A heads up for real estate professionals: H.R. 2454, the cap and trade legislation approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on June 26, if passed into law, would have a profound effect on the real estate sector...
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Beginning in the early 1960s, a coalition of mayors, environmentalists, neighborhood groups, and other supporters of cities worked to expand federal aid to transit, arguing that the massive investment in the Interstate Highway System was depriving urban areas of their well-being.....

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U.S. Sen. Patty Murray used her influence as leader of a Senate subcommittee Wednesday to make it easier for Vancouver's light rail extension to get federal money....
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recommending that communities adopt complete streets policies in their fight against obesity - and has recommended using our Coalition's standards to measure their success....
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Bellevue needs to take a second look at its station area planning. Stations similar to those in Rainier Valley are what Bellevue currently envisions for the Bel-Red corridor. However, cities like Charlotte, Copenhagen and London are where Bellevue should really be looking for inspiration.....
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One goal the city would like to see come to fruition is a bus rapid transit line running from Central to Far East El Paso. The street on which they want to base the bus line is Alameda Avenue.  The problem is the street itself.  With numerous auto dealerships and auto salvage shops, apartments and motels, restaurants and abandoned, run-down buildings, city officials agree that the street is in need of a facelift.....
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If the United States really and truly wants to curb its oil use and lower emissions from the transportation sector, then, sorry to say, but cranking up fuel-economy standards for cars and light trucks isn't going to be nearly enough. That's according to a new report from Cambridge Systematics, a consulting firm: .....
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A long-discussed plan to move Caltrain's Hillsdale station and increase housing and other development around the transportation hub is back on track, although the question of whether there's money to move it remains unanswered.....
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