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Transport: Cleveland Motorists Vs. Cyclists, Ann Arbor To Detroit Rail Plan, MN Streetcar Value Capture

June 17, 2013
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Ann Arbor, bicycles, bus, Bus Rapid Transit, California, Cleveland, Commuter Rail, Detroit, Economic Development And TOD, Federal Policy, Flagstaff, High-Speed & Intercity Rail, Highways & Automobiles, Michigan, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Ohio, Seattle, St. Paul, Streetcar, TOD, TOD Finance, tracks, Tracks Transport, Transit, Twin Cities, Value Capture, Washington
TRANSPORT Cleveland Motorists, Cyclists Seek a Truce  Cleveland Plain Dealer   Every cyclist who's spent time on the road has heard it - scolds, curses and shouts from drivers who want them to move over or get on the sidewalk.
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Transport: Central Corridor Lessons, NC To Block Transit & Livability Funds, FTC Sides With Uber In Taxi Fight, Buses Vs. Streetcars

June 13, 2013
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TRANSPORT Will Central Corridor Lessons Transfer to Southwest  Twin Cities Finance and Commerce   Businesses along the Central Corridor Light Rail Transit line had to sue in federal court to get the Metropolitan Council to provide an estimate of how much revenue local establishments lost during the transit line's construction.  
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Transport: Columbia Crossing LRT, Roundabout Bike Bypass, Paying To Operate Dallas Streetcar Extension, FRA & Train Safety

June 11, 2013
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TRANSPORT Light Rail, Blight or Bliss?  The Columbian   Love it or hate it, light rail's tracks are firmly embedded in plans for the Columbia River Crossing. But what will that mean for Vancouver?
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Transport: Bike Share For Conservatives, Midsize Airport Hub Cut, Gas Tax At 85, Dallas Bullet Train Turf War, Chicago BRT Lanes, Bay Area Traffic Increase

June 10, 2013
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TRANSPORT Bike Share for Conservatives  Restless Urbanist   As a conservative, I am a huge supporter for programs like Bike Shares. I became very frustrated this week to hear members of the bike lobby begin a broad attack against conservatives this week dividing an important discussion we need to have in our cities.
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Urbanism&Design: Balancing Rural Land Use, Urbanizing Montgomery County, Calming Parking Wars, Roman Concrete Recipe

June 10, 2013
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Austin, bus, Bus Rapid Transit, Chicago, Illinois, Japan, Kentucky, Lexington KY, Livability In Smaller Cities, Maryland, Montgomery MD, Palo Alto, Rural, Salt Lake City, Smart Growth & Sprawl, Texas, tracks, Tracks Urbanism & Design, Transit, urban, Urban Form, Utah, Zoning & Coding
  URBANISM & DESIGN Rural Land Use Requires Balance  Lexington Herald Leader   A city task force created 15 months ago to consider zoning-law changes to allow more recreation and tourism opportunities in rural Fayette County recently made its report to the Urban County Council.
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Transport: Parking Meters & Credit Cards, Legislating Autonomous Cars, Class & NY Bikeshare, New Buenos Aires BRT Corridors

June 5, 2013
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TRANSPORT Parking Meters Making More Off Credit Cards Than Cash  Los Angeles Times   For the first time, the city parking department made more from credit and debit cards in March than it did from cash. Convenience is key, an official says.
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Transport: Costs Of Neglecting SF Muni, I-Go Car Share Sold, DART OKs Arlington Bus, Pedaling Toward Equity

May 30, 2013
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Arlington, TX, Baltimore, Bay Area, bicycles, Bogotá, bus, Bus Rapid Transit, California, Columbia, Dallas, England, Highways & Automobiles, Maryland, Ogden, San Francisco, Streetcar, Texas, tracks, Tracks Transport, Transit, Transit Design, Transit Funding, UK, Utah
TRANSPORT UK Major Projects Report Gets Praise  Spend Matters UK, via: Crikey Urbanist   We don't often say this but ... three unequivocal cheers for the…
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Transport: Life At 3MPH, LA BRT Crush Loaded, Conservatives & Bicycles, An Infrastructure Bank Without Fed Money

May 21, 2013
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TRANSPORT Video: What If We Lived at 3MPH?  TEDX, via: @Civitae   What if we all lived life at 3 mph? Wayfarer Jonathon has walked thousands of miles over the last few years in response to that question, including an across-country walk
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Environment & Ecology: Grappling With Urban Air Pollution, TCU Prairie Prophet, BRT Lines Produce Less Smog

May 21, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY How Clean is the Air We Breath in Cities?  The City Fix   More and more cities worldwide are grappling with the ever-increasing menace of air pollution - especially in India, which contains some of the most polluted cities in the world.
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Transport: Shanghai Monorail, Megabus 25M Rides, Making City Bike-Friendly, BRT In China, Bottineau LRT OK'd

May 10, 2013
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Bay Area, bicycles, Boise, Brooklyn Park, bus, Bus Rapid Transit, California, China, England, Heavy Rail, Highways & Automobiles, Idaho, London, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Minnesota, San Francisco, Shanghai, State Policy, Streetcar, tracks, Tracks Transport, Transit, Transit Design, Transit Funding, UK, Wisconsin
TRANSPORT Shanghai Thinking Monorail  China Daily   Shanghai is likely to introduce the country's first suspended monorail train by 2015 to improve the city's worsening traffic congestion and pollution levels.
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