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Austin: Central Texas Transit Effort Lacks Leadership
Austin American Statesman
Austin officials and other Central Texas civic leaders have developed an ambitious vision for a network of passenger trains and other transit projects, but the planning lacks leadership and the concept hasn't been adequately sold to the public, according to a report by national transit experts released Friday...
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Milwaukee: Full Speed Ahead for the Streetcar
Business Journals (Paywall)
The looming question of utility relocation costs will remain unresolved until this summer, but city planners are moving full speed on plans to build a controversial downtown Milwaukee streetcar system...
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National: Intermodal Traffic Rises 1.6% During the Week
TT News
U.S. rail intermodal traffic rose 1.6% last week over the same same week a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said...
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International: Two Crossrail TBMs Arrive in UK
Rail.co
The sixth and seventh Crossrail TBMs are on their way to the UK after undergoing factory tests in Germany. Both machines are now being dismantled at the Herrenknecht factory before they are transported to Rotterdam, where they will travel by ferry to Tilbury, Essex...
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North Carolina: Senator Appalled by McCrory's Comments
North Carolina Business Journals
N.C. Sen. Malcolm Graham released a fiery response Friday afternoon to reports that Gov. Pat McCrory had suggested to Charlotte city staffers that the state's commitment to helping fund the light-rail Blue Line extension could be in jeopardy...
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International: Battery Powered Intercity Trains Possible
Guardian UK
If for some an intercity express will always resemble an oversized toy then this is perhaps just one stage further towards an extravagant childhood dream: a battery-powered train capable of travelling 600 miles on a single charge...
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International: Lagos Looks to Ropeways
Tribune
A cable car company, Ropeways Transport Limited, is set to launch a cable car mass urban transit system in the nation's commercial capital, Lagos...
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Ann Arbor: Local Residents Support Rail Line
Ann Arbor Journal
An electric light-rail system is the preferred choice for a transportation system connecting northeast Ann Arbor to the southern limits...
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National: Megacities Shift World's Center of Gravity
CNBC Money Control
In 2008, for the first time in history, half the world's population lived in cites. In 2011, China passed the same milestone. According to a study by McKinsey, the consultancy, one-fifth of the planet resides in just 600 cities that generate up to 60 per cent of the world's output...
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Tampa: Builder Promotes Ybor Redevelopment
Tampa Tribune
The little house on East 24th Street is getting a makeover after years of neglect. The termite-eaten foundations have been replaced and the sagging bedroom floor shored up...
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Research: Your Life Chances Affect Where You Live
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
This article advances a critique of the 'neighbourhood effects' genre in urban studies, by arguing that an acceptance of the 'where you live affects your life chances' thesis, however well-intentioned, misses the key structural question of why people live where they do in cities...
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New York: Ed Koch, Highly Quotable Mayor
Wall Street Journal
Former New York Mayor Ed Koch was passionate, opinionated, sometimes cranky - and highly quotable...
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Los Angeles: Beach Cities Are Getting Healthier
Los Angeles Times (via LA Streetsblog)
A comprehensive effort to improve the health of residents living in the beach cities is doing just that, according to new data released Wednesday...
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International: China Flattens 700 Mountains to Urbanize
USA Today
The hills are alive with the sound of machines. As dozens of excavators gouge the slopes, and countless trucks groan past to dump yellow earth into the valley below, Ye Xingwu pauses from repair work to reflect on their landscape-shattering task in the desolate mountains of the northwest Gansu province...
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New York: Green Goes With Everything
New York Times
Ron Shiffman, an Israeli-born, Bronx-raised urban planner and a Park Sloper long before the Slope was chic, has spent half a century trying to make New York a more livable city...
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National: Portland's Got Top Talent
Wall Street Journal
Years ago, my son got into the car after his first all-star baseball practice, more upbeat than usual. "Yeah Mom, on this team, all the players can throw and catch!" Low expectations? Perhaps...
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Sacramento: Wetlands Could Bog Down Development
Sacramento Bee
As Sacramento County's real-estate market starts to pick up, some tiny animals could put the brakes on development plans, including the just-approved Cordova Hills project...
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