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Denver: 21 Seconds Not Worth Loss of Bike Ped Safety
Daily Camera
Two-lane roundabouts to slow traffic. An adjacent neighborhood street grid for alternate routing of vehicles. A 32-foot-wide pedestrian underpass as a critical link between divided sections of downtown Louisville...
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Ann Arbor: Development Authority Kicks in for Transit
Ann Arbor Chronicle
The study of a transportation connector between the northeast and south sides of Ann Arbor has been given a $30,000 boost by the Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority. The corridor runs from US-23 and Plymouth southward along Plymouth to State Street and farther south to I-94...
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International: Rail Investment to Fall by 26% in Spain
International Railway Journal
SPAIN's Ministry of Public Works and Transport's 2013 draft budget published last week includes a 15.6% cut in infrastructure investment for all transport modes in line with the Spain's deficit target for 2012...
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Norfolk: LRT Keeping Cars Off the Road
Progressive Railroading
About 44 percent of the people using Hampton Roads Transit's (HRT) The Tide would be driving their cars if the light-rail service did not exist, according to survey results recently presented to HRT's board...
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Bay Area: Funding the Future of Bay Area Cities
East Bay Express
The Bay Area's transportation-infrastructure deficit is enormous. It's felt most immediately in potholes, crowded roads, broken-down buses, and stranded passengers...
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Research: Defining McMansions Around the Country
Journal of Urban History (Abstract)
The single-family home is a critical part of the American Dream, and there has been a long conversation about what houses mean and symbolize. As American homes have grown larger, some of these newer homes have been called McMansions...
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International: Political Short Termism & Housing Crisis
Guardian UK
After four years as writer and editor for Shelter's advice website, I am leaving the charity with sense of accomplishment at the unprecedented increase in visitors to the site...
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Research: Transportation and Power
Journal of Urban History (Abstract)
What do we make of the idea that the United States once possessed "the best transportation system in the world"?...
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Norfolk: Regional Plan Calls for Major Changes
Virginian Pilot
A new development plan, which affects everything from flooding to transportation issues, is in the works. According to Planning Director Frank Duke, the plan, if approved, could require as many as 50 ordinance changes...
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