News: Altanta Rejects Tax, LA To Vote On Streetcars, Distracted Pedestrians, Walkability & Elderly, Internet & Small Towns
August 1, 2012
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| Tracks News - In this section you'll find news from cities around the country as well as interviews and general reporting on issues. It might be from a newspaper or a blog, but it counts as news. |
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Atlanta: Voters reject transportation tax Atlanta Journal Constitution Distrustful of government and riven by differences, metro Atlanta voters on Tuesday rejected a $7.2 billion transportation plan that business leaders have called an essential bulwark against regional decline.... Read On |
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Los Angeles: Downtown L.A. Streetcars Face Ballot Test Los Angeles Times Downtown voters will decide the fate of a $125-million effort to bring a trolley system back to Los Angeles after the City Council agreed to place a special tax measure on the November ballot. Council members Tuesday approved formation of a taxing district that encompasses about 7,000 registered voters and 397 acres of land downtown. The measure needs a two-thirds majority to pass.... Read On |
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National: Distracted Pedestrians Are Transit Safety Worry Transit Wire Everyone knows about the dangers of distracted drivers, but now transit agencies are tackling a new problem - distracted pedestrians. Focused on their electronic devices, oblivious passengers have fallen into track beds and walked in front of moving buses and trains.... Read On |
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New York: Google Maps Adds Transit Alerts Wall Street Journal Google Maps will now not only show subway riders where they can catch a train, but where they can't.... Read On |
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Portland: TriMet Asks Riders To Help Design Seating The Oregonian In 2009, TriMet rolled out what it saw as the MAX train of the future. It wasn't lemon. It was more of a Lemon Drop. Like the popular candy, riders found the latest train to be sweet on the outside, but sour on the inside.... Read On |
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National: Commuting In American Cities NPR Americans' methods for commuting to work vary by city. Some drive alone or carpool, while others use mass transportation. Use this map to explore the geographic differences in how residents in cities with more than 100,000 workers get to work.... Read On |
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England: Tram Takes Commuters On Musical Journey Postcode Gazette The 'Genting Tram' has been launched by the Genting Club casino and leisure company in the run-up to the opening of its new venue in the city later in the autumn. As well as getting passengers from A to B, the tram will also double up as a pop-up venue, hosting a variety of acts including singers, musicians, comedians and more. On its first day on the tram tracks on Monday, passengers were kept entertained by singing duo You Say We Play, contemporary violinist Caroline Owen, and magician Thomas Anthony.... Read On |
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New York: Transit, Walkability Keys To Age-Friendly City Streetsblog The best places to grow old aren't in Florida or Arizona, according to a report released today by the Milken Institute, a California-based think tank. Phoenix's woeful transportation system, which offers few travel options for people too old to drive everywhere, disqualifies that purported haven for retirees. No, the best places for the fast-growing 65-plus demographic are ones more like, well, New York City.... Read On |
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West Virginia: How Internet Could Save Small Towns Atlantic Cities Can American small towns be revived? And is this something governments should even try to be doing? I've been pondering these questions on a brief working escape from this year's especially oppressive summer heat in Washington, D.C.... Read On |
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Minneapolis: Where redevelopment occurs, people follow Star Tribune New population estimates by the Metropolitan Council show very different west-metro cities profiting from redevelopment that added a mix of housing types.... Read On |
