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Ten years after Katrina, a wait continues for restoring Gulf Coast passenger rail 1 marmar Aug 2015 Aug 2015 2 1561
San Francisco: Construction of the Transbay Transit Center 0 marmar Aug 2015 Aug 2015 3 1966
Senator offers plan to pay for New Jersey-New York rail tunnel 2 Eugene Aug 2015 Aug 2015 0 1673
The real reason American public transportation is such a disaster 4 KamaAina Aug 2015 Aug 2015 6 2092
Northeast Corridor at breaking point? 3 marmar Aug 2015 Aug 2015 3 1711
Chicago: CTA to Buy 125 More Buses as Part of Modernization Program 0 marmar Aug 2015 Aug 2015 0 2207
Track construction begins on New Haven-Springfield rail line 3 friendly_iconoclast Aug 2015 Aug 2015 0 1717
As Gas Tax Revenue Dips, CT And N.J. Take Opposite Paths To Transportation Funding 1 marmar Aug 2015 Aug 2015 0 1469
San Francisco: Turns Onto Market Street by Private Cars Barred Starting Tuesday 1 marmar Aug 2015 Aug 2015 1 1528
Appeals Court Upholds Gun Ban on Madison Buses 0 marmar Aug 2015 Aug 2015 3 1490
In L.A., efforts are afoot to make bike share a genuine part of the transit network 0 marmar Aug 2015 Aug 2015 0 1404
Chicago: Phone Battery Rental Kiosks Arrive at Union Station 0 marmar Aug 2015 Aug 2015 0 1373
How Car-Centric Cities Like Phoenix Learned to Love Light Rail 7 marmar Aug 2015 Aug 2015 8 2142
Illinois: Suburbs' Downtown Plans Move Toward Transit-Oriented Housing 1 marmar Aug 2015 Aug 2015 4 1739
'Stay on your own side of the bay' this weekend in the San Francisco region 1 marmar Jul 2015 Jul 2015 2 2315
Toronto: Improvements to 33 Off-Peak TTC Bus and Streetcar Routes Coming 0 marmar Jul 2015 Jul 2015 1 1601
Aging infrastructure plagues nation's busiest rail corridor. 5 elleng Jul 2015 Jul 2015 6 2160
San Francisco: Muni Subway to be Closed at Night Starting July 31 for Six Months 1 marmar Jul 2015 Jul 2015 1 1997
Future of Urban Planning: A Hawaiian Neighborhood Born of Social Media 1 KamaAina Jul 2015 Jul 2015 0 1705
1910-1963 The destruction of Penn Station 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2015 Jul 2015 1 2825
London’s population has risen by 603,000 since 2000, car ownership has actually dropped by 117,000 1 marmar Jul 2015 Jul 2015 1 1572
Minneapolis has a surprisingly simple plan to cut traffic and make housing more affordable 1 KamaAina Jul 2015 Jul 2015 5 1828
These Are the Saddest Amtrak Stations in America 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2015 Jul 2015 4 2031
Charlotte Streetcar Begins Service on 1.5-Mile Run 1 marmar Jul 2015 Jul 2015 3 1659
Chicago: CTA Ridership Fell Short on Purple Line Pilot 0 marmar Jul 2015 Jul 2015 1 1647
MARTA to Make an $8B Pitch to Change the Face of Atlanta 0 marmar Jul 2015 Jul 2015 4 1653
BART Woes Build Day After Day 1 marmar Jul 2015 Jul 2015 0 1765
NJ: Passengers Stuck for 3 Hours When Train and Backup Train Break Down 1 marmar Jul 2015 Jul 2015 1 1634
For rail services, downtown sometimes isn’t the right place for a terminus 3 marmar Jul 2015 Jul 2015 4 1812
Chicago: CTA Proposed Red-Purple Bypass 0 marmar Jul 2015 Jul 2015 0 1619

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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Toronto: TTC Marks Milestone of Revitalized Union Station 0 marmar Jul 2015 Jul 2015 3 1422
Who, What, Why: Why does hot weather cause rail delays? 1 marmar Jul 2015 Jul 2015 1 1662
London will try to beat traffic and air pollution with this new electric bus 7 marmar Jul 2015 Jul 2015 5 3078
Google to help FRA notify drivers of rail crossing locations 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1354
Chicago: After Month Without Yellow Line, News Gets Worse in Skokie 1 marmar Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 1840
The State of Positive Train Control Implementation in the United States 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2015 Jun 2015 2 1321
The Northeast Corridor's Curviest Stretches, and Amtrak's Plans for Safety and Speed. 1 elleng Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1512
Fear of Longer Commutes Puts Pressure on US Cities to Act 0 marmar Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 1528
Urban Transit Systems Struggle to Keep Pace as Demand Grows 0 marmar Jun 2015 Jun 2015 2 1538
NY: $3.9B World Trade Center Transit Hub Nears Completion 0 marmar Jun 2015 Jun 2015 2 1544
Metro train system’s operation center is understaffed and chaotic, federal investigators find 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 1487
