News: NY TOD, NJ Smart Growth, Portland Light Rail Crime, Does Calif. Need HSR?, Researching Cluster Growth, Effects Of BRT In Seoul, Remaking Vegas
January 27, 2012
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New York: Transit Oriented Development Catches On New York Times MORE than a century ago, before the term "transit-oriented development" entered the urban-planning glossary, plenty of it was being built in Westchester: clusters of housing, shops and sometimes industrial buildings close to railroad stations... Read On |
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New Jersey: Attempting to Get Handle on Development Wall Street Journal (Pay Wall) After more than two decades of sprawling suburban growth and state agency feuds that led to chaotic regional-planning efforts, the Christie administration is pushing a new vision for future development in New Jersey... Read On |
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Portland: Tri-Met Supports Streetcar Pause Oregonian TriMet's general manager believes Lake Oswego made the right call in suspending plans for a streetcar. In a letter addressed to the Lake Oswego City Council this week, Neil McFarlane cites tight budget constraints, high competition for federal funds and increased regional needs.. Read On |
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Portland: Safety Depends on Community Oregonian TriMet Transit Police Commander Mike Crebs has a lot of reasons he doesn't think the Milwaukie area will be inundated with light rail related crime: The Portland-Milwaukie line is one of the only lines to end in a residential area, the area is not a destination, and mostly, communities that care can dissuade criminals... Read On |
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National: Debate - Does California Need HSR? New York Times President Obama and Newt Gingrich can agree on at least one priority: high-speed rail. But Floridians decided they would rather not have one. Now the debate is raging on the West Coast... Read On |
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Salt Lake City: Can UTA Support New Rail Services? Deseret News The Utah Transit Authority may not have enough money to operate the light rail and commuter rail extensions that are currently under construction, according to a legislative audit that examined the agency's finances... Read On |
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Indiana: Transit Bill Dies in House Committee Indianapolis Star The House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jeff Espich refused to take out "right to work" language in mass transit legislation, and his House committee today voted 11-10 against the bill... Read On |
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National: Green Alternative to Keystone, Rails Time Magazine President Obama's decision last week to kill the Keystone XL Pipeline that would carry oil from Canada to the U.S. was cheered by some environmental activists like Robert Redford. But many mainstream commentators reacted with dismay... Read On |
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Research: Determinants Science Based Cluster Growth Environment and Planning There are growing academic and policy interests in the factors that underpin the formation and growth of clusters, especially in such 'hyped-up' scientific and technological fields as the nanotechnologies... Read On |
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Research: Redistributive Effects of BRT in Seoul TRB TRIS This study investigates the redistributive effects of Seoul's bus rapid transit (BRT) system on development patterns and property values using an urban simulation model... Read On |
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National: Zappo's Founder Wants to Remake Vegas Yahoo Small Business In which our hero, flush with $400 million from the sale of his company, attempts to reinvent his city, Zappos-style. "You can't tell anybody about this." Tony Hsieh takes a shot of vodka, and then he tells me a secret, eyes wide, voice rising... Read On |
