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Tampa: Mayor to Renew Push for LRT
WTSP Tampa
Though the Republican National Convention may have run smoothly overall, one trouble spot for Tampa Bay was the busing system. Described as a "fiasco" by some Florida delegates, some buses got lost, others arrived several hours late...
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National: Lima's Priority to Reform Public Transport
Guardian UK
The rush hour coincides with nightfall in Lima, Peru's capital (population 8.4 million). Avenida Javier Prado, which crosses the city, is packed with hundreds of buses and brightly coloured combis (mini-buses), all competing to attract passengers, whose number determines the driver's wages...
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National: Brown Blasts Mica Amtrak Hearing
Politico
A senior House Democrat said Rep. John Mica's earlier comments that he's on a "holy jihad" to overhaul Amtrak are "insulting" and that having a hearing on the railroad's expenses instead of transportation security on the Sept. 11 anniversary was inappropriate...
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San Francisco: Rethinking San Francisco's Main Drag
Transportation Nation
Around 250,000 people use Market Street every day- and in every way. They take the bus, ride BART, walk to work, shop... even live. In 2016, the entire road, between Octavia and the Embarcadero, will be torn up and repaved. So city planners figure it's the perfect time to reshape and re-imagine San Francisco's main drag...
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Nashville: City Won't Seek BRT Funding
Tennessean
Nashville transportation officials said Thursday that they will not pursue federal funding for the proposed East-West Connector under rules that expire at the end of the month...
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Bay Area: BART at 40 Looking to Move Forward
San Francisco Chronicle
Compared with other Bay Area transportation landmarks celebrating significant birthdays - the Golden Gate Bridge and Bay Bridge just turned 75; Muni is soon to become 100 - BART is just a kid. But on Tuesday, Bay Area Rapid Transit will mark the 40th anniversary of its opening...
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National: Job Sprawl Still Subsidized
Herald Online
Four states' efforts to curb "job sprawl" by altering economic development subsidies have had little effect on transit ridership, land use patterns or site location decisions, according to a report released today by Good Jobs First...
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National: State DOTs Thinking Smart Growth
Governing Magazine (via @streetsblogdc)
A group of state Department of Transportation directors has teamed up with the smart growth movement to release a new best-practices report that offers recommendations and case studies on how to stretch limited transportation dollars...
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Research: Urban Question of Planetary Urbanization
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
In Le Droit à la Ville (1968), Lefebvre projects the urban trajectory of his day into the sci-fi imaginary of Isaac Asimov's remarkable Foundation series, recognizing the germ of 'Trantor' in our midst, the planet of 40 billion inhabitants where urbanization has reached its absolute maximum; all 75 million square miles of Trantor's land surface are a single city...
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Denver: Five Points Plan Approved
Denver Post
Despite neighborhood opposition, the Denver City Council approved an urban redevelopment plan for the Welton Street corridor in Five Points. On one side stood backers of a plan that they believe is necessary to attract new businesses and residents...
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New York: Amateur Map Makers Reshape NY N'Hoods
New York Times (via @tdechant)
Reshaped and renamed by generations of developers and gentrifiers, the borders of New York City's neighborhoods are often hazy at best. Yesterday's Chinatown is today's east TriBeCa; a resident of Bedford-Stuyvesant may, after some real estate alchemy, morph into a citizen of Clinton Hill. ..
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Boston: A Boom in the Back Bay
New York Times
In a blockbuster deal last fall, Jamestown Properties paid $226 million for a 130,000-square-foot portfolio spread over 28 buildings, mostly on Newbury Street - the fashionable thoroughfare that hosts shops ranging from a Chanel boutique to nail salons in 19th-century town houses...
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Milwaukee: County's HUD Funds Shifted to Burbs
Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee County's $1.2 million community development program will shift its focus to pay for services aimed at the poor in the suburbs, under a reform plan required by a federal agency...
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Blogosphere: Extreme Disparity in Sao Paulo
Polis
São Paulo, South America's largest city and most prominent economic hub, is known for its extreme social disparities. When approaching the city by plane, you can see a sea of skyscrapers that extends beyond the horizon...
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