Toronto's new downtown-to-airport rail link is up and running 2 marmar Jun 2015 Jun 2015 5 1866
Maryland: Big MARC Fare Hikes Cause Riders to Press Hogan for Hearings 0 marmar Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 1592
Future of Transportation: Cities with Choices—and Less Parking 2 marmar Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 1909
Transportation First, then Economic Development for Streetcars 0 marmar Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 1581
Construction begins for Ottawa's new light-rail line 0 marmar Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 1496
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1328
Amtrak may pull plug on Southwest Chief, River Runner 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2015 Jun 2015 2 2281
New Jersey, You Should've Built That Tunnel 2 marmar Jun 2015 Jun 2015 4 1768
House Votes for Major Amtrak Cuts 2 marmar Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 1941
SF Bay Area: BART Transbay Tube Closure Planned 1 marmar Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 1843
Five Countries With the Best Public Transportation Systems (xpost from GD) 2 KamaAina Jun 2015 Jun 2015 2 1920
M1 Rail names American contractor for six Detroit streetcars 1 marmar Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1855
Seattle’s smart plan to remake its streets 0 marmar Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 1692
In Japan, Md. governor is wowed by super-fast trains — with big price tags 8 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 2179
San Francisco city officials vow to ride public transit for the next 22 days 0 marmar Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 1602
MDOT looks to cut payments on idle rail cars, launch Detroit-Ann Arbor commuter line by 2019 0 marmar Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1433
Twin Cities: Eden Prairie Rail Stations Being Considered for Cuts 0 marmar Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 1590
Warning: Do Not Drive Around Cars Waiting at a Grade Crossing for the Train to Go By 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 2229
MO: St. Louis County Faces Steep Odds Getting MetroLink on Expansion Track 0 marmar Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1769

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, Amtrak Derailment Meeting, 06-02-15 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1529
Elk Grove to leave bus service unchanged; proposed light-rail plan unpopular (xpost from CA) 0 KamaAina May 2015 May 2015 2 1521
SEPTA places railway safety technology order 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2015 May 2015 2 1635
NYC: STEP ASIDE: The MTA Wants to Speed Up Three Subway Lines 1 marmar May 2015 May 2015 2 2156
NY: MTA Bus Ridership Plummeting, Statistics Show 2 marmar May 2015 May 2015 1 1934
Northeast Corridor: America's Premier Rail Superhighway is Slowly Falling Apart 2 marmar May 2015 May 2015 7 1957
State lawmaker defends bike tax, says bicycling is not good for the environment 5 Sancho May 2015 May 2015 5 2770
Why can't America have high-speed trains? (xpost from GD) 4 KamaAina May 2015 May 2015 3 2075
NJ Transit Considers 9 Percent Fare Hike, Service Cuts 1 marmar May 2015 May 2015 0 1706
Detroit: New Regional Transit Plan to Connect Major Cities Across 4 Counties 0 marmar May 2015 May 2015 1 1591
Why Chicago Needs More Transit-Oriented Developments 1 marmar May 2015 May 2015 0 1584
Cool time-lapse video of the rebuild of a Toronto intersection and streetcar tracks..... 1 marmar May 2015 May 2015 0 1732
Seattle to Buildings: Give Tenants Transit Passes, Not Parking Spots (xpost from GD) 0 KamaAina May 2015 May 2015 3 1414
Detroit: RTA to unveil regional mass transit planning effort on Tuesday 2 marmar May 2015 May 2015 1 2125
Obama Administration To Trans-Hudson Tunnel Stakeholders: Get it Together 2 marmar May 2015 May 2015 3 1907
How Amsterdam became the bicycle capital of the world 1 marmar May 2015 May 2015 6 2190
Lessons From Toronto: Density Transforms, Brings Challenges 0 marmar May 2015 May 2015 0 1538
Transportation emerges as crucial to escaping poverty 0 nxylas May 2015 May 2015 2 2399
Bikes vs Cars: why it’s war between cyclists and drivers on city streets 3 marmar May 2015 May 2015 5 1841
Have we really reached 'peak car'? 0 marmar May 2015 May 2015 1 1658
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