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Florida: Flirtation with HSR Recounted in New Book
Transportation Nation
It seems like Florida and high-speed rail were a couple that always flirted across a crowded room - but neither had the nerve to ask for a date. Finally in 2010 and 2011 it seemed like progress was being made...
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International: China's Holiday Creates Gridlock
Telegraph UK (via @trnsprttnst)
When 1.3 billion people all go on holiday at the same time, a little chaos is perhaps to be expected. But it was a generous decision by Chinese politicians to grant free road travel, by suspending motorway tolls..
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Twin Cities: SW Corridor Gets Expedited by White House
Minnesota Public Radio
Supporters of the proposed Southwest Corridor light rail line are celebrating Monday's announcement by the White House that the project has been selected for fast-tracking...
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Toronto: Cent Sales Tax Could Raise $1.3B
CBC
More than a billion dollars for transit funding in the Greater Toronto Area could be had through a one per cent sales tax, which is widely regarded as one of the "least objectionable" options to fund transit expansion, according to a city report...
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Denver: B-Cycle Program Faces Criticism
Denver Post
The Denver B-Cycle program - hailed as a progressive and green way to get people out of their cars and onto bikes - now is being criticized as an elite folly that has ignored poor and minority residents...
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Phoenix: Construction Hurting Business On Route
Arizona Daily Star
"This is not a stimulus." That's what business owners at North Fourth Avenue and East University Boulevard say about the city's interminable streetcar construction in front of their shops...
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National: What Happens After LaHood?
National Journal Experts Blog
No one can replace Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, our favorite moderate Midwestern Republican who has passionately told us not to text and drive and also made sure Congress caught hell when the Federal Aviation Administration was facing a partial shutdown...
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International: Amsterdam Goes Green w Scooter Taxis
Reuters
Six years ago Dutchman Ruben Beugels was on an Amsterdam tram that broke down, leaving him stuck in an out-of-the way place, and late for an appointment when he couldn't quickly find another means of transport...
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Winnipeg: Copenhagen Shows Bikes Improve Cities
Winnipeg Free Press
Home to inspiring modern architecture, set within a dense and vibrant urban context, the most significant impression any visitor has of the Scandinavian capital is an overwhelming presence of bicycles...
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Connecticut: $121m for Higher Speed Rail Line
The Republic
State and federal officials on Monday announced $121 million in federal funding for a high-speed rail project between New Haven and Springfield, Mass...
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International: High Rises on Transport Corridors
Times of India
Master Plan 2021 is proposed to be amended for allowing development of influence zones spread over 500 metres on either side of the Metro corridors and all transport corridors...
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