Blogosphere: Value Capture, Staten Island BRT, Bike Work Day Record, Density More Than High Rise, Death Of Detroit
May 14, 2012
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Blogosphere - In this section you'll find commentary, opinion and editorials from blogs and newspapers around the country. The opinions expressed in these blogs do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Reconnecting America.
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Blogosphere: Value Capture Past, Present, Future
Lincoln House Blog
Although it's been used widely in Europe and Latin America, value capture - the concept of asking private landowners to contribute to the cost of infrastructure, for example, in anticipation of the rise of property values such projects bring - has been a little harder to find in the U.S. That may be changing. One notable project, the Dallas-Fort Worth Cotton Belt transit line, is based on fundamental principles of value capture...
Although it's been used widely in Europe and Latin America, value capture - the concept of asking private landowners to contribute to the cost of infrastructure, for example, in anticipation of the rise of property values such projects bring - has been a little harder to find in the U.S. That may be changing. One notable project, the Dallas-Fort Worth Cotton Belt transit line, is based on fundamental principles of value capture...
News: SunRail Funding, Tucson-Phoenix Rail, Texas HSR Plans, Rough Road Tax, Austin Rail Plan, Salt Lake Gentrification, High Tech Ghost Town
May 11, 2012
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Tracks News - In this section you'll find news from cities around the country as well as interviews and general reporting on issues. It might be from a newspaper or a blog, but it counts as news. The Chatter, commentary and opposition articles will be found towards the bottom.
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Orlando: Bill Would Capture Value for Operations
Orlando Sentinel
A bipartisan bill circulating in Congress could help the SunRail commuter train in Central Florida pay for millions of dollars in annual operating deficits...
Read On Arizona: Rail Between Tucson and Phoenix Studied Arizona Public Media
Several options for passenger rail service…
A bipartisan bill circulating in Congress could help the SunRail commuter train in Central Florida pay for millions of dollars in annual operating deficits...
Read On Arizona: Rail Between Tucson and Phoenix Studied Arizona Public Media
Several options for passenger rail service…
News: Tumlin On Congrestion, Houston Transit Funding Vote, Faster HSR, LA LRT Pushes West, Value Capture Research
April 27, 2012
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Tracks News - In this section you'll find news from cities around the country as well as interviews and general reporting on issues. It might be from a newspaper or a blog, but it counts as news. The Chatter, commentary and opposition articles will be found towards the bottom.
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Ottawa: Jeff Tumlin on Congestion
Ottawa Citizen
It's hard to overstate how much fun Jeffrey Tumlin is to listen to. The California-based consultant on transit-oriented development gave an afternoon talk, a snappy one with an actually worthwhile set of slides, on fighting congestion on roads...
Read On Houston: Residents Will Vote on Transit Funding Houston Chronicle
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It's hard to overstate how much fun Jeffrey Tumlin is to listen to. The California-based consultant on transit-oriented development gave an afternoon talk, a snappy one with an actually worthwhile set of slides, on fighting congestion on roads...
Read On Houston: Residents Will Vote on Transit Funding Houston Chronicle
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News: NJ Transit Hubs, Detroit Light Rail, Texas Value Capture, Calgary Population Density, Ending NY Parking Minimums
January 9, 2012
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Tracks News - In this section you'll find news from cities around the country as well as interviews and general reporting on issues. It might be from a newspaper or a blog, but it counts as news.
New Jersey: Christie Signs Transit Hubs Bill
Jersey Journal
Gov. Chris Christie signed the Grow NJ bill yesterday, allotting $200 million for economic development in transit hub cities that need financial help. ..
Read On National: Detroit to Reconsider Light Rail Project Wall Street Journal (Paywall)
The derailed plan to bring a train line to the Motor City received a possible reprieve Friday after government officials agreed to…
Gov. Chris Christie signed the Grow NJ bill yesterday, allotting $200 million for economic development in transit hub cities that need financial help. ..
Read On National: Detroit to Reconsider Light Rail Project Wall Street Journal (Paywall)
The derailed plan to bring a train line to the Motor City received a possible reprieve Friday after government officials agreed to…
San Antonio: Seeking More Money for the Streetcar
October 31, 2011|San Antonio Express News
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Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff said Thursday he's determined to find local funding to build both lines of the city's planned streetcar system. Money has been earmarked for half of the proposed starter system, with a route north and east through downtown...
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Blogosphere: Tunneling Agreement for Bellevue
October 31, 2011|The Transport Politic
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At a cost of $2.5 billion, Seattle's planned East Link light rail extension project is one of the nation's largest and most expensive transit expansion programs, which makes it remarkable in itself...
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Blogosphere: Bloomberg Should Pay for 7 Train
October 31, 2011|Forbes Market Urbanism
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A few days ago, Mayor Bloomberg made a startling announcement: The 7 train extension to New Jersey is still on. The idea was first floated last year as a replacement for the canceled trans-Hudson commuter rail ARC project, but it was a hard sell then, and at $10 billion, it's still a hard sell...
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Commentary: The Right Track for Transportation
October 3, 2011|Governing Magazine (via @thejoelepstein)
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There are encouraging signs from Los Angeles that local officials have learned some transportation infrastructure financing lessons over the last 20 years. Now the question is whether the federal government has... Read On
Blogosphere: Our System Could be Profitable Too
August 17, 2011|Cap'n Transit Rides Again
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Last week I discussed Alex Marshall's take on the profitability of the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway. As Alon Levy pointed out, the MTR does make an operating profit, so what I said was a little inaccurate. I said "Marshall responded that the Hong Kong MTR makes money on real estate and uses that money to subsidize its transit facilities... Read On
Blogosphere: Google-Motorola and Land Value Capture
August 17, 2011|Transportationist
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This is a really interesting metaphor. Replace plumbing with roads, Google with transportation agencies, and Motorola with land development, and you have the model of Land Value Capture we have been talking about... Read On
