News: Transpo Funding Conference, Baton Rouge Transit Tax, Rio Grande Valley Rail, Detroit LRT Funders
April 24, 2012
More News & Resources:
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.
TRANSPORT
National: Maybe the System is Working!
Transportation Nation Experts Blog
Everybody take a deep breath. Congress is poised this week to appoint conferees to a long-awaited conference committee that will negotiate a highway bill. Finally. I know that President Obama has dangled a veto threat over the House version, and I know that Republicans are determined to link the politically volatile Keystone XL pipeline to a bipartisan infrastructure bill...
Read On Research: How to…
Everybody take a deep breath. Congress is poised this week to appoint conferees to a long-awaited conference committee that will negotiate a highway bill. Finally. I know that President Obama has dangled a veto threat over the House version, and I know that Republicans are determined to link the politically volatile Keystone XL pipeline to a bipartisan infrastructure bill...
Read On Research: How to…
Blogosphere: Private Rail Profitability, Charlotte Sidewalks, Parking Mandates, Poticha On Infrastructure, Jacobs On Car-Based Cities
March 28, 2012
More News & Resources:
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.
TRANSPORT
Blogosphere: Can 100% Private Rail Turn Profit?
DC Streetsblog
Public-private partnerships have recently become a popular policy prescription for the prospect of reviving inter-city passenger rail...
Read On Blogosphere: Did Senate Kill Private Finance The New Republic
The federal transportation reauthorization passed by the U.S. Senate earlier this month is notable for its (relative)…
Public-private partnerships have recently become a popular policy prescription for the prospect of reviving inter-city passenger rail...
Read On Blogosphere: Did Senate Kill Private Finance The New Republic
The federal transportation reauthorization passed by the U.S. Senate earlier this month is notable for its (relative)…
News: California HSR Visions, Bringing LRT To Virginia Beach, Chicago Rail Cars Recalled, BofA Housing Deal
March 9, 2012
More News & Resources:
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.
TRANSPORT
Los Angeles: Two Visions of California HSR
Los Angles Times
The bullet trains that would someday streak through California at 220 mph are, in the vision of their most ardent supporters, more than just a transportation system. They are also a means to alter the state's social, residential and economic fabric...
Read On California: Residents Still Support HSR Transportation Nation
By a 51 to 45 majority, Californians favor high…
The bullet trains that would someday streak through California at 220 mph are, in the vision of their most ardent supporters, more than just a transportation system. They are also a means to alter the state's social, residential and economic fabric...
Read On California: Residents Still Support HSR Transportation Nation
By a 51 to 45 majority, Californians favor high…
Blogoshere: REITs For Transport, Chicago Bus Priority, House Transpo Bill Delayed, Parking Minimums, Yarnbombing, Parasite Shelters
February 23, 2012
More News & Resources:
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.
TRANSPORT
Blogosphere: Expand REITS for Transport?
Urban Ethics and Theory
Second, Congress can expand the definitions of Real Estate Investment Trusts (Reits) and Master Limited Partnerships to include investments in assets such as roads, water, ports, airports, transmission lines, waste water and bridges...
Read On Blogosphere: Chicago Commits to Bus Priority Transport…
Second, Congress can expand the definitions of Real Estate Investment Trusts (Reits) and Master Limited Partnerships to include investments in assets such as roads, water, ports, airports, transmission lines, waste water and bridges...
Read On Blogosphere: Chicago Commits to Bus Priority Transport…
Blogosphere: Bikeway Legislation, Energy Retrofits, The 6th Borough, Public Health Planning, Building Sustainable Places, Need For Walkability
January 12, 2012
More News & Resources:
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.
Blogosphere: Assembly Undermines Bike Bill
Streetsblog
On Monday, the State Assembly Transportation Committee passed a watered down version of AB 819, the bill aimed at freeing California planners to install next-generation bikeway designs that other American cities are using to improve street safety and make cycling a more accessible mode of transportation...
Read…
On Monday, the State Assembly Transportation Committee passed a watered down version of AB 819, the bill aimed at freeing California planners to install next-generation bikeway designs that other American cities are using to improve street safety and make cycling a more accessible mode of transportation...
Read…
Blogosphere: Shifting Diversity, Perils Of Privitization, Praising Narrow Streets, Fuel Addiction, Future Of Suburban Housing
January 4, 2012
More News & Resources:
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.
Blogosphere: Shifting Diversity in Metro America
New Geography
Census 2010 gave the detail behind what we've known for some time: America is becoming an increasingly diverse place. Not only has the number of minorities simply grown nationally, but the distribution of them among America's cities has changed...
Read On Blogosphere: The Perils of Privitization Slate Moneybox (via The Transportationist)
Census 2010 gave the detail behind what we've known for some time: America is becoming an increasingly diverse place. Not only has the number of minorities simply grown nationally, but the distribution of them among America's cities has changed...
Read On Blogosphere: The Perils of Privitization Slate Moneybox (via The Transportationist)
Blogosphere: World Transit Subsidies, Bus Service, Transit Debate, Streetcar Dreams, Detroit Light Rail Future, Moscow Livability
December 12, 2011
More News & Resources:
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.
Blogosphere: Subsidies Similar in US and Europe
Forbes Blogs
Often when I talk about how high American capital transit costs are compared to those in Europe and East Asia, transit backers get quite defensive, and take it as an attack on transit...
Read On Opinion: Missing the Bus Salt Lake Tribune
Leaders of the Utah Transit Authority…
Often when I talk about how high American capital transit costs are compared to those in Europe and East Asia, transit backers get quite defensive, and take it as an attack on transit...
Read On Opinion: Missing the Bus Salt Lake Tribune
Leaders of the Utah Transit Authority…
News: Seattle Light Rail Route, North Texas Transit Funding, Ridership & Jobs, San Jose Bart Extension, Public-Private Partnershpis
December 9, 2011
More News & Resources:
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.
Seattle: No Light Rail Up State Route 99
Seattle Post Intelligencer
While light rail is a decade away from reaching North Seattle, Sound Transit is close to selecting a route that will connect Northgate with Lynnwood...
Read On Fort Worth: North Texas Again to Lobby for Funding Fort Worth Star Telegram
North Texas officials…
While light rail is a decade away from reaching North Seattle, Sound Transit is close to selecting a route that will connect Northgate with Lynnwood...
Read On Fort Worth: North Texas Again to Lobby for Funding Fort Worth Star Telegram
North Texas officials…
Blogosphere: Building Freeways, Investing in HSR, Ho Chi Minh City Traffic, Infrastructure Value, Measuring Poverty
December 7, 2011
More News & Resources:
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.
Blogosphere: We Won't Stop Building Freeways
Keep Houston Houston
I think this is probably the third article I've read in the last month asking: "Are Freeways Doomed?" "Is THIS the post-freeway age?" "Are Urban areas moving on?"..
Read On Blogosphere: LaHood - It's Time to Invest in HSR Fast Lane Blog
I went to Capitol Hill this morning because I wanted to share with the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee…
I think this is probably the third article I've read in the last month asking: "Are Freeways Doomed?" "Is THIS the post-freeway age?" "Are Urban areas moving on?"..
Read On Blogosphere: LaHood - It's Time to Invest in HSR Fast Lane Blog
I went to Capitol Hill this morning because I wanted to share with the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee…
Research: Transit Agency Role in Land Development
October 3, 2011|TRB TRIS
More News & Resources:
Livability and sustainability have been identified as top priorities by three government agencies: the Department of Transportation, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Environmental Protection Agency... Read On
