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Amtrak Hikes Rents For Backyard Spaces From $25 to $25K, Residents Say 6 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2016 Aug 2016 1 2532
Biden: $2.45B Loan for Amtrak Upgrades in Northeast Corridor 1 Eugene Aug 2016 Aug 2016 1 1711
Amtrak taps "Wick" Moorman, retired top executive at Norfolk Southern, as its next CEO 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1745
Amtrak Wins Argument That Passengers Go First and Freight Can Wait 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2016 Aug 2016 7 2905
FTA Gives Metro Safety Orders After Finding Dozens Of Red Signal Overruns 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2016 Aug 2016 1 1652
15 things I wish I knew before I hopped in this UberPOOL 0 left-of-center2012 Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1935
Cities Need More Public Transit, Not More Uber and Self-Driving Cars (xpost from GD) 10 KamaAina Aug 2016 Aug 2016 8 2635
N.M. State Fair gets a brand-new ride: Uber 0 left-of-center2012 Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 1546
Lyft moves toward resuming NM service 0 left-of-center2012 Jul 2016 Jul 2016 0 1467
They’re not unicorns, they’re Republicans who like buses and trains 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2016 Jul 2016 0 1710
All the railroads and ferries DC and its environs had in 1921, in one subway-style map 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2016 Jul 2016 1 1721
Planned changes for highways and railroads in I-95 corridor in Virginia announced 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2016 Jul 2016 1 1552
The Beginner's Guide to Open Streets 0 marmar Jul 2016 Jul 2016 0 1637
Reorienting our discussion of city growth 0 marmar Jul 2016 Jul 2016 0 1675
A car-free Motor City? Detroit to try Open Streets program 2 marmar Jul 2016 Jul 2016 1 1853
Chicago: New TIF Districts May Greenlight Belmont Flyover, Other Transit Projects 0 marmar Jul 2016 Jul 2016 0 1735
Next stages of DC Metro repair effort will affect travel to National airport 1 marmar Jul 2016 Jul 2016 0 1735
Philadelphia: Serious Cracks Found in 95 Percent of SEPTA Cars Inspected So Far 0 marmar Jul 2016 Jul 2016 4 1902
DC Metro to cut 500 jobs 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2016 Jun 2016 2 1729
Toronto: A Ride on TTC's Spadina Subway Extension 0 marmar Jun 2016 Jun 2016 1 1988
Facelift in the works for Toronto's busiest transit corridor 0 marmar Jun 2016 Jun 2016 0 1796
Next SafeTrack Surge Will Be Tough Ride In Northern Virginia, Prince George's Co. 0 marmar Jun 2016 Jun 2016 0 1536
Virginia: Lynchburg Amtrak passengers to get more rail service next year 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2016 Jun 2016 1 1870
How Bike Lanes Get Installed in Toronto 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2016 Jun 2016 1 1662
U.S. bullet train proposals shun public funds, favor private cash 2 Eugene May 2016 Jun 2016 1 1861
Bicyclists behavior -- a question 10 unc70 Jun 2016 Jun 2016 3 2784
With Metrorail SafeTrack Under Way, Arlington County, Virginia, Sees Huge Increases In Cyclists 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2016 Jun 2016 0 1425
Almost 75% Of D.C. Metro Riders Expecting Transitpocalypse, Survey Says 1 marmar Jun 2016 Jun 2016 2 1774
Gotthard tunnel: World's longest and deepest rail tunnel opens in Switzerland 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2016 Jun 2016 9 1833
Tax push for $4.6 billion Detroit area transit plan begins 0 marmar Jun 2016 Jun 2016 1 1580

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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The forgotten history of how automakers invented the crime of "jaywalking" 4 mahatmakanejeeves May 2016 May 2016 9 2437
Virginia: Construction of Roanoke's Amtrak platform expected to start this fall, state says 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2016 May 2016 0 1643
Amtrak Trains Fight to Go First 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 2016 May 2016 4 4261
L.A. Metro and City of Los Angeles to Officially Launch Bike Sharing in Downtown Los Angeles 0 marmar May 2016 May 2016 0 1608
California - Hyperloop Transportation says it cracked 760mph travel with magnets 3 kristopher May 2016 May 2016 10 2206
The Big Sell: Making People Care About Infrastructure Repair 5 marmar May 2016 May 2016 5 1874
LA-area light rail now reaches from distant suburbs to sea (xpost from CA group) 0 KamaAina May 2016 May 2016 3 1527
Superblocks to the rescue: Barcelona’s plan to give streets back to residents 0 Ghost Dog May 2016 May 2016 2 1585
Come L or High Water: Sandy Damage Leaves MTA With Tough Choice 2 marmar May 2016 May 2016 0 1860
