News: Atlanta Infrastructure Vote, Cincinnati Streetcar Funds, MBTA Trolley Toy Sets, Adopt-A-Stop Program, Habitable Bridges
July 31, 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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Georgia: Infrastructure Vote On Nation's Mind The Hill Georgia will be on the minds of transportation observers this week as the state votes on a proposed infrastructure sales tax that has attracted national attention.... Read On |
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Cincinnati: City Moving Money In Place For Streetcar Cincinnati.com Cincinnatians won't have to worry about dodging streetcars just yet, but there were signs at City Hall Monday that substantial progress on the project may not be far off..... Read On |
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Minnesota: Can $1 Fare Cut Attract Northstar Riders? MPR News Metro Transit is hoping that a $1 decrease in fares will tempt more riders to use Northstar Commuter Rail, which runs from Big Lake to downtown Minneapolis.... Read On |
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Boston: Dad Designs Mini MBTA Trolley Toy Sets Source For the MBTA, getting out of debt might be child's play . . . literally, thanks to a 4-year-old boy's love of trains, and a Waltham dad's desire to make his son happy. Todd Krutchkoff was incredulous when he couldn't find die-cast toy T trolleys for sale after little Max said he wanted one. So he decided to do something about it.... Read On |
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Indianapolis: IndyGo's Adopt-a-Stop Program Urban Indy Urban Indy has committed to joining IndyGo's Adopt-a-Stop program, in which citizens or organizations can help to clean up the area around bus stops. The program is free to join, but we decided to pay the fee to display our logo. ... Read On |
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South Korea: Bus Riders And Invasive Advertising Atlantic Cities Public transportation users may be accustomed to an odd smell from time to time, but bus riders in Seoul, South Korea, were recently exposed to a different league of olfactory input. Devices installed on public buses in that city were programmed to release a coffee-like fragrance whenever the Dunkin' Donuts jingle played over bus speakers.... Read On |
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Kansas City: Google to Cities: 1 Gbps for All Next American City From bridges to high-speed rail, the U.S. frequently lags behind other developed nations in infrastructure investment and development. One increasingly vital piece of infrastructure that has kept Americans envious is Internet speed.... Read On |
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Oklahoma City: A Cultural Paradign Shift CNU When Steve Lackmeyer, in his coverage of the Boulevard in the Oklahoman, makes reference to "cars vs. people', he is referencing the growing realization among Oklahoma City citizenry that we have largely built the infrastructure for the city for the benefit of the automobile and that fostering economic development and community-building requires more complete design based on the scale of the human being.... Read On |
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National: Habitable Bridge, Resurrected Atlantic Cities For years, American cities like Boston, Phoenix, Seattle, Washington D.C., and Dallas have been hiding urban highways beneath decks, caps or lids supporting parkland. But Columbus tried something new: it hired architect David Meleca to transform the drab overpass into what by all accounts was America's first habitable bridge, modeled after Florence's Ponte Vecchio, which debuted in 2004.... Read On |
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San Bernardino: Loss Of Redev Funds Adds To Woes Redlands Daily Facts The city's bankruptcy is not the only major financial challenge for local officials. Recent decisions in Sacramento effectively neuter the attempt to preserve redevelopment by creating a nonprofit called the Economic Development Corp.... Read On |
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New Zealand: Trompe-l'oeil Homage To Lost Spaces Atlantic Cities In "Homage to Lost Spaces," at the half-standing Cranmer Courts, Hewson used plywood to patch up windows and rebuild walls, erecting a shell of the stone building's former shape. The boards show mixed-media portraits taken from inside the studios of artists-including that of Hewson's brother, riding the bike in the image below-who worked in the building before it was destroyed in February, 2011. Together, they offer a voyeuristic portrait of life inside the building as it was lived before the earthquake.... Read On |
