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National: Apple Tells Transit Riders "Take a Hike"
Forbes
Apple just released its new highly anticipated iPhone operating system iOS 6 to the public. The upgrade offers tons of new features. But the biggest change for me so far is the new Apple Maps app, which replaces the Google Maps app...
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St. Louis: Will Loop Trolley Spur Development?
Riverfront Times
Writing just days after the Loop Trolley route was finalized, prolific urban-issues blogger Yonah Freemark over at The Transport Politic is trying to debunk a big claim made by project backers: That the new trolley will spur development along its path:..
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National: Streetcar Could Make Columbia Pike Walkable
Transportation Nation
This is the second part in a series of ongoing reports about the metropolitan Washington, D.C. region's changing neighborhoods. Listen to the radio version of this story here. The first part highlighted Southeast D.C.'s Capitol Riverfront neighborhood...
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Tampa: Streetcar May Become Free Ride
Tampa Tribune
Tampa's streetcar line should ultimately be free to ride. That's the conclusion of several members of the Tampa Port Authority board, after they very grudgingly approved an annual $100,000 payment into the organization that runs the 2.7-mile track from Ybor City to downtown...
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Portland: Clackamas Says Vote Needed for Rail Now
Portland Oregonian
Clackamas County light rail opponents scored a convincing victory Tuesday night that could resonate for decades. Initiative Measure 3-401, which passed 60 to 40 percent, requires countywide voter approval before officials can spend money to finance, design, construct or operate any rail lines in the county...
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Denver: FasTracks Moves Ahead w Property Acquisition
Denver Post
The Regional Transportation District on Tuesday night agreed to begin snatching up additional properties in the Denver area to make way for two key segments of the FasTracks commuter-rail project...
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Twin Cities: Bottineau LRT Route Held Up Again
Twin Cities Finance and Commerce
Plans to bring a light-rail transit line from Minneapolis to Brooklyn Park continue to be held up by concerns from Golden Valley council members who aren't convinced the tracks should run through their community...
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Portland: Housing Without Parking Causing a Stir
Willamette Week (via GB)
Judah Gold-Markel has trouble parking in front of his house these days. He's lived in his green bungalow on Southeast Sherman Street, two blocks north of Division Street, for eight years. He's watched Division transform from a gritty thoroughfare to a trendy destination, making his once-quiet corner of the Richmond neighborhood busier and more congested. ..
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Philadelphia: City Tax Burden Falls, Suburbs Go Up
Next American City
Fattest. Ugliest. Worst Dressed. Philadelphia has suffered the slings and arrows that come with the top slot of many an unscientific "worst of" list. Today, for once, the city can proudly claim good standing in a poll of 237 regional municipalities for an unlikely reason: a low tax rate...
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Pittsburgh: Homes Planned Along the T Line
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Allegheny County Chief Executive Rich Fitzgerald today announced a tentative deal to build a $41.5 million residential development in Bethel Park next to the South Hills Village "T" station...
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Oklahoma: City Looks to Peers for Advice on Urban Dev
News OK
Patience, partnership, planning and compromise will be key elements in sustaining Oklahoma City's redevelopment momentum if experiences in Fort Worth, Texas, and Charlotte, N.C., are indications...
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International: Is Flexible Tenure Key?
Guardian UK
In recent months, there has been a growing focus on social tenants with relatively high incomes. The government's 'pay to stay' consultation has challenged the housing sector to justify why high earners in social housing should not pay higher rents...
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International: Urban Land Area Could Triple
Salon
More than half of the world's expected nine billion people will live in giant urban expanses by 2030 as cities and their hinterlands occupy an additional 1.2 million square kilometers, thereby tripling in size. ..
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California: Santa Rosa to Establish Pollution Market
Wall Street Journal
This city is embarking on a new strategy to comply with restrictions on releases from its sewage plant into a local creek: establish a market for pollution emitters to buy credits to offset their own discharge...
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Ottawa: City Sets Records for Dense Housing
Ottawa Citizen
The city continues to achieve record levels of high-density building, with many homes last year counting as intensification, says a city report. In 2011, 45.2 per cent of new units in Ottawa's urban area met the standard for intensification...
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Walnut Creek: Transit Village Moves w/o Dev Agreement
San Jose Mercury News
Negotiations for a development agreement between the city, BART and developers of the Walnut Creek BART Transit Village have fallen apart...
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