Transport: Detroit Highway Fixation, Bike Safety In Numbers, San Antonio Streetcar Pros & Cons, Flying Train Concept
June 18, 2013
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Detroit to Vote on Road Widening, Hasn't Learned
We Are Mode Shift, via: @streetsblognet
The General Assembly of the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments will soon finalize both short and long-term priorities for transportation funding in the region.
Environment&Ecology: Driving & Las Vegas Air Pollution, Connecting Kentucky Conservation Islands, Endangered Bat Colony Bug Impact
June 10, 2013
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Las Vegas Air Quality Suffers from Driving
Las Vegas Sun
Jane Feldman, conservation chairwoman for the Southern Nevada group of the Sierra Club, awoke Monday to an air quality advisory.
Transport: FT. Lauderdale Streetcar Tax, San Antonio Streetcar Routes, Explaining Bike Hatred, Sen. Frank Lautenberg
June 4, 2013
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Downtown Taxes Considered for Fort Lauderdale Streetcars
Sun Sentinel
With federal, state and local government contributions already lined up for the city's proposed Wave streetcar system, all that's left to determine is which downtown businesses and residents will also have to contribute and how much they will pay.
Urbanism & Design: Connecting Bikes & Business, Miami Ballpark A Bad Deal, Nashville Subdivision Offers Walkability, Pedestrian Tunnels
May 13, 2013
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Charlottesville Explores Connections Between Bikes, Business
Charlottesville Tomorrow
Bikes and walking - we all know they are possible alternatives to driving cars.
Transport: Expo Line, Private Buses, VMT Declines, Buffalo LRT, Ray LaHood on Houston, SF Street Names
May 3, 2013
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Expo Light Rail One Year Later
Neon Tommy , via: @cruickshank
When the Expo Line, Los Angeles Metro’s newest light rail line, opened in April 2012, initial ridership numbers were low, starting at around 11,000 per average weekday, a fact which many media sources reported on.
Read On The Hidden Private Bus Network Metro Planning The Connector When the removal of a certain “perk”…
Read On The Hidden Private Bus Network Metro Planning The Connector When the removal of a certain “perk”…
Environment & Ecology: Rural Water & Texas Cities, Copenhagen's Carbon Neutral Plan, California Solar Jobs, National Ecology Study
April 22, 2013
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Don't Pump Rural Texas Dry for Cities
San Antonio Express News
In Uvalde, we have experienced the drought as much as anybody; as mayor of that community and owner of a family farming operation, I have learned more about water politics and the cost of water than I bargained for.
Transport: Google Transit Vs. Real Maps, Chicago Elevated Bike Lanes, Indianapolis Outer Highway Loop, Traffic Jams Cause Mental Illness
April 9, 2013
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Docklands Light Rail Breaks Ridership Record
Rail.co
The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) has carried one-hundred-million passengers in the past year, breaking all previous records for passenger numbers on the system.
Transport: Texas Untoll Road, Maryland Indexing Gas Tax, San Antonio Streetcar Routes, St. Louis Streetcar Feasibility, Dallas Downtown Light Rail Connector
March 28, 2013
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$3B Plan Would End Tolls on New Road
Austin American Statesman, via: @WalkableDFW
How could the state lure people away from Interstate 35 and onto the Texas 130 tollway several miles to the east? State Rep. Paul Workman has a $3 billion answer to that question: make it free.
Urban Issues: Boston Adding Housing, Ethiopia's Middle Class, San Antonio's Busines Savvy Immigrants, Bay Area Low Income Workers Struggle
March 25, 2013
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Boston Looks to Add 30,000 Housing Units by 2020
Boston Globe
The city of Boston plans to add up to 30,000 new housing units by 2020 to meet the needs of a changing population that includes more families moving to the downtown area, Mayor Thomas M. Menino is set to announce on Monday.
Blogosphere: Bikes & Business, Urban Mobility Report Critique, Long Distance Commutes, Dirty Urbanization Truth, Boston Giant Farm
March 8, 2013
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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: Biz Impact of Bikes Dominates Meeting
Streetsblog
'Bikes mean business' is the official theme of this year's National Bike Summit; but that idea hardly needs any help in being put front and center...
Read On Blogosphere: New Volvo Tech Keeps Cyclists Safe Grist
Those outside-the-car airbags are pretty sweet, but what if we could make cars automatically stop before they, you know, hit people?..
'Bikes mean business' is the official theme of this year's National Bike Summit; but that idea hardly needs any help in being put front and center...
Read On Blogosphere: New Volvo Tech Keeps Cyclists Safe Grist
Those outside-the-car airbags are pretty sweet, but what if we could make cars automatically stop before they, you know, hit people?..