Blogosphere: Robocar Apocalypse, Shifting To Transit, Compact Development & Less Traffic, Meaning Of Density, Tech Boom Housing Shortage
May 21, 2012
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Blogosphere: The Coming Robocar Apocalypse
Austin Contrarian
How will driverless cars affect the built environment? A lot of the discussion lately has focused on whether driverless cars will affect the demand for rail. Michael Lind thinks they will make rail obsolete...
Read On Blogosphere: Shock Shifting to Transit Human Transit
When some disruption or unusual event…
How will driverless cars affect the built environment? A lot of the discussion lately has focused on whether driverless cars will affect the demand for rail. Michael Lind thinks they will make rail obsolete...
Read On Blogosphere: Shock Shifting to Transit Human Transit
When some disruption or unusual event…
Blogosphere: Light Rail & Racial Justice, Car Sharing Impact, Traffic Fatality & Poverty, Complete Streets For All, Bike Share Parking
May 16, 2012
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Blogosphere: Light Rail and Racial Justice
Sightline Daily
Anyone familiar with Seattle's Rainier Valley knows it's a place in transition. Long one of the most racially diverse neighborhoods in the Northwest, it has for many decades struggled economically...
Read On Blogosphere: Car Sharing Could Cut Carbon Emissions DC Streetsblog
The brilliant thing about car-sharing is that it leads people to drive less by providing access to cars. It…
Anyone familiar with Seattle's Rainier Valley knows it's a place in transition. Long one of the most racially diverse neighborhoods in the Northwest, it has for many decades struggled economically...
Read On Blogosphere: Car Sharing Could Cut Carbon Emissions DC Streetsblog
The brilliant thing about car-sharing is that it leads people to drive less by providing access to cars. It…
Blogosphere: Bamboo Bike, Driving & Work, CAHSR State Budget, Bus Rodeo, DC Development Subsidies, Housing & Land Use
May 11, 2012
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Blogosphere: Can a Bamboo Bike Change the World?
Mashable
Big Idea: BBS holds bike-building workshops where students can craft their own bamboo bicycle - a sustainable form of transportation made in a sustainable way...
Read On Blogosphere: Metro Logos Around the World Transit Maps
Slightly tangential to my usual posts, but cool nonetheless. The Metrobits.org website showcases around 170 Metro logos (and other train systems as well - Sydney's CityRail is most decidedly not a Metro, but…
Big Idea: BBS holds bike-building workshops where students can craft their own bamboo bicycle - a sustainable form of transportation made in a sustainable way...
Read On Blogosphere: Metro Logos Around the World Transit Maps
Slightly tangential to my usual posts, but cool nonetheless. The Metrobits.org website showcases around 170 Metro logos (and other train systems as well - Sydney's CityRail is most decidedly not a Metro, but…
News: NY Bike Share Cost, Fed. Conference Bill, Seattle Parking Minimums, Private Texas HSR, Healthy Planning, Building Affordable Housing
May 9, 2012
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New York: Price of City's Bike Share
Guardian UK
Perhaps it is because gift horses seem so few and far-between in the cycling campaigning world that the common habit of advocates is not just to look them in the mouth, but immediately to start doing dentistry on them...
Read On National: Negotiators Kick Off Bill Conference Transportation Nation
Republicans and Democrats from the House and Senate began their formal conference over surface…
Perhaps it is because gift horses seem so few and far-between in the cycling campaigning world that the common habit of advocates is not just to look them in the mouth, but immediately to start doing dentistry on them...
Read On National: Negotiators Kick Off Bill Conference Transportation Nation
Republicans and Democrats from the House and Senate began their formal conference over surface…
Blogosphere: Auto Use Collapse, Cyclist Protection Laws, Kids & Traffic, Parking Lot Trees, Bolt Bus Northwest
May 8, 2012
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Blogosphere: Collapse of Auto Use Unprecedented
Business Insider
The greatest economics site in the world, FRED, has added vehicle miles data to its database. So we're going to have a lot of fun playing with this information. Here's the chart we made...
