News: Oklahoma City Streetcar, HSR Fastracking, Conserving Land, Seattle Streets
June 4, 2012
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Oklahoma City: Preferred Streetcar Route Presented News Oklahoma The first formally proposed full route of the downtown Oklahoma City modern streetcar has arrived now that the locations of other MAPS 3 projects are known...Read On |
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Honolulu: If Elected, Cayetano Would Kill Rail Pacific Business News After meeting with Honolulu mayoral candidate and former Gov. Ben Cayetano for more than an hour Friday, my editors and I got some interesting insights into how he would put the brakes on the rail mass-transit project and his thoughts on some other issues...Read On |
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San Jose: Brown Plans to Fast-track HSR Through Courts San Jose Mercury News Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing to fast-track California's $69 billion high-speed rail project by easing legal scrutiny under the state's landmark environmental law, this newspaper learned Friday...Read On |
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National: Jobs Report Should Push Transport Bill The Hill The chairwoman of the committee of lawmakers that is conferencing on a new federal transportation bill said the employment numbers released Friday made the case for Congress to compromise on road and transit spending. ..Read On |
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Seattle: City Seeks to Make City Streets Safer Oregon Live For many in Seattle, the image of a typical bicyclist is a Spandex-clad, yellow-jacketed two-wheeled warrior who braves the steep streets of this city. But as the city prepares to overhauls its 5-year-old bike plan, some want to make the city safer and friendlier...Read On |
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Houston: Metro Chairman Proposes Freezing Payments Houston Chronicle As Metro prepares to ask voters whether it should continue providing part of its sales tax revenues for road work, its board chairman has called for the agency to freeze these payments at 2014 levels and retain any increased revenues for transit needs...Read On |
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California: Yin and Yang of Conserving Land New York Times A California land trust steward has just announced plans to conserve 1,600 acres at the confluence of the Tuolumne and San Joaquin rivers. The deal would "benefit future generations for many years to come," said Patrick Koepele, the deputy executive director of the Tuolumne River Trust...Read On |
