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Transport: I-5 Bridge Collapse, Bikeshare & Bike Ownership, Empty Infrastructure, Cleveland 'Opportunity Corridor'

May 24, 2013
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TRANSPORT Section of I-5 Bridge Collapses in Washington State  Los Angeles Times   Nobody dies as people and vehicles are plunged into the Skagit River. Witnesses say an oversize load on a truck hit the bridge before a large section collapsed.
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Transport: Freight & Urban Mobility Plans, Foxx Confirmation, Bike Share & Driving Reduction, Event Ticket Transit Funding

May 23, 2013
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bicycles, Boston, Commuter Rail, Federal Policy, Highways & Automobiles, Light Rail, Massachusetts, Salt Lake City, Streetcar, tracks, Tracks Transport, Transit, Transit Funding, Travel Behavior, Utah
TRANSPORT Why Do We Not Integrate Freight Planning?  The Atlantic Cities   In the grand scheme of urban mobility, it's easy to lose track of commercial freight movement. Commuters are the primary source of traffic coming into and out of the city, and parking causes much of the street-to-street congestion within it.  
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Transport: Rhode Island Bus Reorganization, HOT Lanes & Commute Time, Minneapolis Value Capture District

May 22, 2013
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Austin, Bay Area, bicycles, bus, Calcutta, California, Czech Republic, Federal Policy, FTA, Heavy Rail, Highways & Automobiles, Hoboken, India, Light Rail, Minneapolis, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, New York State, Parking, Performance, Prague, Rhode Island, San Francisco, State Policy, Streetcar, Texas, tracks, Tracks Transport, Transit, Transit Funding, Value Capture
TRANSPORT RIPTA to Reorganize Half of Its Bus Routes  Providence Journal   The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority is preparing an unprecedented reorganization of its routes and schedules, affecting about half of its 56 fixed bus routes.
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Transport: Virginia Beach LRT Planning, Moderating Congestion Worries, San Diego Trolley Gets Fed OK, Fed Infrastructure Timelines

May 20, 2013
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TRANSPORT Virginia Beach Light Rail at a Crossroads  Virginian Pilot   The once-abstract idea of light rail in the city continues to take shape as planners crunch the numbers and take public comment on the most detailed scenarios yet for sending The Tide to the Oceanfront.
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Transport: Boston Line Adds Stations, Future Of Streetcars, Maryland Joint-Development LRT Project, Bike Share As Corporate Perk

May 17, 2013
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TRANSPORT Fairmount Line Adds Two New Stations  Boston Globe   As the Fairmount Corridor Commuter Rail Line train peeled away from Readville one morning, a stocky conductor began collecting fares on the only car open to passengers.  
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Transport: Newport VA PPP Deal Blocked, Micro-Managing Indianapolis Transit Plan, Charlotte Streetcar Gains Support, Atlanta Streetcar Costs Grow

May 14, 2013
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Atlanta, bicycles, Brooklyn Park, Charlotte, Chicago, Commuter Rail, Development & Redevelopment, Georgia, High-Speed & Intercity Rail, Highways & Automobiles, Illinois, Indiana, Indianapolis, Joint Development, Light Rail, Minneapolis, Minnesota, North Carolina, Parking, Salt Lake City, Streetcar, tracks, Tracks Transport, Transit, Transit Funding, Utah
TRANSPORT Bottineau Light Rail Not Quite a Done Deal  Minnesota Post   The Metropolitan Council the other day approved the 13-mile Bottineau Transitway between Minneapolis and Brooklyn Park.
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Urbanism & Design: New Urbanism On Stilts, Sabermetrics Of Urbanism, Zoning Rewrite Fights Sprawl, Transit & Urbanism

May 9, 2013
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Austin, DC, Development & Redevelopment, Galveston, Light Rail, Madison, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Smart Growth & Sprawl, Texas, tracks, Tracks Urbanism & Design, Transit, Transit Corridors, urban, Urban Form, Washington DC, Wisconsin, Zoning & Coding
URBANISM & DESIGN New Urbanism on Stilts, Literally  Witold Rybczynski   Beachtown is a New Urbanism second-home village in Galveston. Construction began in 2005, after a protracted planning and permitting period.
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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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Anaheim, California, Charlotte, Colorado, DC, DOT, Federal Policy, Highways & Automobiles, Light Rail, North Carolina, Pedestrians & Walkability, Performance, Ridership, State Policy, Streetcar, tracks, Tracks Transport, Transit, Transit Funding, Vancouver WA, Washington, Washington DC
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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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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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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