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Transport: Colorado Road Funds For Transit, Infrastructure & Democracy, Streetcars & Overhead Wires, Pedestrian Death Toll

May 8, 2013
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TRANSPORT Colorado Road Money Can Be Used for Transit Now  Denver Post, via: DC Streetsblog   A new state law that quietly moved through this year's legislature gives cities and counties unprecedented…
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Urban Issues: Social Media & Planners, Seattle Foreclosure Pain, Online Taxes & Local Stores, Chicago Housing Growth

May 8, 2013
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Affordability, British Columbia, Canada, Chicago, Development & Redevelopment, Economic Development And TOD, Federal Policy, housing, Illinois, Seattle, TOD, tracks, Tracks Urban Issues, Transit, urban, Urban Form, Vancouver BC, Washington
URBAN ISSUES Social Media Can Help Planners, Two Cases  Planetizen, Brent Todarian   With the right approach, social media can expedite the exchange of information between stakeholders, facilitate participatory planning, and build better places.
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Transport: Disneyland Streetcar Demands, Public Roads & Private Funding, Strategic Freight Plan, 100,000 Budapest Critical Mass Ride

May 7, 2013
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TRANSPORT Disneyland Demands Raise Streetcar Costs  Kitsap Sun   While various stakeholders continue to disagree on the merits of Anaheim's proposed streetcar project, there is no debating that it is the most expensive project of its kind in recent memory.
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Urbanism & Design: Boston South Bay Plans, America's Falling Population Density, Pleasant Hill BART TOD, Revitalizing Wichita

May 7, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Resident's Plan Calls for Mixed Use in Boston South Bay  Boston Globe   Nearby residents and other neighbors of the South Bay Shopping Center have developed a master plan to help guide future development in the area.
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Other Views: AASHTO Poll Says Tolling Prefered Funding Mechanism

May 7, 2013
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OTHER VIEWS AASHTO Poll Says Tolling Prefered Funding Mechanism  AASHTO Journal, via: LA Metro Transportation Library   The American motoring public prefers tolling to many other ways to generate funding…
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Transport: Twin Cities Transit, Tampa's Transit Election, Frontrunner Ridership, Transit Clubs, Hudson Bergen LRT

May 6, 2013
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TRANSPORT Without Transit Plans, Twin Cities Not Competitive Minneapolis Star Tribune   During a spring in which almost anything seems possible, here’s a headline you’re not going to see: “Salt Lake City agrees to stop transit construction so Twin Cities can catch up.”
Read On   Tampa’s Hopes of City Transit Election Fail in Statehouse St. Petersburg Times   It was a long shot from the start,…
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Urbanism & Design: Fort Worth Pedestrian Focus, Palo Alto Wasted Opportunity, Mall of America Tax Breaks, Salt Lake Planning

May 6, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Downtown Fort Worth Seeks Pedestrian Focus Fort Worth Star Telegram   Future development in downtown Fort Worth should be done with the pedestrian in mind but should also find ways to transport people to the Cultural District, the Stockyards and even Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, according to a draft report of a new strategic action plan.
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Transport: Expo Line, Private Buses, VMT Declines, Buffalo LRT, Ray LaHood on Houston, SF Street Names

May 3, 2013
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TRANSPORT Expo Light Rail One Year Later Neon Tommy , via: @cruickshank   When the Expo Line, Los Angeles Metro’s newest light rail line, opened in April 2012, initial ridership numbers were low, starting at around 11,000 per average weekday, a fact which many media sources reported on.
Read On   The Hidden Private Bus Network Metro Planning The Connector   When the removal of a certain “perk”…
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Transport: Pittsburgh Busways, Airport Empty Terminals, Pittsburgh's Hard to Find Light Rail Stations

May 2, 2013
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Austin, China, Colorado, Denver, Highways & Automobiles, Light Rail, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Texas, tracks, Tracks Transport, Transit
TRANSPORT IDTP Gives Pittsburgh Busways Bronze Rating Pittsburgh Post Gazette   Port Authority’s busways earned international recognition today from a company that evaluates and rates buses-only corridors around the globe.
Read On   What’s Next for Fastracks in Denver Denver Urbanism   Now that the West Rail…
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Urbanism & Design: Toronto's Waterfront Value, Shared Streets in LA, Smarter Smart Growth

May 2, 2013
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Amsterdam, Arizona, Bay Area, California, Canada, Commuter Rail, High-Speed & Intercity Rail, Los Angeles, Ontario Province, Phoenix, Smart Growth & Sprawl, Toronto, tracks, Tracks Urbanism & Design, Transit, urban, Urban Form
URBANISM & DESIGN Toronto Waterfront Generated Twice the Revenue Spent 680 News Toronto   Waterfront Toronto is doing some bragging about taxpayers’ money being well spent. It has released a study that finds revitalizing the waterfront has generated more than twice the value of public investment to date.
Read On   LA Union Station Draft Plans Released The Source  …
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