Read On Blogosphere: The Italian Job Metro Scene The Source
How do they do that? is a series for The Source that explores the technology that helps…
The greatest economics site in the world, FRED, has added vehicle miles data to its database. So we're going to have a lot of fun playing with this information. Here's the chart we made...
Read On Blogosphere: The Italian Job Metro Scene The Source
How do they do that? is a series for The Source that explores the technology that helps…
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...
Read On Blogosphere: Transit Gives New York Startups Edge Mashable
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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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Blogosphere: LA Rail Car Politics, Bike & Walk Investments Pay Off, Affording Affordable Housing, Urban Pollution & Obesity
May 2, 2012
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Opinion: MTA Does Right Thing on Rail Cars
Los Angeles Times
It is in the nature of politicians to keep making the same mistakes over and over again, especially if they're the kind of mistakes favored by a lawmaker's key financial backers...
Read On Blogosphere: Small Investments Can Pay Off DC Streetsblog
If you ever doubted whether a small investment in biking and walking could have a large impact, here is…
It is in the nature of politicians to keep making the same mistakes over and over again, especially if they're the kind of mistakes favored by a lawmaker's key financial backers...
Read On Blogosphere: Small Investments Can Pay Off DC Streetsblog
If you ever doubted whether a small investment in biking and walking could have a large impact, here is…
Blogosphere: No TIFIA For Tappan Zee, TransitScore Rankings, Denver Airport City, Green Garage, Cultural Borders
April 27, 2012
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Blogosphere: Feds Reject TIFIA for Tappan Zee
Streetsblog
In a major rebuke to the Cuomo administration's plans for a transit-less Tappan Zee Bridge, the federal government rejected New York State's application for a low-interest federal loan yesterday. ..
Read On Blogosphere: Kubrick's Subway Photos Second Avenue Sagas
Once upon a time, Stanley Kubrick wasn't always an award-winning director. He…
In a major rebuke to the Cuomo administration's plans for a transit-less Tappan Zee Bridge, the federal government rejected New York State's application for a low-interest federal loan yesterday. ..
Read On Blogosphere: Kubrick's Subway Photos Second Avenue Sagas
Once upon a time, Stanley Kubrick wasn't always an award-winning director. He…
Blogosphere: SoCal Sustainability, Walkability Politics, Atlanta Rail Plans, Fresno TOD Imposter, Metropolitan Revolution
April 18, 2012
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Commentary: SoCal Hailed as Model of Sustainability
Los Angeles Times
Southern California is no longer the Great Satan of suburban sprawl. Last month, the Census Bureau released a list of America's densest urban areas, and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim ranked first. New York-Newark was fifth...
Read On Blogosphere: Why Don't Conservative Cities Walk? Slate Moneybox
Reading Tom Vanderbilt's series…
Southern California is no longer the Great Satan of suburban sprawl. Last month, the Census Bureau released a list of America's densest urban areas, and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim ranked first. New York-Newark was fifth...
Read On Blogosphere: Why Don't Conservative Cities Walk? Slate Moneybox
Reading Tom Vanderbilt's series…
Blogosphere: People & Station Areas, Calif. Transpo Needs, Biking In London, Foodie Cities, Greenwashing Sprawl
April 12, 2012
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Blogosphere: Humans Better than Cars Near Transit
Slate Moneybox
Stamford, Conn. is home to a commuter rail station heading in to New York City. Currently, land near the station is largely allocated to be used as parking lots or parking garages...
Read On Blogosphere: California Needs $538B to Maintain System LA Streetsblog
One of the things I do each year is read the California Transportation Commission Annual Report. I…
Stamford, Conn. is home to a commuter rail station heading in to New York City. Currently, land near the station is largely allocated to be used as parking lots or parking garages...
Read On Blogosphere: California Needs $538B to Maintain System LA Streetsblog
One of the things I do each year is read the California Transportation Commission Annual Report. I…
