Today’s Headlines
Transpo Issues Daily Breaks Down TIGER V Grant Winners O’Malley Partners with Private Interest for New Baltimore Rail (Next City) How Parking Garages Drive Up Rent (Grist) Amtrak May Budge on Roll-On Bike Service (Cyclelicious) Gateway Green Crowdfunding Off to Strong Start (Bike Portland) Cities Can Lead the Way on Climate Change (Sustainable Cities)
September 6, 2013
Today’s Headlines
Lee County, Florida, Hopes for TIGER Grant Today (News-Press) Link Between Transpo Planning and Health Gets More Attention (Trans Issues Daily) Richard Florida on Why Start-Ups Are Avoiding Office Parks in the Burbs (Atlantic Cities) Detroit News: Give Up on Feds, Use Private Money for Infrastructure Boomers Opting for Smaller “Pocket Neighborhoods” (AARP) Busy Bike … Continued
September 5, 2013
Today’s Headlines
Atlanta Gets $18 Million TIGER Grant for BeltLine (Atlanta Daily World) …While Charlotte’s Streetcar Strikes Out With TIGER (Charlotte Observer) Shuster to Take a Spin Today in Driverless Car (National Journal) Even When “Green,” Sprawl Is Still Sprawl (Switchboard NRDC) Baltimore Planners Envision New Development Near Transit (Baltimore Sun) L.A. Times: Stop Ignoring Freeway Pollution … Continued
September 4, 2013
Today’s Headlines
In Minneapolis, an Effort to Preserve Affordability With TOD (Next City) Bike League Continues the Conversation on Transportation and Equity Camden, NJ, Celebrates New Bike Lanes (Mobilizing the Region, Philly.com) Purple Line Should be Catalyst for Prince George’s County, MD (Gazette) How to Advocate for Bikeways in Your City (Good) Atlanta Looks Into MARTA Expansion (AP) Will … Continued
August 30, 2013
Today’s Headlines
On Civil Rights Anniversary, Foxx Talks of Transpo’s “History of Dividing Us” (Atlantic Cities, The Hill) U.S. Has Doubled Its Bike-Sharing This Year (Treehugger, Grist) … In Part Because of Bay Area Bike-Share, Ready to Launch Tomorrow (Streetsblog SF) DOT Taps Former Facebook Exec as Chief of Staff (JOC) How Can Transportation Policy Bolster Affordable … Continued
August 29, 2013
Today’s Headlines
DOT Seeks Feedback on 2014-2018 Strategic Plans (The Hill) The 2020 Vision for Maryland’s Purple Line (Gazette) What Policies Can Encourage Active Transport? (CityFix) Atlantic Cities Chats With “End of the Suburbs” Author Does Baton Rouge Need Its Transit Agency? (Times-Picayune) Bacon’s Rebellion: It’s a Bad Time for Bets on Transpo Infrastructure Are There Enough Bikes … Continued
August 28, 2013
Today’s Headlines
Arizona Valley Partnership Works to Catalyze Development Along Light Rail (Smart Growth America) Post-DOT, LaHood Settles Into Two New Gigs in Home State (National Journal) Apple Doubles Down on Public Transit With Embark Buy (CNET) Report: By 2020, Car-Sharing Will Have 12 Million Members Worldwide (Smart Planet) Oklahoma City Plans for Streetcar (NewsOK) Parking Wonk … Continued
August 23, 2013
Today’s Headlines
Will Amtrak’s Hoosier State Line Keep Running Once Fed Funds Run Out? (Post-Tribune, JC Online) Rep. Denham May Have Tripped Over Himself in Attempt to Block High-Speed Rail (Sac Bee) APTA Settles Case With Patent Troll Who’s Been Suing Public Transit Agencies (Ars Technica) Oberstar’s Advice for White House on Transpo? Go Around Congress (Politico MT) … Continued
August 22, 2013
Today’s Headlines
UC Examines Benefits, Challenges of Bullet Train (Fresno Bee) Hurricane Sandy Task Force Rolls Out Rebuilding Strategy (Fast Lane) Minneapolis Light Rail Project Goes “Back to the Drawing Board” (StarTribune) Study Forecasts 30 Percent Jump in Ridership From Nashville BRT (Tennessean) Strong Towns: Is There Value in Congestion? Baltimore Brew Covets SF Streetcar System Hoboken’s Model … Continued
August 21, 2013
Today’s Headlines
Arlington, TX, Sheds Rep as Largest U.S. City Without Public Transpo (Star-Telegram, AP) Also in Texas, DART Celebrates 30 Years — But Has It Delivered? (News-Journal) A Standing Ovation for Under-Budget, Early-Finish Utah Rail Project (Salt Lake Trib) What’s the Impact of New Federal Guidance on Affordable TODs? (Enterprise) GGW: Urbanizing ‘Burbs Should Look to … Continued
August 20, 2013