Quote of the Day
April 30, 2010|Orlando Sentinel
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"We need to bring about a different future than the one we have today,"
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Dallas: Lake Highlands Station Coming Soon . . .
April 30, 2010|Dallas Morning News
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...well ahead of the adjacent Prescott Realty development, Lake Highlands Town Center. The rail station is the first infill station on the Blue Line since it opened up all the way to downtown Garland in 2002....
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Blogosphere: Plan Would Reconnect Falls Church
April 30, 2010|Greater Greater Washington
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Arlington County is seeking public input for a plan to redevelop the East Falls Church area, embracing the mixed-use development that is the standard at other Metro stations in the county, and connecting the station area with better bicycle and pedestrian facilities. ....
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Houston: Is Houston Ready to Ditch Sprawl?
April 30, 2010|Houston Chronicle
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Houston faces a crossroads, or to be more precise, a five-level stack interchange. Is it going to nurture compact walkable neighborhoods? Or is it going to do what it has always done - stand back and watch developers build anything anywhere?..
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Orlando: Trains Will Transform the City
April 30, 2010|Orlando Sentinel
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Central Florida is starting a long transition from an area largely reliant on the automobile to one that features trains and more buses, at least in the estimation of civic leaders who gathered in downtown Orlando on Thursday...
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Quote of the Day
April 29, 2010|Montreal Gazette
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"Why pay high property values for location when this half duplex is only a few minutes' commute to the University of Alberta area?"
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Blogosphere: Is Metro Access Key to Northrup?
April 29, 2010|Greater Greater Washington
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Northrop Grumman has narrowed down its headquarters search to two locations, one in a walkable and transit-adjacent area of Ballston, and the other in a generic, car-dependent suburban office park off the Beltway in Fairfax County...
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Sacramento: Railyards Valued at $52 Million
April 29, 2010|Sacramento Press
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Ending more than three years of dispute, a court arbitrator determined Wednesday the city overpaid developer Thomas Enterprises by more than $2.5 million for railyards land next to the historic train depot....
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Quote of the Day
April 28, 2010|New York Times
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"Developers got together three years ago and said 'We can't move forward unless we solve this traffic problem,' "
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Research: Can TOD Reduce Peak Hour Commuting?
April 28, 2010|TRB TRIS
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This paper presents a study on the potential of Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) for peak-hour commuting, a topic of ongoing public debate. Applying refined four-step travel demand models, the study simulates traffic outcomes in three TOD scenarios in the Austin, Texas area where a new commuter rail line is under construction and TOD proposals are being developed...
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