News: Milwaukee Streetcar Fate, Atlanta DOT Non-Highway Programs, Adding DART Riders, Tex Rail Stations, Battery Power Buses
June 12, 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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National: Walker Win Mean No Milwaukee Streetcar? Transportation Nation Governor Scott Walker's triumph in the Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election seems to vindicate yet again his anti-rail campaign strategy. Supporters of the Millwaukee streetcar, his latest punching bag.. Read On |
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Atlanta: DOT's Non Highway Programs Atlanta Journal Constitution The Intermodal Division of the Georgia Department of Transportation oversees all things nonhighway: transit, rail, aviation and waterways. Compared to highways, however, Intermodal gets little money to work with... Read On |
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Dallas: Expansion Ends, How Does DART Add Riders? Dallas Morning News Dallas Area Rapid Transit has a problem. As it approaches its 30th birthday, the agency is about to run out of rail lines to build. And building rail lines is what DART does best. By 2014, it will have built four lines, creating a modern light-rail system that, at 90 miles, is the largest in North America... Read On |
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Fort Worth: Tex Rail Station Approvals Likely Fort Worth Star Telegram A special Fort Worth Transportation Authority board meeting likely will be called next week to approve two commuter rail station sites for the T's TEX Rail project, officials said, despite lingering opposition from residents of nearby neighborhoods... Read On |
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National: Battery Powered Buses Enter Mainstream Scientific American Better lithium ion batteries have led to an explosion in availability of plug-in passenger cars. And now, thanks to relatively cheap electricity and the simplicity of the electric drivetrain, electric vehicles have even more potential for use in the extremely cost-sensitive public transportation arena-a concept that is only just taking root... Read On |
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Ann Arbor: City Council Focuses on Transit Topics Ann Arbor Chronicle Transportation was the dominant theme of the meeting, as the council took action on items related to the possible development of a new train station in Ann Arbor. The council also took another step toward a possible transition of the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority to a geographically wider governance and service area... Read On |
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Chicago: Emanuel Focused on Infrastructure & Reforms Bond Buyer First-term Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is banking on billions of infrastructure investment and government operating reforms, with some help on both fronts from the private sector, to help re-invigorate the city's economy... Read On |
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Triangle Region: Commissioners Spar Over Transit Plan News and Observer Democrats on the Wake County Board of Commissioners pushed Chairman Paul Coble and his GOP colleagues Monday on their refusal to allow a July public hearing on a proposed regional mass transportation plan... Read On |
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Charlotte: City Council Rejects Capital Plan Charlotte Observer In a stunning decision, the Charlotte City Council narrowly rejected a nearly $1 billion capital plan Monday, as four Democrats joined two Republicans in objecting to the 8 percent property tax increase to pay for it... Read On |
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Research: Are Cities Losing Power and Authority? Urban Affairs Review (Abstract) Have the power and discretionary authority enjoyed by U.S. local governments changed over the past decade? The answer to the question is sought not through creating a metric that gauges the legal or structural power possessed by cities and counties but rather by surveying well-placed actors who are in a position to know... Read On |
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Minneapolis: Apartment Boom Underway Minneapolis Star Tribune The apartment building boom is in full swing in Minneapolis' urban core. Nearly everywhere you turn, major luxury apartment buildings are underway or preparing to begin construction... Read On |
