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Amid Funding Fight, D.C. Cuts Streetcar System From 22 To 8 Miles 0 marmar Nov 2014 Nov 2014 1 1722
Why middle-class Americans can’t afford to live in liberal cities (xpost from GD) 2 KamaAina Oct 2014 Oct 2014 5 2024
SF gas stations dwindle in real estate boom (xpost from Calif.) 0 KamaAina Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1963
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D.C.: Replacement Of Metro's Delay-Prone Old Rail Cars Delayed 0 marmar Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1800
Densely Populated Countries Could Find Food Independence With Vertical Floating Farms (xpost fr. GD) 4 KamaAina Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 2549
With infill stations, older transit agencies extend their reach 0 marmar Sep 2014 Sep 2014 5 1997
Public Transit Is Underfunded Because the Wealthy Don’t Rely on It 3 KamaAina Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 2299
For Walkers and Cyclists, A Swedish Road-Planning Strategy Helps Save Lives 1 KamaAina Sep 2014 Sep 2014 5 1967
How The Suburbs Got Poor 1 KamaAina Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 2078
Nine years after Katrina, New Orleans’ public transit is still rebuilt for wealthy whites 0 KamaAina Sep 2014 Sep 2014 8 1797
S.F. property owners to get tax break from creating urban farms 0 KamaAina Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1668
Man 3-D Prints Backyard Castle, Plans Two-Story House Next (xpost from GD) 13 KamaAina Aug 2014 Sep 2014 23 6925
For London, one Crossrail isn’t enough 1 marmar Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2860
Self-Service Scooters are the Next Form of Communal Transportation in Paris? 0 marmar Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 2084
Can Light Rail Be an Engine of Opportunity? The Twin Cities Story 4 KamaAina Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 2950
Let’s make suburbs into cities: New urbanism, car culture and the future of community 2 marmar Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2208
Chicago: Additional bus-on-shoulder service coming to Stevenson; possible some day on Edens 0 marmar Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1800
Measuring Metro's Performance: A Tight Squeeze Through The Rosslyn Bottleneck 1 marmar Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 1891
How Your City’s Public Transit Stacks Up 2 KamaAina Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 2009
The Case for Public Transportation, in Infographic Form 2 KamaAina Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 2037
Missoula buses will be 'zero fare' beginning Jan. 5 4 KamaAina Aug 2014 Aug 2014 10 2127
Best Muni routes for seeing San Francisco 1 KamaAina Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1857
Construction underway on Detroit's light rail line 1 marmar Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1919
D.C. streetcar operator training begins this week 0 marmar Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1595
Paris Launched a Kid-Friendly Bike Share. Could the U.S. Be Next? 0 marmar Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 1801
Scared of Biking in Traffic? These Cities Are Making It Safe 3 marmar Jul 2014 Jul 2014 4 2174
D.C.: Old Railcars Slow Down Metro Progress 0 marmar Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 1765
China's incredible high-speed rail system 5 IronLionZion Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 2875
$6 Rides for BART's Oakland Airport Connector 0 marmar Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 2485

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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Public Works: Getting Paid to Bike to Work 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 1648
America forgot about bikes. Now it needs them more than ever. 6 mahatmakanejeeves May 2014 Jun 2014 4 2886
London is raising its congestion pricing charge 0 marmar Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1639
Streetcar Funding Slashed By D.C. Council 0 marmar Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1637
M-1 Rail on track for groundbreaking in Detroit 0 marmar May 2014 May 2014 1 1805
For D.C. Residents, Streetcar Return Will Pose Practical Challenges 0 marmar May 2014 May 2014 0 1621
NY: Clock ticking on Hudson crossings, Amtrak warns 4 marmar May 2014 May 2014 2 2329
Why bus rapid transit has stalled in Bay Area 1 marmar May 2014 May 2014 1 1738
LA Bike Week: Is cycling in Los Angeles getting any safer? 1 marmar May 2014 May 2014 0 1686
Is Effective Transit Possible in a Transit-Hostile City? 4 marmar May 2014 May 2014 2 2373
Orlando: SunRail Exceeding Ridership Expectations: Officials 0 marmar May 2014 May 2014 3 1801
