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Ann Arbor: Transit Connector Study OK'd
Ann Arbor Chronicle
The study of a transportation connector between the northeast and south sides of Ann Arbor has received the final nudge forward it needed to get started - a $30,000 contribution from the city of Ann Arbor...
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Detroit: Time to Jumpstart Transit in Metro Detroit
Detroit Free Press
Gov. Rick Snyder said today he wants to see progress on stalled legislation to overhaul mass transit in metro Detroit by the end of the year as part of a renewed push by state and federal lawmakers to resolve one of the region's most vexing problems...
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Twin Cities: Gateway Corridor, BRT Gets the Nod
Pioneer Press
Gateway Corridor commissioners have selected bus rapid transit as the highest priority for the east metro transitway. The commission's vote last week moves the transit corridor into the next phase of planning...
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National: Is Info-Structure the New Infrastructure
Wall Street Journal
Among advocates of big government and Keynesian countercyclical stimulus, one subject keeps coming up: infrastructure...
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Charlotte: LRT Extension Moves to Fast Track
Charlotte Observer
The Charlotte Area Transit System is scheduled to announce Tuesday morning an official deal with the federal government to pay for half of the $1.16 billion light-rail extension from uptown to UNC Charlotte - the last hurdle before construction can begin...
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Dallas: Cottonbelt Focus for DART Board Member
Dallas Morning News
Following up here on Wilonsky's post about Paul Wageman's appointment to the DART board: I called Wageman to offer congrats (I think) and ask him about what Plano wants him to concentrate on...
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National: Stanford's App Hopes to Solve Congestion
Forbes
Researchers at Stanford University are developing smart-phone applications that give commuters incentives to leave their cars at home, or at least to avoid driving them during rush hour, a Stanford professor said last week in Chicago...
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Ottawa: TOD to Boost Construction on East LRT
Ottawa Citizen
New rail stations east of downtown are almost as close to the core as West Wellington and Westboro and should soon see monster condo and office construction to match, the city said Monday in revealing plans aimed at guiding that development...
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Los Angeles: Why Buildings Turn Backs on LA River
KCET
Throughout history, a rule of thumb has been that it makes more sense to face and embrace a body of water than to turn one's back on the welcoming wet...
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