News: Charlotte Streetcar Vs. LRT, London Crossrail II Route, SF Market St....
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View ArticleNews: Charlotte Vs. State, Dallas Expansion Plans, Milan Congestion Fee...
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View ArticleBlogosphere: Reforming CEQA, Falling Private Car Use, Protected Bike Lanes,...
Blogosphere - In this section you'll find commentary, opinion and editorials from blogs and newspapers around the country. The opinions expressed in these blogs do not necessarily reflect the opinions...
View ArticleBlogosphere: Control of NYC Transit, Bike Share Lessons, Congestion Pricing...
Blogosphere - In this section you'll find commentary, opinion and editorials from blogs and newspapers around the country. The opinions expressed in these blogs do not necessarily reflect the opinions...
View ArticleNews: St. Paul Streetcar Vision, Alpert Making DC Greater, Schenectady Seeks...
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View ArticleNews: Amtrak Privatization, Texas Money For Roads, Manchester City...
Tracks News - In this section you'll find news from cities around the country as well as interviews and general reporting on issues. It might be from a newspaper or a blog, but it counts as news. The...
View ArticleNews: Vancouver BRT Plans, LaHood On Obama Rail Effort, NY Bike Lane Anxiety,...
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View ArticleNews: Legislating Active Travel, China & Iran HSR Deal, Neighborhood History...
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View ArticleBlogosphere: Europe's Free Public Transit, Biking Gender Gap, Housing Crisis...
Blogosphere - In this section you'll find commentary, opinion and editorials from blogs and newspapers around the country. The opinions expressed in these blogs do not necessarily reflect the opinions...
View ArticleNews: Nashville BRT TOD, SF Car Share Parking Rules, Oregon Lottery Transport...
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View ArticleBlogosphere: SF Bikeway Costs, Chicago BRT Gridlock Worries, Infra Bank Bill...
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View ArticleBlogosphere: AASHTO Bike Regs Challenged, LA Transport History, Ode To NY DIY...
Blogosphere - In this section you'll find commentary, opinion and editorials from blogs and newspapers around the country. The opinions expressed in these blogs do not necessarily reflect the opinions...
View ArticleBlogosphere: Bicycle Oriented Development, NYC Lessons For LA, Richmond Top...
Blogosphere - In this section you'll find commentary, opinion and editorials from blogs and newspapers around the country. The opinions expressed in these blogs do not necessarily reflect the opinions...
View ArticleNews: MTA's Rat Problem, Ft. Worth Rail Plan, Toledo's Better Bus Station,...
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View ArticleNews: Maryland Gas Tax Hike, SF Growth Pains, HUD Housing Discrimination App,...
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View ArticleNews: Reshaping London Cycling, LA OKs Streetcar Plan, Blending CAHSR &...
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View ArticleBlogosphere: Vegas HSR Opposition, Nashville BRT, DC Parking Regs, SF...
Blogosphere - In this section you'll find commentary, opinion and editorials from blogs and newspapers around the country. The opinions expressed in these blogs do not necessarily reflect the opinions...
View ArticleBlogosphere: Portland Bike Oriented Development, End Of Fed Highway Support,...
Blogosphere - In this section you'll find commentary, opinion and editorials from blogs and newspapers around the country. The opinions expressed in these blogs do not necessarily reflect the opinions...
View ArticleNews: Texas HSR Complications, Ft. Lauderdale Streetcar OK, London's New...
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View ArticleEnvironment & Ecology: Food Innovation In UK, How Much Is Enough Parkland,...
ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGYTree That Might Have to Be Transplanted for Light Rail Not Doing Well Houston Chronicle An oak tree that for 30 years has stood as a 'sentinel' for a planned memorial to Dr....
View ArticleUrban Issues: Poverty As Contagion of Obesity Epidemic, Seattle Affordable...
URBAN ISSUESPoverty Ignored Contagion of Obesity Epidemic New York Times Under the category "Summer Rentals That Have Gone Terribly Wrong," there are perhaps few parallels to the experience of Charles...
View ArticleTransport: CAHSR Bond Sale, Toronto Transit Fees & Taxes Supported, Taking...
