News: Boston Subway Capacity Worry, VA Streetcar Compromise, Toronto Streetcar Alternatives, Beautiful Walking Paths
June 15, 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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Boston: T Ridership Could Overwhelm the System Boston Globe By the end of the decade, Boston's subways could grow so packed that trains would roll past waiting commuters, unable to accommodate more riders, a new report from a leading land-use think tank warns... Read On |
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Boston: New Balance's Rail Stop is Loud Endorsement Boston Globe Lately, the notion that commuter rail can reliably meet the needs of local employers often seems in doubt amid the MBTA's money troubles, and efforts to promote bicycling as a serious means of commuting sound to skeptics like an urban planner's pipe dream... Read On |
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Virginia: Arlington, Alexandria Compromise on Streetcar Washington Post The Arlington County and Alexandria city governments, divided over how best to pay for a streetcar line through the congested corridor between Pentagon City and Potomac Yards, have crafted a compromise aimed funding the project and addressing the expected growth and density in the area.... Read On |
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Toronto: Waterfront Considers Streetcar Alternatives Toronto Star It's supposed to be a lakeside jewel of sustainability where thousands of residents and workers won't need a car to access the city from their waterfront condos and offices. But Toronto's failure to deliver the streetcar promised along Queens Quay east of Yonge St... Read On |
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Bay Area: Encouragement to Develop at Warm Springs San Jose Mercury News Fremont officials received an encouraging report Wednesday from a national education and research group as the city moves toward transforming an area near the future Warm Springs-South Fremont BART station into a 21st century workplace... Read On |
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National: 10 Most Beautiful Walking Paths Yahoo Travel With all due respect to road trips, some of the world's most breathtaking routes aren't fit for four-wheel drives. And they're better off for it. After all, aren't the world's most beautiful views best absorbed at your own pace?.. Read On |
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Dallas: Las Colinas Development Ready for Rail Line Dallas Morning News The first commuter trains will start rolling into Las Colinas next month. And commercial real estate leaders hope that an uptick in business will ride the rails to the Irving district... Read On |
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Research: Regional Planning Dead or Just Coping? Government and Policy How is regional planning transformed in increasingly changing socioeconomic and political contexts? How are regional planning policies and practices ultimately shaped and why? With this paper, the author proposes and applies an analytical model based on notions of state theory, state spatial selectivity, new planning spaces, and policy discourses to examine how regional planning has evolved in the course of the past four or so decades... Read On |
