Blogosphere: Tech Startups & Transit, Bikes & Urbanism, Chicago BRT Push, LA Parking Changes, The Need For HUD, Prosperity Collaborative
May 7, 2012
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Blogosphere: Economic Crisis Rolls On in Pittsburgh
Transport Politic
The board of the Port Authority of Allegheny County, serving the Pittsburgh metropolitan region, announced last week that it would have to cut services by 35% by September 2 - the largest cut ever for the agency - if it is not provided an increase in state aid...
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The board of the Port Authority of Allegheny County, serving the Pittsburgh metropolitan region, announced last week that it would have to cut services by 35% by September 2 - the largest cut ever for the agency - if it is not provided an increase in state aid...
Read On Blogosphere: Transit Gives New York Startups Edge Mashable
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News: Chicago Bus Lanes, Vancouver BRT, CAHSR Numbers, Caltrain Electrification, Gainesville Transit Taxes, London Smart City Test
May 4, 2012
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Chicago: Bus Only Lanes Are Coming Soon
Chicago Sun Times
Bus rapid transit is coming to Chicago. Within two years, CTA bus riders will get their own lane to get through the throngs of traffic near Union Station and the Ogilvie Transportation Center...
Read On Vancouver WA: BRT Plan Gets the Green Light Columbian
A citizens committee Wednesday signaled it's on board for bus rapid transit…
Bus rapid transit is coming to Chicago. Within two years, CTA bus riders will get their own lane to get through the throngs of traffic near Union Station and the Ogilvie Transportation Center...
Read On Vancouver WA: BRT Plan Gets the Green Light Columbian
A citizens committee Wednesday signaled it's on board for bus rapid transit…
News: Fed Transpo Pressure, Enviro Vs. Infrastructure, CA HSR Testimony, Fed Golden Handcuffs, Food Desert Maps
May 1, 2012
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National: Obama Hits Congress on Transportation Bill
Transportation Nation
President Barack Obama is getting pointed on the transportation bill. Speaking at the AFL-CIO's Building and Construction Trades Department Conference today, Obama whacked the Republican-led House of Representatives for "refusing to pass a bipartisan bill that could guarantee work for millions of construction workers...
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President Barack Obama is getting pointed on the transportation bill. Speaking at the AFL-CIO's Building and Construction Trades Department Conference today, Obama whacked the Republican-led House of Representatives for "refusing to pass a bipartisan bill that could guarantee work for millions of construction workers...
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Blogosphere: MD Gas Tax Hike Fails, Developer Sidewalk Responsibility, Indianapolis BRT, Boomer Retirees, Giving Mayors More Power
April 19, 2012
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Blogosphere: Maryland Gov Not Able to Raise Gas Tax
DC Streetsblog
Democratic Governor Martin O'Malley of Maryland was dealt a setback last week when the legislature failed to approve a revenue package that would have shored up funding for transportation projects...
Read On Blogosphere: Developers Should Provide Sidewalks Too Greater Greater Washington
Prince George's County, like many other jurisdictions, requires…
Democratic Governor Martin O'Malley of Maryland was dealt a setback last week when the legislature failed to approve a revenue package that would have shored up funding for transportation projects...
Read On Blogosphere: Developers Should Provide Sidewalks Too Greater Greater Washington
Prince George's County, like many other jurisdictions, requires…
Blogosphere: State Vs. Local In Virginia, Infrastructure Funding Vs. Financing, KC Transit Manifesto, Mapping Space Syntax, White Roof Global Impact
April 17, 2012
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Virginia: Plan Would Let State Override Local Plans
Greater Greater Washington
It's time for Virginia residents to storm the harbor of their state capitol and throw the tea overboard. Last week, Governor Bob McDonnell signed a transportation bill that massively expands the hand of government and overrides local decisions about how communities should grow and change. How's that for big government? ..
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It's time for Virginia residents to storm the harbor of their state capitol and throw the tea overboard. Last week, Governor Bob McDonnell signed a transportation bill that massively expands the hand of government and overrides local decisions about how communities should grow and change. How's that for big government? ..
