News: Baltimore Transit Hub, Speeding Calif. HSR, WBTA Debt, Research Declining Suburbs, Shrinking Cities, Students Downtown Eugene
February 2, 2012
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Baltimore: City Could Have a True Transit Hub
Baltimore Sun
The corner of Howard and Lombard streets has the potential to be the pulse point of a healthier city and region. This is where the proposed Red Line and the existing Light Rail line will directly connect, addressing two long-standing deficiencies with mass transit in this city:..
Read On National: Retailers Applaud GOP Highway Bill The Hill
The corner of Howard and Lombard streets has the potential to be the pulse point of a healthier city and region. This is where the proposed Red Line and the existing Light Rail line will directly connect, addressing two long-standing deficiencies with mass transit in this city:..
Read On National: Retailers Applaud GOP Highway Bill The Hill
Blogosphere: US Transpo Funding, Segregation's End, Toronto Transit Fight, Maryland Gas Tax, Software Of Placemaking
February 1, 2012
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Blogosphere: Senate Bill - Fed Funds Support Service
DC Streetsblog
All eyes are on the House side of Capitol Hill today in anticipation of the Republicans' grand unveiling of their American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act at 3:00 p.m. But last night, some enduring questions about the Senate's transportation bill finally got some answers...
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All eyes are on the House side of Capitol Hill today in anticipation of the Republicans' grand unveiling of their American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act at 3:00 p.m. But last night, some enduring questions about the Senate's transportation bill finally got some answers...
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Blogosphere: GOP Oil-For-Transpo Funding, Meaning Of Urban, Millennials Housing, Apps For Transit Riders, Columbus-Cleveland Rivalry
January 25, 2012
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Blogosphere: Bill Would Reform Project Enviro Review
Transportation Issues Daily
House Transportation Chair John Mica intends to release text of the "American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs" act perhaps as soon as Friday. Action is tentatively scheduled for February 2. See "Federal Transportation Bill Moving in House" and "5 Big Proposed Changes in the New House Transportation Bill Proposal" for more information...
House Transportation Chair John Mica intends to release text of the "American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs" act perhaps as soon as Friday. Action is tentatively scheduled for February 2. See "Federal Transportation Bill Moving in House" and "5 Big Proposed Changes in the New House Transportation Bill Proposal" for more information...
News: Kansas City Streetcar, Amtrak TOD, NJ Commuter Rail Needs, Cheering Calif. HSR, Consensual Urban Politics
January 20, 2012
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Kansas City: City Puts Streetcar on Fast Track
Kansas City Star
Kansas City's best chance to get a downtown streetcar line in the next few years likely hinges on two unusual elections to be conducted by September. The city council set that process in motion Thursday to meet a deadline this summer for $25 million in crucial federal funding...
Read On Pennsylvania: Amtrak Breathes Life into Ardmore Project Main Line Media
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Kansas City's best chance to get a downtown streetcar line in the next few years likely hinges on two unusual elections to be conducted by September. The city council set that process in motion Thursday to meet a deadline this summer for $25 million in crucial federal funding...
Read On Pennsylvania: Amtrak Breathes Life into Ardmore Project Main Line Media
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Blogosphere: California HSR, Green Chicago, GOP Talks Tolls, Bus Service Perceptions, LA Red Line Music Video
January 10, 2012
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Blogosphere: Green Revolution in Chicago
Atlantic Cities
Chicagoans often refer to the Lake Michigan waterfront as their front yard, and there's little question the mostly open stretch of public space is integral to the city's personality...
Read On Blogosphere: HSR Part of Division Realignment California HSR Blog
It's all too common to hear people frustrated at California's fiscal morass claim it is…
Chicagoans often refer to the Lake Michigan waterfront as their front yard, and there's little question the mostly open stretch of public space is integral to the city's personality...
Read On Blogosphere: HSR Part of Division Realignment California HSR Blog
It's all too common to hear people frustrated at California's fiscal morass claim it is…
News: LA Line Gets Fed ROD, Miami Airport Rail Connection, Honolulu Design OK, Cutting Stops To Speed Service
January 5, 2012
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Los Angeles: Crenshaw Line Gets ROD from FTA
Daily Breeze
The Federal Transit Administration issued its final approval of plans for a $1.72 billion transit line along Crenshaw Boulevard, running from the Green Line near Los Angeles International Airport to the Expo Line, it was announced today...
Read On Miami: New Rail Connection to Miami Airport Transportation Nation
For close to three years,…
The Federal Transit Administration issued its final approval of plans for a $1.72 billion transit line along Crenshaw Boulevard, running from the Green Line near Los Angeles International Airport to the Expo Line, it was announced today...
Read On Miami: New Rail Connection to Miami Airport Transportation Nation
For close to three years,…
Blogosphere: World Transit Subsidies, Bus Service, Transit Debate, Streetcar Dreams, Detroit Light Rail Future, Moscow Livability
December 12, 2011
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Blogosphere: Subsidies Similar in US and Europe
Forbes Blogs
Often when I talk about how high American capital transit costs are compared to those in Europe and East Asia, transit backers get quite defensive, and take it as an attack on transit...
Read On Opinion: Missing the Bus Salt Lake Tribune
Leaders of the Utah Transit Authority…
Often when I talk about how high American capital transit costs are compared to those in Europe and East Asia, transit backers get quite defensive, and take it as an attack on transit...
Read On Opinion: Missing the Bus Salt Lake Tribune
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News: Transit Ridership, Huston Urban Village, Transpo Funding, Retailers Want Transit, Urban Sprawl, Sprawl Commute, City Density
December 8, 2011
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National: Mass Transit Regains Footing
USA Today
More people rode public transportation in the first nine months of this year than last, a sign that more people are working and looking for cheaper options to get around...
Read On Houston: Neighborhood to Consider Urban Village Houston Chronicle
After talking with Bellaire officials,…
More people rode public transportation in the first nine months of this year than last, a sign that more people are working and looking for cheaper options to get around...
Read On Houston: Neighborhood to Consider Urban Village Houston Chronicle
After talking with Bellaire officials,…
Blogoshpere: Rust Belt Stereotypes, Transit Confusion, Multipolar Cities, A Better Bus, The Transit Core, Indoor Bee Keeping
November 21, 2011
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Blogosphere: Rust Belt Stereotypes
Rust Belt
The Rust Belt is poor. It's not news. The Rust Belt is also heavily segregated. Both facts are related. Zones of extreme segregation and poverty serve to siphon potential of a city's limited human capital, and they create negative externalities that sap a city's limited resources...
Read On Blogosphere: Streetfilms Q&A with Mia Birk Streetfilms
In the past year,…
The Rust Belt is poor. It's not news. The Rust Belt is also heavily segregated. Both facts are related. Zones of extreme segregation and poverty serve to siphon potential of a city's limited human capital, and they create negative externalities that sap a city's limited resources...
Read On Blogosphere: Streetfilms Q&A with Mia Birk Streetfilms
In the past year,…
Blogosphere: Must Understand the Context of HSR
November 4, 2011|Transport Politic
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The release of the California High-Speed Rail Authority's revised business plan on Tuesday underlined concerns about the future viability of the nation's biggest proposed transportation project:.. Read On
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