Other Views: Beware the Modern Streetcar, Elon Musk's HSR Alternative
June 3, 2013
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Beware the Modern Streetcar
San Antonio Express News
The vision for Tucson's modern streetcar never included grinding downtown to a halt with yearlong construction.
Transport: Bike Infrastructure Debate, Oakland Streetcar Study, Spanish HSR Lessons, Milwaukee Streetcar Plan Threatened
May 9, 2013
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Bike Infrastructure Debate Settled
Streetsblog Net
For decades, cyclists bickered amongst themselves about the efficacy and safety of bike infrastructure. With the proliferation of protected bike lanes in recent years, however, everyone can see that predictions about bike lanes making streets more dangerous for cycling simply didn't come to pass.
Transport: Twin Cities Transit, Tampa's Transit Election, Frontrunner Ridership, Transit Clubs, Hudson Bergen LRT
May 6, 2013
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Without Transit Plans, Twin Cities Not Competitive
Minneapolis Star Tribune
During a spring in which almost anything seems possible, here’s a headline you’re not going to see: “Salt Lake City agrees to stop transit construction so Twin Cities can catch up.”
Read On Tampa’s Hopes of City Transit Election Fail in Statehouse St. Petersburg Times It was a long shot from the start,…
Read On Tampa’s Hopes of City Transit Election Fail in Statehouse St. Petersburg Times It was a long shot from the start,…
News: Transit Fuels Metro Vancouver Growth, FTA Joint-Development Circular, Tucson Streetcar Operating Costs, How To Expand DART
March 7, 2013
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International: Stuttgart 21 Project Costs Rise $2B
Rail.co
Deutsche Bahn (DB) has signalled its support for the Stuttgart 21 station project, approving an additional 2 billion euros for the controversial scheme...
Read On Toronto: Transit Fueling Burnaby's Growth Globe and Mail
Mr. Ferreira, who attended broadcasting school in Burnaby in 1986, recalls that year as the turning point for Burnaby as the Expo Line opened and spurred a development craze...
Deutsche Bahn (DB) has signalled its support for the Stuttgart 21 station project, approving an additional 2 billion euros for the controversial scheme...
Read On Toronto: Transit Fueling Burnaby's Growth Globe and Mail
Mr. Ferreira, who attended broadcasting school in Burnaby in 1986, recalls that year as the turning point for Burnaby as the Expo Line opened and spurred a development craze...
Blogosphere: Revolutionizing Transit, FTA Funding Cuts, Mexico City's Commuter Paradise, Tucson Streetcar View, Terrifying Maintenance Backlog
January 22, 2013
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Blogosphere: How to Revolutionize City's Transit System
CNU Salons
How does a city go from a bus-only transit system to a multi-modal network in a decade? Despite early setbacks, metropolitan Orlando is well on its way to getting connected. In the next few years, public and private projects - mostly on existing rails - will shape the way Central Floridians get around...
Read On Blogosphere: A Triumph of Marketing Over…
How does a city go from a bus-only transit system to a multi-modal network in a decade? Despite early setbacks, metropolitan Orlando is well on its way to getting connected. In the next few years, public and private projects - mostly on existing rails - will shape the way Central Floridians get around...
Read On Blogosphere: A Triumph of Marketing Over…
News: St. Paul BRT Route, Social Media & Transit Agencies, London Underground At 150, Transit & Economic Efficiency, Boston Orange Line Opportunities
January 3, 2013
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Twin Cities: Snelling Ave to Get Rapid Bus Line
Pioneer Press
Metro Transit officials envision a new "rapid bus" route that would mostly travel along Snelling Avenue in St. Paul, starting at the 46th Street light-rail transit station in Minneapolis and ending at the Rosedale transit center...
Read On International: Red to Yellow, Angers Chinese Drivers Washington Post
Drivers in China are seeing red over a new crackdown on running through intersections…
Metro Transit officials envision a new "rapid bus" route that would mostly travel along Snelling Avenue in St. Paul, starting at the 46th Street light-rail transit station in Minneapolis and ending at the Rosedale transit center...
