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Bay Area: Previously Unknown Tech Bus Routes Mapped
Stamen Design
An alternate transportation network of private buses-fully equipped with wifi-thus threads daily through San Francisco, picking up workers at unmarked bus stops (though many coexist in digital space), carrying them southward via the commuter lanes of the 101 and 280 freeways, and eventually delivers them to their campuses...
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Portland: Eastside Loop Gets Hobbled Start Sunday
Oregonian
As Portland Streetcar Inc. pulls the lever on its new $148.3 million eastside loop Saturday, its field-of-dreams strategy appears to be tipping off the rails...
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San Jose: Livermore Ext Hinges on Funding Vote
San Jose Mercury News
After decades of paying and waiting, BART to Livermore is closer than ever, but transportation and Alameda County leaders warn residents that the project's progress depends on an upcoming sales tax measure...
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National: Priority Debate, HSR or Intercity Rail
Wall Street Journal
High-speed rail. For supporters, the words conjure visions of trains hurtling across the country at more than 200 miles per hour, bypassing congested highways and long airport security lines alike...
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National: How Infrastructure Turned Partisan
Transportation Nation
Not too long ago, an ad for Audi cars sought to relate to the average driver with grimly shot footage of rutted roads, rotting bridges, and frayed guardrails. "Across the nation, over 100,000 miles of roads and bridges are in disrepair," a female announcer intones...
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International: Potential World Border Changes
New York Times
IT has been just over 20 years since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the last great additions to the world's list of independent nations...
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National: Invasion of the Faux Cities
Salon
Shiny new cities, set in the suburbs: It's the hot development trend. Is it real urbanity, or the new white flight? ..
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Philadelphia: Developer Cleans Up Dirty Lot, City Angry
Charlotte Observer
Ori Feibush, a real estate developer, has turned a trash-strewn city-owned lot - vacant for roughly 30 years - into a welcoming spot for customers of his month-old corner cafe, where they can enjoy their fair-trade organic java and pastries from local bakeries...
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