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National: LaHood Talks About Staying
Politico
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood looks like he'll be sticking around DOT into President Barack Obama's second term...
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Utah: UTA Marks the Opening of the Front Runner
Progressive Railroading
The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) will host a celebration tomorrow for the Dec. 10 opening of the new FrontRunner South commuter-rail line between Salt Lake City and Provo...
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Virginia: Columbia Pike Streetcar Options Mulled
Washington Post
While Arlington County awaits word on whether it will receive federal transit funds for the planned Columbia Pike streetcar, elected officials have been weighing their options on who will manage the project and the size and type of streetcars they prefer...
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Virginia: Pentagon Streetcar Study Will Cost More
Washington Business Journal
Arlington County's dream of a Crystal City to Pentagon City streetcar line, and Alexandria's decision to defer its role in a Route 1 streetcar study, will cost Arlington's commercial and industrial taxpayers an additional $664,000...
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California: Tax Backers Look to Change 66% Law
Los Angeles Times
L.A. County's transit tax missed the two-thirds approval needed to pass by less than 1 percentage point. Some blame Proposition 13 for creating too high a threshold...
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St. Louis: Rethinking Highways in the City
St. Louis Public Radio
The creation of the new I-70 bridge over the Mississippi just north of downtown has created renewed interest in a plan to remove the part of I-70 that currently runs through downtown...
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National: CA HSR Brawl Hits the House Floor
Politico
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but what happens in California is never so shy. Or so it seems in the case of a homegrown, Golden State partisan brawl over high-speed rail that has spilled onto the House floor and into year-end budget negotiations...
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Ottawa: City Digs in for Light Rail Line
Globe and Mail
After years of debate and delays, the City of Ottawa unveiled final plans for a $2.1-billion light rail "Confederation Line" that will run underground through the city's downtown core...
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International: Asian Cities' Air Quality Getting Worse
New York Times
Air pollution has worsened markedly in Asian cities in recent years and presents a growing threat to human health, according to experts at a conference that began on Wednesday...
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Bay Area: TOAH Fund Receives EPA Honorable Mention
EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today recognized the Bay Area Transit-Oriented Affordable Housing Fund (TOAH) as an honorable mention recipient of the 2012 National Award for Smart Growth Achievement in the category of Programs and Policies for TOAH's work to provide financing for affordable housing development and community services throughout the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area...
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Philadelphia: New Zoning Code Already Facing Revisions
Philadelphia Enquirer
The ink on Philadelphia's zoning reform has barely dried, but Council nonetheless held an epic committee hearing Tuesday to debate changes to a code that took four years to write...
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Minneapolis: Developers Weigh in on SW LRT
Twin Cities Finance and Commerce
Input could help shape station plans, alignment. Hopkins officials had a sense the site chosen for the Southwest Light Rail Transit line's Blake Road Station might have problems...
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