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Portland: Cities, Planners, Narrow SW Corridor Options
Portland Tribune
The transit element of Metro's Southwest Corridor study is coming into focus, after a steering committee of local leaders asked for studies of several transit options...
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National: Autonomous Car Boosters Show Off Plans
Transportation Nation
It's the heart of the morning commute. A professional pulls his laptop computer from his brief case and begins typing emails to start his work day before arriving at the office...
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Pittsburgh: North Shore Connector Not Express
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
If riders on the Port Authority's new North Shore Connector were expecting bullet-train speeds under the Allegheny River, they've been disappointed. Since its opening in March, light-rail vehicles have operated at the same meandering pace as elsewhere in the system...
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Houston: Metro Supports Post Oak Proposal
Houston Chronicle
Metropolitan Transit Authority's board has endorsed a $147 million plan by the Uptown Houston District that would commit Metro to increase bus service to the Galleria area and provide for operation of a new transit center near Bellaire...
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DC: Capitol Heights Isn't Changing Despite Planning
Washington Post (via Streetsblog LA)
When the Capitol Heights Metro station opened in 1980, the new ride from Prince George's County to the District was the talk of the town...
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Maine: Gen Y Homebuyers Will Transform Communities
Bangor Daily News
The next wave of Maine homebuyers will value cellphones more than cars and prefer to live in communities where they can walk to work, shop and socialize, according to Evan Richert, former director of the state planning office...
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Chicago: University of Chicago Helps Revitalize District
New York Times
The University of Chicago is midway through what it characterizes as a "once in a generation" community redevelopment effort aimed at revitalizing 53rd Street, a blighted retail district several blocks north of its historic Hyde Park campus here. ..
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International: Re-Imagining Our Cities for 21st Century
Guardian UK
Looking back on the story of New York's High Line in 20 years time, I wonder if we'll see it as having been the catalyst for a new era of design for our cities...
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International: Building Resilient, Sustainable Megacities
Business Insider
If you've successfully flushed a toilet recently, then you appreciate (at least subconsciously) the workings of a good sewer system. Waste disappears, no matter what time of day or night, or what the weather's like...
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International: Tallest Building Overshadows Mecca
Guardian UK
Towering over Mecca, this is the world's second-tallest building - and it is just a tiny part of a voracious development that has seen historic sites bulldozed and locals forced into shantytowns. As the hajj begins, Oliver Wainwright reports..
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