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News: Pedestrian Lifestyle, Tampa's GOP Bus Convention, Work & Bike Commute, Bus Service Decline, Unplanned Country, Creative Cities
April 16, 2012
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National: Starting People Walking Again
Slate (Part 4 of Walking Series)
The plight of life on foot in America was nowhere more poignantly expressed than in the conviction, just last year, of a Georgia woman for vehicular manslaughter...
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The plight of life on foot in America was nowhere more poignantly expressed than in the conviction, just last year, of a Georgia woman for vehicular manslaughter...
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Blogosphere: Accessibility & Capacity, Dutch Driving Off Peak, Seattle Subway Plans, Food Deserts, Hong Kong Underground
April 13, 2012
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Blogosphere: Accessibility Without Congestion
The Transportationist
Big cities have lots of congestion. Big cities have lots of accessibility. Therefore congestion causes accessibility. . Therefore accessibility causes congestion...
Read On Blogosphere: Dutch Rewarding Drivers for Off Peak Grush Hour
Is it possible to manage congestion without tollingevery road? Possibly not, but there is a way to put it off until "the…
Big cities have lots of congestion. Big cities have lots of accessibility. Therefore congestion causes accessibility. . Therefore accessibility causes congestion...
Read On Blogosphere: Dutch Rewarding Drivers for Off Peak Grush Hour
Is it possible to manage congestion without tollingevery road? Possibly not, but there is a way to put it off until "the…
Blogosphere: Seattle Parking Minimums & Kids, Low Density Subsidized Market, Denver Equity Atlas, Stories Of Urban Poor, Stars Above Cities
April 11, 2012
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Blogosphere: Abolishing Parking Mins Won't Hurt Kids
The Atlantic Cities
Allow me to join the chorus of befuddlement at this Seattle Times editorial railing against a proposal to eliminate the city's minimum parking requirements for new developments located within a quarter-mile of mass transit...
Read On Blogosphere: What Future Do We Want? Crosscut
Paula Hammond, Washington state Transportation Department…
Allow me to join the chorus of befuddlement at this Seattle Times editorial railing against a proposal to eliminate the city's minimum parking requirements for new developments located within a quarter-mile of mass transit...
Read On Blogosphere: What Future Do We Want? Crosscut
Paula Hammond, Washington state Transportation Department…
News: Bay Area Commuter Rail Deal, Quake Shakes Mexico Subway, Dallas TOD Slow, Kansas City Streetcar Funds, Shallow Tunnel Savings
March 26, 2012
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California: Peninsula Deal Has Some Perks
San Francisco Chronicle
That just-announced pact to plow $1.5 billion in high-speed rail money into electrifying Caltrain comes with some mighty major side deals - including a pledge by Bay Area leaders to build a 1.2-mile tunnel through downtown San Francisco to connect the line to the new Transbay Terminal...
Read On International: Mexico Subways Suffer from Earthquake Transportation Nation
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That just-announced pact to plow $1.5 billion in high-speed rail money into electrifying Caltrain comes with some mighty major side deals - including a pledge by Bay Area leaders to build a 1.2-mile tunnel through downtown San Francisco to connect the line to the new Transbay Terminal...
Read On International: Mexico Subways Suffer from Earthquake Transportation Nation
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Blogosphere: Medellin's Gondolas, Gas Price Politics, Heavy US Trains, Sim City Regionalism, Mainstream Green Roofs, Privatizing Parking
March 14, 2012
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Blogosphere: Medellin's Gondola System
Think Progress
The public transportation system in Medellin, Colombia, is one of the most successful in the world. It is successful for promoting not just environmental sustainability, but social equity as well...
Read On Blogosphere: More on the Politics of High Gas Prices Dead Horse Times
In the last post, we noted that the political response of the…
The public transportation system in Medellin, Colombia, is one of the most successful in the world. It is successful for promoting not just environmental sustainability, but social equity as well...
Read On Blogosphere: More on the Politics of High Gas Prices Dead Horse Times
In the last post, we noted that the political response of the…