TRANSPORTCalifornia Officials Approve HSR Bond Sale Reuters California officials approved on Monday the sale of up to $8.6 billion in state bonds to help build a planned high-speed rail system...
View ArticleEnvironment & Ecology: Bringing Farming To City, Green Architecture, SF Bike...
ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGYFarmscape Hopes to Bring Farming to the City USA Today Rachel Bailin wants the next Los Angeles mayor to end dependence on foreign soil, balance the budget with equitable...
View ArticleTransport: Improving Tampa Transit, SF Transit-First Policy, Netherlands Park...
TRANSPORTCommissioners Discuss How to Improve Tampa Transit Tampa Bay Times Hillsborough commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to begin discussions with the county's three mayors and other...
View ArticleUrban Issues: How Transit Affects Housing Prices, Death By Big Project Binge,...
URBAN ISSUESFirst Map of LA is Older Than You Think PBS KCET Maps help a city comprehend itself and to chart its future and reflect on its past. Commonly cited as the first cartographic representation...
View ArticleTransport: Unique Funding For Underground Extension, National Transit Lobby,...
TRANSPORTUnique Funding Proposed for Northern Line Extension Railway Technology The proposed extension of the Northern Line of the London Underground is one of the major infrastructure projects...
View ArticleEnvironment & Ecology: A Calming Walk, Open Space-Development Balance, Urban...
ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGYA Walk in the Park Can Calm Brain Fatigue New York Times Scientists have known for some time that the human brain's ability to stay calm and focused is limited and can be...
View ArticleUrbanism & Design: Missouri Land Assembly Tax Credit, Detroit Development...
URBANISM & DESIGNControversial Land Assembly Tax Credit Hearing in Missouri St. Louis Post Dispatch St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay was among several people to testify in favor of extending the...
View ArticleTransport: Texas Untoll Road, Maryland Indexing Gas Tax, San Antonio...
TRANSPORT$3B Plan Would End Tolls on New Road Austin American Statesman, via: @WalkableDFW How could the state lure people away from Interstate 35 and onto the Texas 130 tollway several miles to the...
View ArticleUrbanism & Design: Crowdfunding Rotterdam Bridge, Density Done Well,...
URBANISM & DESIGNMoscow Business Complex Sees Rebirth Wall Street Journal Watch out Canary Wharf, Moscow City is rising. Five years after grinding to a halt during the global economic crisis, the...
View ArticleUrban Issues: Neighborhood Engagement, 7 UK Social Classes, Fed Money Creates...
URBAN ISSUESPittsburgh's Neighborhood Engagement Efforts Rebuilding Place in Urban Space One aspect of the current PLANPGH comprehensive land use planning process in the City of Pittsburgh is to my way...
View ArticleTransport: Bill To Let Dallas Transit Into Arlington, 51 Metros Ranked On...
TRANSPORTGreen Line to Medford Won't Open Until 2019 Daily Free Press Despite a growing burden of debt, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority could begin construction on extending the Green...
View ArticleUrbanism & Design: NJ Waterfront Development Feud, Sheep As Lawmowers,...
URBANISM & DESIGNA City Model During the Great War Bldg Blog Past Horizons reported the other week that "a large concrete terrain model on Cannock Chase, representing a section of the Great War...
View ArticleUrbanism & Design: Planning With Non-Architects, Death By Skywalk, Accessory...
URBANISM & DESIGNNon-Architects Need to Get Involved in Planning Sustainable Cities Collective, via: @urbandata In this beautiful TEDx talk Michiel van Iersel, founder of the Amsterdam based...
View ArticleTransport: Google Transit Vs. Real Maps, Chicago Elevated Bike Lanes,...
TRANSPORTDocklands Light Rail Breaks Ridership Record Rail.co The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) has carried one-hundred-million passengers in the past year, breaking all previous records for passenger...
View ArticleTransport: Taxes & Transport In Toronto, Passenger Rail Regulation,...
TRANSPORTLet's Not Just Throw Taxes at Transport Problem Toronto Globe and Mail Remember back in the late 19th century? City streets in large European and North American cities were clogged with horses...
