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Fort Worth: Grapevine Wants More from Commuter Rail
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Six years after Grapevine voters agreed to raise the sales tax to bring a commuter rail to town, some city leaders say they're frustrated with the lack of information about funding for the project and now regret getting involved...
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Virginia: Crystal City Streetcar Plans
Washington Post
The District's H Street streetcar gets a lot of buzz, much of it owing to the neighborhood's ongoing redevelopment and proximity to downtown...
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International: BRT Route for Tijuana
San Diego Union Tribune
Construction of a 10.5-mile rapid-transit bus route linking the San Ysidro border to the eastern El Florido area of Tijuana is scheduled to begin early next year, the first step of a long-awaited reform of the city's antiquated and inefficient public transportation system...
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Pittsburgh: Keep Pushing LRT Further North
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
If the North Shore Connector was built solely to serve as stops for the North Shore and Allegheny stations, then it was a colossal waste of more than $500 million...
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International: China Begins Longest Bullet Train Service
New York Times
China began service Wednesday morning on the world's longest high-speed rail line, covering a distance in eight hours that is about equal to that from New York to Key West, Fla., or from London across Europe to Belgrade, Serbia...
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Toronto: Prudent Gentrification Keeps Small Village
Globe and Mail
Toronto's Corktown has seen the worst of modernist planning. In the 1960s, the neighbourhood, which extends from roughly south of Shuter Street and east of Berkeley Street, saw exit ramps from the Don Valley Parkway and the Gardiner Expressway built across its southern reaches..
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Palo Alto: Board Signs Off on Trend Setting Project
San Jose Mercury News
Despite one neighboring restaurant's concerns about construction impacts and being left out of the loop, a trend-setting mixed-use project proposed for Palo Alto's California Avenue cleared a key hurdle this week...
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Dallas: City Plans New Push to Spark TOD
Dallas Morning News
Mockingbird Station has often been held up as a shining example of "transit-oriented development," desirable real estate investment that follows the course of transit lines and, more specifically, the placement of transit stations...
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Fresno: Valley Land a Likely Issue for HSR Project
Fresno Bee
Real estate attorneys are seizing a monumental opportunity as California lumbers ahead with its high-speed rail plans in the central San Joaquin Valley...
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