News: Sydney LRT vs. BRT, Austin Transit Funding, Divisive Seattle LRT Line, Durham Funding Vote Poll, Waiting For DC Streetcar, SF Housing
May 21, 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. The Chatter, commentary and opposition articles will be found towards the bottom. |
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International: High Cost a Blow for Sydney LRT Sydney Morning Herald Nearly 70 per cent of Canberrans would prefer light rail to bus rapid transit in the Gungahlin to Civic corridor, according to an independent survey for the ACT government... Read On |
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Austin: City Might Seek Money from Transit Agency Austin American Statesman For the past few years, the biggest question surrounding the city's urban rail plan has been how to pay for it. Turns out, part of the answer could come from Capital Metro. Among the funding possibilities under consideration - Transportation Department staff members are scheduled to present a host of options to the City Council on Tuesday.. Read On |
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Austin: Urban Rail's New Alignment Austin American Statesman Urban rail, Austin's long-planned antidote to increasing traffic congestion in and near downtown, is finally coming into focus, with the Transportation Department recommending on Thursday a first phase that would run from the Austin Convention Center to Mueller, passing through the Capitol complex and the University of Texas... Read On |
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Seattle: Light Rail Alignment Could Divide Area Seattle Times There are more than 50 South Bellevue households whose homes or yards are in the path of the track that will connect Seattle, Mercer Island, Bellevue and Redmond starting in 2023... Read On |
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Triangle Region: Durham Transit Measure Polling Well Herald Sun An annual poll has found that 59.6 percent of the Orange County residents it surveyed would vote for a half-percent sales-tax surcharge to pay for new or expanded public transit... Read On |
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Charlotte: Streetcar's Smooth Ride Through Council Charlotte Business Journals Three years ago, discussions of a streetcar in Charlotte proved so divisive that a mere engineering study for the project gained approval only after overcoming a mayoral veto. This week, City Council all but ignored the slightest debate on the subject during a three-hour budget meeting... Read On |
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DC: Development Waits for Streetcar on H Street Washington City Paper The Rappaport Companies' planned redevelopment of a shabby suburban-style mall on H Street NE between 8th and 10th Streets was one of the early big, new projects for the corridor (though Guy Steuart's Giant-anchored building got out of the ground on 3rd Street first)... Read On |
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San Francisco: Only 418 Housing Units Built Last Year San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco hasn't been immune to the nationwide housing slump, a new Planning Department study shows. Only 418 new units were added to the city's housing supply in 2011, the lowest number since 1993... Read On |
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National: Military Planners Walk Bases to be Walkable USA Today At military installations, suburban-style sprawl is out and walkable communities are in, under new Defense Department planning guidelines... Read On |
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San Francisco: Plan Calls for Growth Near Transit San Francisco Chronicle To naysayers, skeptics and Tea Party members, it's the end of the California suburban lifestyle. To dyed-in-the-wool environmentalists, it's the key to correcting climate change. But in reality, the Plan Bay Area strategy linking land-use and transportation investment is probably neither... Read On |