Read On International: Red to Yellow, Angers Chinese Drivers Washington Post
Drivers in China are seeing red over a new crackdown on running through intersections…
News: Congestion Parking Savings, Paying For Transport With VMT, Urban Communication Efficiency, Adding LRT Stations In Phoenix
December 18, 2012
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Maryland: Seeking Approval for Red Line FEIS
Rail Trends
A favorable decision by the FTA would permit MTA to begin final engineering on the Red Line and move forward with acquiring property needed for construction...
Read On San Francisco: Congestion Parking Saving Drivers $$ SF Examiner
When The City first…
A favorable decision by the FTA would permit MTA to begin final engineering on the Red Line and move forward with acquiring property needed for construction...
Read On San Francisco: Congestion Parking Saving Drivers $$ SF Examiner
When The City first…
Blogosphere: Detroit Regional Transit Approval, Phoenix-Tucson Rail Link, Toronto Green Line Vision, Denser Cities Smarter, Strong Core City Theory
December 11, 2012
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Blogosphere: Hybrids Not Quite as Gas Thrifty
DC Streetsblog
Consumer Reports announced Thursday that Ford was inflating the mileage on its hybrid models. Instead of getting "47 city/47 highway/47 combined mpg" as advertised, the Fusion sedan gets 35/41/39 and the new C-Max wagon gets 35/38/37...
Read On Blogosphere: Turning Measure J Defeat into a Victory San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Losing the transit-oriented countywide Measure J by 0.56 percentage points even…
Consumer Reports announced Thursday that Ford was inflating the mileage on its hybrid models. Instead of getting "47 city/47 highway/47 combined mpg" as advertised, the Fusion sedan gets 35/41/39 and the new C-Max wagon gets 35/38/37...
Read On Blogosphere: Turning Measure J Defeat into a Victory San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Losing the transit-oriented countywide Measure J by 0.56 percentage points even…
News: Amtrak Future, Atlanta's Beltline Project, NJ Bike Friendly Trains, All-Door Boarding Speeds Buses, Disappearing Greenspace
August 7, 2012
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Q&A: Amtrak President & Inevitability Of HSR
Transportation Nation
Amtrak plans to build a next generation high-speed rail network along the east coast zipping business travelers from New York to Philadelphia (or D.C.) fast enough to get them to their cheesesteak power lunch in a little more than half an hour. But the $151 billion plan lacks a dedicated funding source-a source that railroad executives are asking Congress to provide at a time of hostility to big projects. So Transportation Nation's Alex Goldmark chatted with Amtrak President and CEO, Joe Boardman about the future of our nation's rail network, and the prospects for Northeast corridor bullet trains in particular....
Amtrak plans to build a next generation high-speed rail network along the east coast zipping business travelers from New York to Philadelphia (or D.C.) fast enough to get them to their cheesesteak power lunch in a little more than half an hour. But the $151 billion plan lacks a dedicated funding source-a source that railroad executives are asking Congress to provide at a time of hostility to big projects. So Transportation Nation's Alex Goldmark chatted with Amtrak President and CEO, Joe Boardman about the future of our nation's rail network, and the prospects for Northeast corridor bullet trains in particular....
News: Tucson Streetcars, Fixing Highway Mistake, Dallas-Ft. Worth HSR, Walnut Creek TOD, East London Changes, Latin America Gentrification
July 20, 2012
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Tucson: FTA Urges City to Buy Another Streetcar
Railway Age
Tucson's order of seven streetcars from United Streetcar, LLC isn't adequate to serve the city's four-mile line, now under construction, the Federal Transit Administration says. FTA recommends an eighth car be purchased...
Read On New Haven: Plan to Right a Highway's Wrong New York Times
In the 1950s, this city, like others, believed that the best way to get people back from the suburbs was…
Tucson's order of seven streetcars from United Streetcar, LLC isn't adequate to serve the city's four-mile line, now under construction, the Federal Transit Administration says. FTA recommends an eighth car be purchased...
Read On New Haven: Plan to Right a Highway's Wrong New York Times
In the 1950s, this city, like others, believed that the best way to get people back from the suburbs was…
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