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Turkey's Bosphorus tunnel to open sub-sea Asia link 1 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1752
NYT: Commuting’s Hidden Cost 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1567
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How One D.C. Suburb Set A Gold Standard For Commuting 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1668
Paris' Traffic-Cutting Gamble Charms Pedestrians, Irks Drivers 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1537
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Seriously, Get on the Bus! New Analysis Shows Fiscal, Environmental Benefits of Buses 6 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2013 Oct 2013 1 3829
Chicago: CTA Works to Stem Crash-Related Blue Line Delays 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1584
Video sneak peek of the Washington Metro's Silver Line 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1601
Seattle: Light-rail start to U District, Capitol Hill may come early 1 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1789
Living Near Good Transit May Make You Happier 2 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1925
D.C.: Metro Ridership Is Down, But Transit Experts Aren't Worried 1 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1838
The Silver Line makes its way onto the Washington Metro's map 4 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 8 3003
SF: Bike path flaws add millions to Bay Bridge bill 0 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1699
Observation - LA Metro 3 pinto Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2004
Mexico City's traffic Infierno 0 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1762
NYC Trumpets 2012 Street Statistics: More Transit, Less Traffic 0 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1820
Fairfax County Grapples With Huge Silver Line Costs 0 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1629
D.C.: Survey shows most people want more transit, walkable places 3 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 2475
NY Observer: Vanity Project: Why Fancy Architecture Won’t Save Penn Station 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 3 1826
Subway Stations With Amazing Art 6 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 3 3570
New York's Penn station – and other ugly train terminals around the world 2 marmar Jul 2013 Aug 2013 2 7889
NYC: More and More commuters working in the outerboroughs: Data 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1681
Maryland Seeks Private Operator for Purple Line 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1777
London Strolling 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 1731

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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Hours to Go, Just to Get to Work: Indonesians Cope With Infuriating Traffic and Inefficient Transit 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1693
Traffic island 'beach' opens in downtown Detroit 4 marmar Jun 2013 Aug 2013 2 3241
72-hour coast-to-coast Amtrak ride condensed to just over 3 minutes 1 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2754
Chicago: A Vision for Bus Rapid Transit on Ashland 1 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2507
NY Times: MTA Ponders Transit for a New Generation 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 1765
Did Sprawl Kill Horatio Alger? 0 phantom power Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1782
NYC Kills Fast Bus to LGA 3 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2207
Defining Clear Standards for Transit-Oriented Development 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1905
Seattle: Rasmussen Drops Bike-Share Bill; Funding Proving More Difficult to Wrangle 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 1612
Detroit Metro Times: The Complete Streets initiative for Woodward 2 marmar Jun 2013 Jul 2013 1 2316
To Urbanize or Not To Urbanize? Virginia Residents Divided Over Metro Expansion 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1808
Storms and flooding wreak absolute havoc on Toronto commute 2 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2225
Toronto: Metrolinx price tag for Scarborough subway leaves councillors fuming 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1878
After 20 years of talk, Crenshaw/LAX rail line gets green light 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 1754
Chicago Launches Bike Share: A Divvy Day One Dispatch 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1804
Senate Panel Okays Funding for D.C. Transit 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1719
NOW Toronto: Cure for King: Time for tough choices on car-congested streets 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2131
Poll: Bike Sharing Widely Popular After First Month (NYC) 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 4 2101
Article on Detroit filled with inaccuracies 5 KamaAina Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2579
"They say San José is going to become another Los Angeles." 0 KamaAina Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2358
Ann Arbor's vision for high-capacity transit taking shape with possible Connector routes mapped 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2068
CicLAvia fills Wilshire Boulevard with bicycles (LA Times) 0 pinto Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1747
Chicago: Blue Line Study Could Lead to Overhaul 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2106
Honolulu mayor proposes bike lanes beneath planned elevated rail transit tracks 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1870
El Paso's BRT System ready to break ground 5 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 3590
San Francisco's new eco-friendly bus malfunctioned en route to a press conference 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1921
NYC's Second Avenue Subway construction (with photos) in Manhattan 1 CreekDog Jun 2013 Jun 2013 4 4628
Toronto Transit Commission: Third-busiest mass transit system in North America (video) 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2152
Bike barometer reveals big numbers 0 Gormy Cuss Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 1927
Sweden: Male train drivers wear skirts after shorts row 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2096

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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Cities Turn to Walkability for Public Health Boost 2 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 1987
Updating Northeast Corridor Will be Complex and Costly 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 2507
San Francisco video teaches bus drivers how to coexist with cyclists 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2092
Washington D.C.: Riders try out Metro’s new stainless steel fare gates 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2446
Toronto: Eglinton Crosstown (LRT) crews launch giant tunneling machine 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1900
R Train Service to Halt Between Brooklyn, Manhattan 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2147
LA Times: Bus-only lanes debut on Wilshire Boulevard 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 1846
D.C.'s Outer Beltway Plan Draws Ferocious Opposition, as Business Leaders Cry For More Lanes 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2044
San Antonio: Six streetcar routes on the table 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 1798
To Immediate Controversy, Toronto Unveils Potential Revenue Sources for $34 Billion in New Transit 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2917
Commuters Would Pay More for Better Public Transit Tech, Study Says 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 1816
Cyclists will be able to sign up this week for Chicago’s bike-sharing program 0 marmar May 2013 May 2013 0 2076
This message was self-deleted by its author 3 marmar May 2013 May 2013 0 2799
Chicago: Changes Follow Criticism of CTA's Ventra Card Plan 0 marmar May 2013 May 2013 0 2034
The Evolution of Moscow's Subway Maps 6 marmar May 2013 May 2013 10 4314
Creative ways to avoid paying bus fare in Australia 1 marmar May 2013 May 2013 0 2492
L.A. Metro board approves Leimert Park subway station 1 marmar May 2013 May 2013 0 3799
Washington DC: Metro moves to modernize fare-collection system 2 marmar May 2013 May 2013 0 2331
Lawmakers form public transit caucus 0 marmar May 2013 May 2013 1 1759
Driving Is Dropping In The U.S. 4 marmar May 2013 May 2013 3
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