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Salt Lake City: Davis Trax/Streetcar Under Study Again
Salt Lake Tribune
Imagine a streetcar or TRAX line running through Bountiful, Woods Cross and North Salt Lake that ties into the existing TRAX system near the EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City...
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Vancouver WA: LRT Defining Part of CRC Bridge
Oregonian
Light rail is built into the definition of the multi-billion dollar I-5 Columbia River Crossing project, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation...
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Hawaii: Court Upholds Oahu Rail Contract
Business Week
A state appeals court is upholding Honolulu's handling of a half-billion dollar contract for the construction of a commuter rail line...
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International: Court Upholds Dehli BRT
Daily Mail
Much to the delight of the Delhi government, the Delhi High Court on Thursday rejected a plea demanding scrapping of the 5.8-km Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor in south Delhi...
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San Francisco: Caltrain Tax Plan Gains Steam
SF Examiner
Encouraging signs of support for sales tax ballot measures in San Mateo County could help provide Caltrain with a long-sought dedicated funding mechanism...
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Vancouver: Mayors Turn Down Property Taxes for Transit
Vancouver Sun
Metro Vancouver mayors voted Thursday to reject a proposed temporary increase in property taxes to pay for expanded transit. Instead, they gave the B.C. government an ultimatum to come up with new ways to pay for TransLink by February or face cuts to transit services...
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National: Cycle Hire, A New Model
New York Times Green
Municipal bike sharing has rolled into dozens of American cities, from Washington to Oklahoma City to San Francisco. Now a Massachusetts start-up called Zagster aims to take the idea of bicycles on demand and deliver it to university and corporate campuses, apartment complexes, hotels and resorts...
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Charlotte: LRT Hopeful Biz Could be Pushed by Garage
WSOC TV Charlotte
After growing business for years, it seems Nona's Sweets could be soured by the Lynx Blue Line extension. "We are devastated that the light rail is putting a parking deck where we currently are," said Dominica Clementi with Nona's Sweets...
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Bay Area: Walnut Creek TOD Project Moves Forward
Contra Costa Times
After eight years of wrangling, the City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to move the BART Transit Village apartment-and-retail project toward its first construction phase...
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National: Transport Norms Being Revised for City Dev
Wall Street Journal Live Mint
The urban development ministry is revising guidelines to promote transit-oriented development of cities, which will involve development of a robust public transport system before urban centres are allowed to permit taller buildings and mixed-land usage, said Sudhir Krishna, urban development secretary...
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Twin Cities: Met Council Revising Look Into Future
Minneapolis Star Tribune
When the Metropolitan Council last assembled a framework for how the seven-county Twin Cities region could sustain its projected development and population 30 years into the future...
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San Francisco: Transbay Tower Plans Get OK
San Francisco Chronicle
Plans for the soaring, 1,070-foot-tall Transbay Tower received their final approvals from the Planning Commission Thursday, clearing the way for construction of what will become the city's tallest building...
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National: How Experts Would Fix Cities? Special Report
Business Week
The world has become increasingly urban-more than 50 percent of the globe's population now live in cities. How can we make them more sustainable, efficient, and prosperous?..
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