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Chicago: Ventra outage hits 60 CTA stations, results in 15,000 free rides 0 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1696
NYC motorists killed three pedestrians Monday -- on the sidewalk 2 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 2093
Public Transit in Chicago has gone to the reptiles...... 1 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1875
NY Toll Authority Out of Control 0 Renew Deal Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 1893
Chicago: Ventra boss 'can't guess' when new fare system will work 2 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 2244
Detroit: M-1 Rail Project Now Is In Process Of Selecting Streetcars 1 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 1934
D.C. Metro To Begin Running New Railcars In Late 2014 0 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 2405
Hamburg is planning to make cars superfluous in the next 15-20 years 0 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 7 2351
BART Permanently Lifts Rush Hour Bike Ban 5 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 2783
NYT: From China to Los Angeles, Taking the Electric Bus 1 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1810
Turkey's Bosphorus tunnel to open sub-sea Asia link 1 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1862
NYT: Commuting’s Hidden Cost 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1639
Chicago: South-leg Red Line commuters in for smooth ride Monday after five-month rebuild 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1620
How One D.C. Suburb Set A Gold Standard For Commuting 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1743
Paris' Traffic-Cutting Gamble Charms Pedestrians, Irks Drivers 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1605
D.C. fails to pay Metro; funds held up due to shutdown 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1883
Texas DOT denies $1.6 million for El Paso bicycle-sharing program 4 marmar Aug 2013 Oct 2013 1 2357
Seriously, Get on the Bus! New Analysis Shows Fiscal, Environmental Benefits of Buses 6 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2013 Oct 2013 1 4166
Chicago: CTA Works to Stem Crash-Related Blue Line Delays 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1697
Video sneak peek of the Washington Metro's Silver Line 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1684
Seattle: Light-rail start to U District, Capitol Hill may come early 1 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1885
Living Near Good Transit May Make You Happier 2 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 2033
D.C.: Metro Ridership Is Down, But Transit Experts Aren't Worried 1 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1949
The Silver Line makes its way onto the Washington Metro's map 4 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 8 3166
SF: Bike path flaws add millions to Bay Bridge bill 0 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1790
Observation - LA Metro 3 pinto Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2124
Mexico City's traffic Infierno 0 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1847
NYC Trumpets 2012 Street Statistics: More Transit, Less Traffic 0 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1909
Fairfax County Grapples With Huge Silver Line Costs 0 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1710
D.C.: Survey shows most people want more transit, walkable places 3 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 2607

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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NY Observer: Vanity Project: Why Fancy Architecture Won’t Save Penn Station 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 3 1909
Subway Stations With Amazing Art 6 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 3 3854
New York's Penn station – and other ugly train terminals around the world 2 marmar Jul 2013 Aug 2013 2 8021
NYC: More and More commuters working in the outerboroughs: Data 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1755
Maryland Seeks Private Operator for Purple Line 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1850
London Strolling 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 1811
Hours to Go, Just to Get to Work: Indonesians Cope With Infuriating Traffic and Inefficient Transit 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1767
Traffic island 'beach' opens in downtown Detroit 4 marmar Jun 2013 Aug 2013 2 3384
72-hour coast-to-coast Amtrak ride condensed to just over 3 minutes 1 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2938
Chicago: A Vision for Bus Rapid Transit on Ashland 1 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2617
NY Times: MTA Ponders Transit for a New Generation 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 1840
Did Sprawl Kill Horatio Alger? 0 phantom power Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1855
NYC Kills Fast Bus to LGA 3 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2342
Defining Clear Standards for Transit-Oriented Development 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1989
Seattle: Rasmussen Drops Bike-Share Bill; Funding Proving More Difficult to Wrangle 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 1688
Detroit Metro Times: The Complete Streets initiative for Woodward 2 marmar Jun 2013 Jul 2013 1 2444
To Urbanize or Not To Urbanize? Virginia Residents Divided Over Metro Expansion 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1895
Storms and flooding wreak absolute havoc on Toronto commute 2 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2334
Toronto: Metrolinx price tag for Scarborough subway leaves councillors fuming 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1946
After 20 years of talk, Crenshaw/LAX rail line gets green light 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 1868
Chicago Launches Bike Share: A Divvy Day One Dispatch 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1887
Senate Panel Okays Funding for D.C. Transit 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1794
NOW Toronto: Cure for King: Time for tough choices on car-congested streets 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2226
Poll: Bike Sharing Widely Popular After First Month (NYC) 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 4 2208
Article on Detroit filled with inaccuracies 5 KamaAina Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2772
"They say San José is going to become another Los Angeles." 0 KamaAina Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2471
Ann Arbor's vision for high-capacity transit taking shape with possible Connector routes mapped 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2161
CicLAvia fills Wilshire Boulevard with bicycles (LA Times) 0 pinto Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1863
Chicago: Blue Line Study Could Lead to Overhaul 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2244
Honolulu mayor proposes bike lanes beneath planned elevated rail transit tracks 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1946

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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El Paso's BRT System ready to break ground 5 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 3800
San Francisco's new eco-friendly bus malfunctioned en route to a press conference 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2034
NYC's Second Avenue Subway construction (with photos) in Manhattan 1 CreekDog Jun 2013 Jun 2013 4 4815
Toronto Transit Commission: Third-busiest mass transit system in North America (video) 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2261
Bike barometer reveals big numbers 0 Gormy Cuss Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 2040
Sweden: Male train drivers wear skirts after shorts row 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2172
Cities Turn to Walkability for Public Health Boost 2 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2117
Updating Northeast Corridor Will be Complex and Costly 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 2639
San Francisco video teaches bus drivers how to coexist with cyclists 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2198
Washington D.C.: Riders try out Metro’s new stainless steel fare gates 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2553
Toronto: Eglinton Crosstown (LRT) crews launch giant tunneling machine 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1981
R Train Service to Halt Between Brooklyn, Manhattan 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2249
LA Times: Bus-only lanes debut on Wilshire Boulevard 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 1925
D.C.'s Outer Beltway Plan Draws Ferocious Opposition, as Business Leaders Cry For More Lanes 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2148
San Antonio: Six streetcar routes on the table 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 1879
To Immediate Controversy, Toronto Unveils Potential Revenue Sources for $34 Billion in New Transit 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 3029
Commuters Would Pay More for Better Public Transit Tech, Study Says 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 1896
Cyclists will be able to sign up this week for Chicago’s bike-sharing program 0 marmar May 2013 May 2013 0 2181
This message was self-deleted by its author 3 marmar May 2013 May 2013 0 2935
Chicago: Changes Follow Criticism of CTA's Ventra Card Plan 0 marmar May 2013 May 2013 0 2151
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