News: Tram Trains, Austin Rail Recommendation, Nashville Real-Time Info, Long Island Development, Baseball Development
May 18, 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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International: Sheffield Gets First Tram-Train BBC News Tram-trains which run on street tracks and railway lines are to be piloted in South Yorkshire in a scheme worth £58m, the government has confirmed... Read On |
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Austin: City Releases Urban Rail Recommendation Austin American Statesman The first phase of urban rail should run from the Austin Convention Center to Mueller, passing through the University of Texas and Hancock Center, the City of Austin Transportation Department said in a memo sent today to the City Council... Read On |
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Nashville: Transit Agency to Adopt Real Time Information Tennesean Riding a bus and finding an open seat in a commuter carpool could become easier next year with two new projects that will deliver real-time transit information to phones and computers... Read On |
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National: A Conversation w Planner Rahul Mehrotra New York Times India Ink Rahul Mehrotra is an architect, urban planner, historian, conservationist and academic who recently authored "Architecture in India Since 1990." He is professor and chairman at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, and has an architectural practice in Mumbai and Boston... Read On |
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New York: A Cautious Step Towards Suburban Growth New York Times WITH a new master plan for 60 acres approved several months ago, the village of Farmingdale is moving down a path that is often anathema to Long Island towns: development... Read On |
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Research: College Effect on Housing Price/Tax Base Journal of Growth and Change The analysis reported here suggests that the presence of a college is associated with house prices that are about 2.7 percent higher. However, the effect is caused only by 4-year colleges, and the primary source of the effect is the degree to which the college is residential. Interestingly, the size of the college as measured by enrollment has no effect on house prices... Read On |
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Washington: Perspective on "Baseball Development" Washington City Paper Development around Nationals Stadium seems to have reached a tipping point where, after years of moaning about how it hadn't delivered on D.C.'s up-front investment, the press has pronounced the ballpark a success... Read On |
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National: The Demographic Shift Underway Governing Magazine The racial and ethnic makeup of the United States has reached a historic milestone, with minorities now accounting for the majority of babies. Census data released today underscores the nation's growing population of young minorities... Read On |
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Cincinnati: Suburbs to Get Say on Public Housing Cincinnati Enquirer The decisions about where public housing will go in Hamilton County could take a dramatic turn in the aftermath of a decision by state lawmakers to add two seats to the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority board... Read On |
