
Traditionally, John Norquist says, major streets in urban locations have three purposes. He labels these: "Movement, market purpose and social purpose."...
Read On Blogosphere: Car Commuting Costs Marin Billions The Greater Marin
Marin's commuting workforce travels quite a distance for work, 11.5 miles each way on…
News: KC Streetcar Tax, Central Corridor Dev Funds, BRT & TOD Planning Model, LRT TOD Impact
December 14, 2012
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Detroit: Federal Funds on Track for M1 Transit
Detroit News
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said federal funding for Michigan transportation efforts is on track, but the state must complete action on a regional transit authority...
Read On Kansas City: Downtown Taxes Self for Streetcar Kansas City Star
After two decades of false starts and failures, Kansas…
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said federal funding for Michigan transportation efforts is on track, but the state must complete action on a regional transit authority...
Read On Kansas City: Downtown Taxes Self for Streetcar Kansas City Star
After two decades of false starts and failures, Kansas…
Blogosphere: Tacoma Link Plans, NY Plan Ignores Bike & Ped, Streetcar Myths, DC Housing Shortage, Smarter Growth
December 7, 2012
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Blogosphere: Six Downtown Alternatives for Link
Tacoma Tomorrow
Yesterday, I was able to attend the Sound Transit open house on Tacoma Link Expansion. Following the last comment period, ST and their consultants compiled a list of 24 distinct corridor alternatives. These alternatives were based on the roughly 300 comments that were filed...
Read On Blogosphere: Spending Blueprint Overlooks Walk/Bike Streetsblog
Advocates for safer streets are alarmed by a…
Yesterday, I was able to attend the Sound Transit open house on Tacoma Link Expansion. Following the last comment period, ST and their consultants compiled a list of 24 distinct corridor alternatives. These alternatives were based on the roughly 300 comments that were filed...
Read On Blogosphere: Spending Blueprint Overlooks Walk/Bike Streetsblog
Advocates for safer streets are alarmed by a…
Blogosphere: $50B Infrastructure Offer, Wisconsin Freeway Farce, Affordable Housing Crisis, Cairo Urbanist Movement
December 5, 2012
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Blogosphere: Obama Takes Swing at $50B Infrastructure
DC Streetsblog
President Obama is pressing for infrastructure investment again as part of the fiscal cliff negotiations. The president kicked off talks calling for an end to the debt ceiling, the extension of middle-class tax cuts, and $50 billion in infrastructure spending..
Read On Blogosphere: San Diego Plan Violates SB375 LA Streetsblog
When it was…
President Obama is pressing for infrastructure investment again as part of the fiscal cliff negotiations. The president kicked off talks calling for an end to the debt ceiling, the extension of middle-class tax cuts, and $50 billion in infrastructure spending..
Read On Blogosphere: San Diego Plan Violates SB375 LA Streetsblog
When it was…
Blogosphere: 'War On Cars' Fears, Amtrak Reform, Austin MF Zoning Fights, Portland Ecodistricts, Cities & Climate Fight
November 30, 2012
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Blogosphere: Transportation Birthirism Rampant
Greater Greater Washington
Are changes to parking policy a "war on cars" or a scheme to "force people out of their cars"? That's about as preposterous as saying President Obama wasn't born in Hawaii, but both claims grow from some real underlying angst in parts of the populace. ..
Read On Blogosphere: Shuster Open to New Revenue Sources Mobilizing the Region
Congressman Bill…
Are changes to parking policy a "war on cars" or a scheme to "force people out of their cars"? That's about as preposterous as saying President Obama wasn't born in Hawaii, but both claims grow from some real underlying angst in parts of the populace. ..
Read On Blogosphere: Shuster Open to New Revenue Sources Mobilizing the Region
Congressman Bill…
Blogosphere: Historical Cycling Focus, Bay Bridge & Trains, Bikes & Streetcars, Housing Supply & Demand, Permaculture, SF Bike Parklet
November 20, 2012
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Blogosphere: Historical Focus on Cycling in Unlikely Spot
GMF Urban Current
Christine Grimando, a town planner from York, Maine and an Urban and Regional Policy Fellow at the German Marshall Fund, recently completed travel to the UK and Italy. Ms. Grimando's research focuses on how planners might identify best practices for sustainable urban places across a range of scales...
Read On Blogosphere: Bay Bridge Used to Be for Trains Too Curbed SF
Christine Grimando, a town planner from York, Maine and an Urban and Regional Policy Fellow at the German Marshall Fund, recently completed travel to the UK and Italy. Ms. Grimando's research focuses on how planners might identify best practices for sustainable urban places across a range of scales...
Read On Blogosphere: Bay Bridge Used to Be for Trains Too Curbed SF
News: Colorado BRT Deadline, Parking & Business, Exxon Carbon Tax Support, SF Micro Apt Limit, Livability Literature Review
November 16, 2012
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Colorado: RFTA Warned to Complete BRT Line On Time
Post Independent
The federal government is pressing the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority to complete a $46 million bus-rapid-transit project by a September deadline or face possible repercussions...
Read On Sacramento: City Lowers Parking Requirements Sacramento Bee
Hoping to chip away at its reputation for being a tough place to start a business, Sacramento has embraced a plan that business…
The federal government is pressing the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority to complete a $46 million bus-rapid-transit project by a September deadline or face possible repercussions...
Read On Sacramento: City Lowers Parking Requirements Sacramento Bee
Hoping to chip away at its reputation for being a tough place to start a business, Sacramento has embraced a plan that business…
Blogosphere: California Vs. Ride-Sharing & Taxi Startups, Road Funding Reform, PPP & Fed Role, Charlotte Rail Benefit
November 16, 2012
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Blogosphere: California PUC Cites Innovative Cabs
Tech Crunch (via MTC News Headlines)
The California Public Utilities Commission has taken its next step against a new breed of transportation startups in San Francisco, issuing citations and leveling fines against the likes of ride-sharing services Lyft and SideCar, as well as on-demand car and taxi startup Uber...
Read On Blogosphere: Save the Earth, Drive Your Car Streetsblog DC
Remember those wizards of…
The California Public Utilities Commission has taken its next step against a new breed of transportation startups in San Francisco, issuing citations and leveling fines against the likes of ride-sharing services Lyft and SideCar, as well as on-demand car and taxi startup Uber...
Read On Blogosphere: Save the Earth, Drive Your Car Streetsblog DC
Remember those wizards of…
