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National: Mica Revives Amtrak Privatization Plan
The Hill
Former House Transportation Committee Chairman Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) is aiming at of his favorite targets when he led the panel, Amtrak, with legislation to end its "monopoly" on rail service...
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Dallas: TXDOT Wants State Infrastructure Fund for Roads
Dallas Morning News
Texas Department of Transportation officials once again sounded the siren Tuesday on the state's transportation funding woes, reiterating at the first meeting of this session's House Transportation Committee that the agency needs a $4 billion-a-year infusion...
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International: We Are the Tram-Pions! New Stop at Ethiad
Manchester Evening News
Their season may be in danger of careering off the tracks - but regardless of whether they retain their Premier League title Roberto Mancini and some of his City stars can claim to be the undisputed tram-pions...
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Virginia: Governor Ready to Compromise on Gas Tax
Transportation Nation
For the first time Gov. McDonnell says he is willing to compromise on his plan to eliminate the state's gas tax, an idea Senate Democrats are unhappy with because it would shift transportation funding to general revenues...
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Maryland: Study Casts Doubt on County BRT Project
Washington Post (via @ttpolitic)
A 160-mile system of express bus lanes, recommended last year by a Montgomery County task force to help ease some of the nation's worst traffic, is not practical because it would not attract sufficient ridership, a new study concludes...
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National: Ray LaHood Was the Right Man for the Job
Reuters
Urbanists were excited by President Obama's election in 2008, as it heralded the first time in a century that a president would come from a major city. And Obama was not just a resident of Chicago, he had worked as a community organizer...
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Bay Area: Leaders Considering Merging Region
San Jose Mercury News
Hundreds of business and political leaders gathered in San Jose to consider the advantages of merging the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley into a single region, sharing everything from city dumps to water treatment plants as communities sprawl across borders...
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Pittsburgh: New TOD in the Works for East Liberty
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
After bringing big developments such as Whole Foods and Target to East Liberty, a local developer is switching gears, with plans for more than 360 apartments and 50,000 square feet of retail in a project designed to work in concert with a new $52 million transit center...
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Blogosphere: Stamford's Not So TOD
Systemic Failure
Stamford has Connecticut's busiest station on the New Haven Line. And it has lots of pre-war development. Naturally, this presents opportunities for transit-oriented development, right?..
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