View ArticleEnvironment & Ecology: Smart Growth Vs. Garden Cities, Limiting European GHG...
ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGYSmart Growth the New Garden City? The Ecologist Kate Houghton explains why Smart Growth, rather than a revival in garden cities, could have an important role to play in...
View ArticleTransport: Charlotte Mayor Named DOT Secretary, Inianapolis Transit Expansion...
TRANSPORTFoxx Named Transportation Secretary Washington Post President Obama plans to nominate Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx to serve as transportation secretary, a White House official said Sunday.Read...
View ArticleEnvironment & Ecology: Courtroom Curbing Cars, Parkour and Historic Preservation
ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGYCourt Rules Cities Fail on Air Pollution, Need to Ban CarsGuardian UK, via: @urbandata The UK faces European fines and British cities may have to ban cars to dramatically...
View ArticleTransport: Bike Infrastructure Debate, Oakland Streetcar Study, Spanish HSR...
TRANSPORTBike Infrastructure Debate Settled Streetsblog Net For decades, cyclists bickered amongst themselves about the efficacy and safety of bike infrastructure. With the proliferation of protected...
View ArticleTransport: Shanghai Monorail, Megabus 25M Rides, Making City Bike-Friendly,...
TRANSPORTShanghai Thinking Monorail China Daily Shanghai is likely to introduce the country's first suspended monorail train by 2015 to improve the city's worsening traffic congestion and pollution...
View ArticleTransport: India's Electric Vehicle Future, Financing Infrastructure,...
TRANSPORTFuture of India Depends on Electric Vehicles Business Standard Public transport is very crucial for a nation as it provides access to employment, community resources, medical care and...
View ArticleTransport: West Salt Lake Transpo Options, NY Bike Share Rack Resistance,...
TRANSPORTNo Freeway in West Salt Lake May Be Best Choice Salt Lake Tribune A freeway to carry heavy traffic north and south though west Davis County has been on Utah Department of Transportation...
View ArticleUrban Issues: Struggling To Reach Suburban Poor, Different Cities We Inhabit,...
URBAN ISSUESAdvocates Struggle To Reach Growing Ranks Of Suburban Poor NPR Poverty has grown everywhere in the U.S. in recent years, but mostly in the suburbs. During the 2000s, it grew twice as fast...
View ArticleEnvironment & Ecology: LA Mayor & Clean Energy, UK Collapsing Biodiversity,...
ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGYCould New LA Mayor Spur Clean Energy Boom Next City Eric Garcetti became the first elected Jewish mayor of Los Angeles today. Read On Collapsing Biodiversity in the UK Per...
View ArticleEnviroment & Ecology: Energy Generation Walking, Indoor Microbial Census,...
ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGYWalking Could Produce Energy via Shoes Giant Freakin Robot There's no better power than people power! A team of engineering students at Rice University in Houston, Texas have...
View ArticleUrban Issues: Spaces Under Freeways, Rough Time In Chicago, Olympic Village...
URBAN ISSUESVacant Spaces Under Freeways For Working and Playing Washington Post You can't get something out of nothing. This is common sense, not to mention a principle of physics and mathematics.Read...
View ArticleTransport: Costs Of Neglecting SF Muni, I-Go Car Share Sold, DART OKs...
TRANSPORTUK Major Projects Report Gets Praise Spend Matters UK, via: Crikey Urbanist We don't often say this but ... three unequivocal cheers for the Government, the Major Projects Authority, the...
View ArticleUrban Issues: Controlling Beijing Home Prices, London's Expensive Housing,...
URBAN ISSUESBeijing Caps Home Prices to Control Demand Bloomberg Beijing, which already has China's strictest real estate curbs, is being forced to take additional steps to contain surging home prices...
View ArticleUrbanism&Design: Chinese Urban Model, 3 Dead Freeways, Parkour's Urban...
URBANISM & DESIGNChina's Urban Model Should Stop Following LA Guardian UK China's urbanisation is the biggest and fastest social movement in human history, but it involves unsustainably sprawling...
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