News: LRT Track Design Handbook, Denver Commuter Rail Pressure, Guidelines For Suburban Transit, Gulf Coast Rail Considered, Court Ruling Against Hawaii Rail
August 27, 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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Dallas: Bridge Plans for Streetcar Line Dallas Morning News Several friends of the show have been asking when the city's expecting to close down the Houston Street Bridge to make room for the downtown-to-Oak Cliff starter streetcar line... Read On |
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Research: TCRP R155 Track Design Handbook for LRT TCRP Online This report provides guidelines and descriptions for the design of various common types of light rail transit (LRT) track. The track structure types include ballasted track, direct fixation ("ballastless") track, and embedded track... Read On |
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Denver: North Suburbs Keep Pressure on RTD Denver Post Officials in Denver's northern suburbs vowed Thursday to keep pressuring the Regional Transportation District to build a commuter-rail line to serve their communities, which they say have been ignored in favor of projects in other parts of the metro area... Read On |
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Research: Planning Guidelines for Suburban Transit TRB TRID Urban and suburban development patterns in Texas cities are characterized by a high degree of spatial dispersion. The relative locations of work and other activity centers and of residences result in travel patterns which are difficult to serve using conventional public transportation services... Read On |
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Research: Renewal of Melbourne's Transport System TRB TRID Public transport has experienced declining patronage in Melbourne over the last thirty years, because of increasing car travel. Passenger transport could face liquid fuel shortages within a decade, and alternatives may prove too expensive and/or arrive too late... Read On |
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National: Amtrak Considers Gulf Coast Rail Transportation Nation In 2005, there weren't many passenger trains rolling from Florida to New Orleans - just three a week in each direction. Now there are none... Read On |
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Hawaii: State Court Rules Against Rail Line Pacific Business News Ben Cayetano said Friday that he felt vindicated by the Hawaii Supreme Court's opinion that said the city and state should have conducted an archaeological study of the $5.16 billion Honolulu rail transit project's entire route before starting construction... Read On |
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Madison: City Taking a Look at BRT Wisconsin State Journal With streetcars and commuter and high-speed rail abandoned or stalled, Madison is looking hard at a new model of speedy bus service to cut travel times, boost ridership and spur economic development... Read On |
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Orlando: City Has Too Many Parking Spaces Orlando Sentinel Parking in downtown Orlando is so scarce and expensive, Geoffrey Hawkes says, that he rarely visits, even though he loves going to the main library near Lake Eola... Read On |
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National: Taxpayers Gouged on Transit Construction Bloomberg If the first segment of Manhattan's Second Avenue subway opens on schedule in 2016, New Yorkers will be reminded that it was once "the line that time forgot".. Read On |
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Austin: Leander Looks to Brand Transit District Austin American Statesman The city is trying out names for its transit-oriented development district, which City Council members hope will bring more interest from developers to the area... Read On |
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National: 30 Year Plan to Study US Ecology Economist THE phrase "Big Science" brings to mind rockets, telescopes and particle accelerators. When it comes to grand scientific gestures-and the cash that goes therewith-those who wield field glasses and butterfly nets in the name of terrestrial ecology seldom get a look in... Read On |
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Seattle: Bellevue Developers Spar Over Impacts Seattle Times A year after two of Bellevue's most prominent developers - Kemper Freeman Jr. and Wright Runstad - clashed during a City Council election over high-density growth outside downtown, they're at it again... Read On |