Philadelphia: SEPTA to restore all-night subway service 1 marmar Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 2778
First cuts to Metro Transit spread all over Seattle area 4 marmar Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 2653
Chicago: CTA: 16 buildings need to be razed for Belmont 'L' overpass 0 marmar Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 2562
Huge "Big Boy" Steam Locomotive Coming Back to Life 5 Stuart G Apr 2014 Apr 2014 3 3701
D.C.: Second Time's The Charm? Contractor To Submit Silver Line For Approval 1 marmar Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1709
Twin Cities: Southwest Corridor light-rail route gets green light 0 marmar Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 1645
Los Angeles: Westside subway extension survives legal challenge by Beverly Hills 0 marmar Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1668
NY: G Train Faces Summer Shutdown 0 marmar Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1723
Silver Line Delays Holding Up Tysons Corner Development 3 marmar Apr 2014 Apr 2014 3 2649
NY: Port Authority Wants to Build Bus Terminal Annex 0 marmar Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 1961
Houston: Metro Sees Record-Breaking Spring Break Ridership 1 marmar Apr 2014 Apr 2014 4 2084
New Study Demolishes Anti-Streetcar Arguments; Project Benefits Means It More than Pays for Itself 3 lowkell Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 9719
Recent Trends in Bus and Rail Ridership 3 marmar Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 2762
Why More U.S. Cities Need to Embrace Bus-Rapid Transit 2 marmar Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 2448
NY: Subway Ridership Hits 65-Year High 2 marmar Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 2062
San Francisco Airport uses tech to meet runway safety standards. 0 Agschmid Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 4307
Maryland: Purple Line receives federal environmental approval, allowing condemnations to begin 0 marmar Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 1893
NY: Congestion pricing plan gains actual momentum 0 marmar Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 1708
Chicago: Task force: Create superagency for transit 0 marmar Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1630

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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D.C.: What's Delaying the Silver Line? Pull Up a Chair. 0 marmar Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 1658
LA Times: Teaching new Metro riders the subway of doing things 2 marmar Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 2006
Public Transportation Trends Expose Ecological, Economic and Social Crossroads 0 nxylas Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 2957
Chicago: CTA set to put all fares under Ventra 1 marmar Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 1855
Record 10.7 Billion Trips Taken On U.S. Public Transportation In 2013 0 marmar Mar 2014 Mar 2014 3 1749
Amtrak's California Zephyr returns to Denver Union Station 8 Agschmid Mar 2014 Mar 2014 10 5184
Did you hear about monorail cat? 0 Agschmid Mar 2014 Mar 2014 5 2158
Chicago: Metra looks to lease rail cars from other states 1 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 2572
Roger Penske touts M-1 Rail project as Detroit's 'home-run project' 1 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 2219
The battle for mass transit’s soul: How will tomorrow’s greatest cities travel? 0 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1643
Recent Storms and Major Development Could Revive Discussion of State Money for MARTA (audio link) 0 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1598
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1453
Northeast LA Getting LA's First Bike-Friendly Business District 1 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1757
D.C. Metro Chief: If You Want More Service, We Need More Money 1 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1910
Fancy, Futuristic Touch-Screen Subway Maps Have Arrived 0 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1835
Civic Group Proposes Closing Parts of 20 Chicago Streets 0 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1669
Bus riders frozen out as fight over snow removal leaves many NJ Transit stops packed in ice 1 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1854
Atlanta: MARTA GM: Rail system would ideally be double its size 3 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 2068
NY: New Tappan Zee Bridge: Report details bus rapid transit 0 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1703
Florida: Campaign Pushing to 'Greenlight' Pinellas Mass Transit Tax 2 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2320
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