Quote of the Day
October 31, 2011|San Antonio Express News
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"If we want to compete with the Dallases and the Houstons and Denvers and so on, we have to make a local commitment. "
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Twin Cities: 35W Congestion Puts BRT on Hold
October 31, 2011|Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Metro Transit is delaying the rollout of full bus rapid transit (BRT) on Interstate 35W for at least three years after learning a lesson in the law of unintended consequences...
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Tampa: Airport Still Long Term Planning for Rail
October 31, 2011|Tampa Tribune
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Tampa International Airport officials will study the best use for airport real estate in a master plan update to be launched next month that includes prospects for linking a bus transfer center with light- and high-speed rail lines...
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Ann Arbor: WALLY Commuter Line Planning Slows
October 31, 2011|Livingston Daily
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Signs are emerging that the proposed Washtenaw and Livingston Line commuter train isn't running full-steam ahead - at least for the time being...
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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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Comment: Region Must Move Away from Autocentricity
October 31, 2011|San Diego Union Tribune
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Today, the 18 cities and county of San Diego are due to make a fateful decision regarding the future of our region. Through SANDAG, these agencies will establish the region's transportation network for the next 40 years...
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Blogosphere: The Habits of Successful Busways
October 31, 2011|Cap'n Transit
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Tonight I'll explain how this led to only full-corridor BRT proposals, even while the road widening had a proposal just for the bridge. The successful busways of the world fall into two categories...
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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: Why Infra Bank When We Have TIFIA
October 31, 2011|DC Streetsblog
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There's been a lot of adulation heaped upon the TIFIA loan program lately. Both houses of Congress are ready to increase funding for the program nine times over, from $100 million to $1 billion a year..
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Blogosphere: Post Consent Decree, Four Year Storm
October 31, 2011|LA Streetsblog
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Yesterday afternoon, the Bus Rider's Union and thirteen allied organizations released "Transit Civil Rights & Economic Survival in Los Angeles: A Case for Federal Intervention in LA Metro," a report detailing how service cuts and fare hikes have devastated working class families in the past four years...
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