Frequent service, not escalator access, is what attracts transit users 2 marmar May 2016 May 2016 3 1758
Fight Climate Change, One Bus Ride at a Time 1 marmar May 2016 May 2016 2 1724
Why some suburbs are trying to be more like cities 4 marmar May 2016 May 2016 2 1991
DC Metro will shut down sections of lines for year-long subway repair work 7 Eugene May 2016 May 2016 0 3253
U.S. 'seriously' considered shutting down DC subway system 0 Eugene May 2016 May 2016 4 1523
The Absurd Primacy of the Automobile in American Life 10 KamaAina Apr 2016 May 2016 10 3022
San Francisco: Muni experiments with a double-stop routine to speed things up 2 marmar May 2016 May 2016 2 2018
More woes for the Washington Metro 0 marmar May 2016 May 2016 2 1331
Boston: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the MBTA's Operations Control Center 0 marmar May 2016 May 2016 2 1717
Brooklyn subway fix could derail real estate boom in New York hipster capital 2 Eugene May 2016 May 2016 2 2278
San Francisco: $260 Million Bailout Approved for Transbay Transit Center 1 marmar May 2016 May 2016 1 1570
Bogota’s Bus Rapid Transit System Eyed By U.S. Urban Planners 3 marmar Mar 2016 May 2016 0 3449
Detroit: M-1 Rail Center Debut Marks Milestone for QLINE 1 marmar May 2016 May 2016 5 3128
For faster train travel, Amtrak wants to fix railway bottlenecks in Maryland 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2016 May 2016 1 1892
NTSB cites ‘ineffective inspection and maintenance practices’ as causes of fatal 2015 Metro smoke... 0 Eugene May 2016 May 2016 2 1415
U.S. court says Amtrak has too much power over freight carriers 2 Eugene Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1771
Can Neighborhoods Be Revitalized Without Gentrifying Them? (xpost from GD) 6 KamaAina Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 2012
DC: Metrobus drivers caught speeding, running red lights and ignoring stop signs 2 marmar Apr 2016 Apr 2016 1 1673
Which riders matter? 0 marmar Apr 2016 Apr 2016 5 1541
Denver's new airport train starts service 1 marmar Apr 2016 Apr 2016 3 1718
Chicago: U.S. Senate Panel Backs $100M for Red, Purple Line Revamp 0 marmar Apr 2016 Apr 2016 1 1679

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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Santa Monica, CA, awaiting the Expo Line's launch 1 left-of-center2012 Apr 2016 Apr 2016 1 1470
Rail safety official: Maintenance problems plague Northeast Corridor 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1708
Transit systems eye Uber, Lyft for savings on the disabled 0 KamaAina Apr 2016 Apr 2016 1 1369
San Francisco: $260 Million Bailout in Works for Troubled Transit Center Project 2 marmar Apr 2016 Apr 2016 3 1757
You’ve got $50 billion for transit. Now how should you spend it? 3 marmar Apr 2016 Apr 2016 2 1843
Amtrak passenger service on track for rail service across Gulf Coast from New Orleans to Orlando 12 KamaAina Mar 2016 Apr 2016 3 4228
Delays May Derail Stimulus Funding for Amtrak Railcars 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2016 Apr 2016 1 1761
A Massachusetts state legislator has a big idea to ease the urban rent crisis (xpost from GD) 0 KamaAina Apr 2016 Apr 2016 1 1705
FRA Announces $25 Million Available for Positive Train Control Implementation 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2016 Apr 2016 1 1698
SEPTA eyes new locomotives, station renewal in $548.6 million capital budget 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2016 Apr 2016 2 1461
When a railroad almost built a PTC system 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2015 Apr 2016 4 2126
Once seniors are too old to drive, our transportation system totally fails them 2 KamaAina Apr 2016 Apr 2016 6 1765
How Can Portland Brace for Its Population Boom? 1 marmar Apr 2016 Apr 2016 1 3129
Mississauga (Ontario) Moves to Make Transit Competitive With the Car 1 marmar Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1893
Detroit: M-1 Rail on track to wrap up construction by 2017 0 marmar Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 2089
NYC's Newest Subway Station Is Leaking 1 marmar Mar 2016 Mar 2016 4 2289
Port Authority's Grand Compromise Yields New Bus Terminal, and Tensions 0 marmar Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 2026
How Can Transit Compete With the Coming Onslaught of Driverless Cars? 3 marmar Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 2422
Port Authority Pledges Billions for Airport Upgrades and New Bus Terminal. 1 elleng Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 2333
Transpod's dream: Hyperloop high-speed travel between cities 1 marmar Mar 2016 Mar 2016 3 2034
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