The transit and TOD news items below are collected daily by Jeff Wood, Reconnecting America’s GIS specialist and a passionate transit advocate. Jeff distributes a daily email newsletter plus commentary to members of Reconnecting America (to join visit our Get Connected page). The first five articles from Jeff’s newsletter (which sometimes contains as many as two dozen links) are posted here without his commentary.
Blogosphere: Transit Proximity Boosts Values in Mumbai
The City Fix
Transportation infrastructure projects are bringing higher land values - a sure sign that these are desirable amenities for Mumbaikers. Photo by calamur. If property values are any indicator, access to high quality public transit is highly desired in Mumbai....
(March 18, 2010)
Report: A Transit Oriented Future For Connecticut
Regional Plan Association
Growing Economy, Shrinking Emissions: A Transit-Oriented Future for Connecticut's Capital Region illustrates a strategy for growth in Greater Hartford that expands housing and transit options while reducing our transportation-related carbon emissions...
(March 18, 2010)
Toronto: Mayoral Candidate Wants Tolls for Transit
Globe and Mail
Mayoral candidate Sarah Thomson waded into the politically treacherous waters of toll roads in unveiling her transit platform on Wednesday.
Most other candidates were quick to dismiss her proposal, which would place a $5 toll on the Gardiner Expressway and Don Valley Parkway to pay for an expanded subway system....
Most other candidates were quick to dismiss her proposal, which would place a $5 toll on the Gardiner Expressway and Don Valley Parkway to pay for an expanded subway system....
(March 18, 2010)
Chicago: Build New HSR Hub Near Post Office
Chicago Journal
In the future envisioned for high-speed rail transportation, Chicago is seen as the hub of a Midwest network, the place through which all other trains must pass on their way to and from a cluster of satellite cities....
(March 18, 2010)
Quote of the Day
New York Times
"Since the day this train opened, I have never, never set foot on the plane again,"
(March 18, 2010)
Pittsburgh: Cities Embracing Sustainability
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
With its abundant LEED-certified buildings, its superlative green wall, its fledgling biofuel companies, its transmogrified riverfronts and reclaimed brownfields, Pittsburgh wants to be known as a city where sustainability is taken seriously....
(March 17, 2010)
Blogosphere: Could High Speed Rail Cause Sprawl?
Wired Autopia
It's fast, it's efficient and it is the future of transportation, but will high-speed rail cause sprawl? Yes, it could, warn some urban planners. Despite the promise of creating more densely populated urban centers, high-speed rail could do quite the opposite by making it easier for people to live far from urban centers....
(March 17, 2010)
Research: Parking Limits Lead to Cycling
TRIS at TRB
This paper compares two eco-suburbs of Freiburg, Germany, created over the last ten years which are similar in many respects aside from provision of parking. They are both transit-oriented developments designed as family-friendly live-work-play places, composed of mixed-use commercial and residential buildings meeting ecological best practice....
(March 17, 2010)
Houston: Jersey Village Moves Forward with TOD Plan
Community Impact Newspapers
he Jersey Village City Council approved the concept plan for a transit-oriented development south of Hwy. 290 and moved the process to the next stage-fiscal impact....
(March 17, 2010)
Quote of the Day
DOT Fastlane Blog
This is the end of favoring motorized transportation at the expense of non-motorized.
(March 17, 2010)
