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Man 3-D Prints Backyard Castle, Plans Two-Story House Next (xpost from GD) 13 KamaAina Aug 2014 Sep 2014 23 7234
For London, one Crossrail isn’t enough 1 marmar Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2956
Self-Service Scooters are the Next Form of Communal Transportation in Paris? 0 marmar Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 2222
Can Light Rail Be an Engine of Opportunity? The Twin Cities Story 4 KamaAina Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 3096
Let’s make suburbs into cities: New urbanism, car culture and the future of community 2 marmar Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2320
Chicago: Additional bus-on-shoulder service coming to Stevenson; possible some day on Edens 0 marmar Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1894
Measuring Metro's Performance: A Tight Squeeze Through The Rosslyn Bottleneck 1 marmar Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 1995
How Your City’s Public Transit Stacks Up 2 KamaAina Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 2109
The Case for Public Transportation, in Infographic Form 2 KamaAina Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 2159
Missoula buses will be 'zero fare' beginning Jan. 5 4 KamaAina Aug 2014 Aug 2014 10 2273
Best Muni routes for seeing San Francisco 1 KamaAina Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1953
Construction underway on Detroit's light rail line 1 marmar Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2013
D.C. streetcar operator training begins this week 0 marmar Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1694
Paris Launched a Kid-Friendly Bike Share. Could the U.S. Be Next? 0 marmar Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 1895
Scared of Biking in Traffic? These Cities Are Making It Safe 3 marmar Jul 2014 Jul 2014 4 2305
D.C.: Old Railcars Slow Down Metro Progress 0 marmar Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 1846
China's incredible high-speed rail system 5 IronLionZion Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 3039
$6 Rides for BART's Oakland Airport Connector 0 marmar Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 2683
Public Works: Getting Paid to Bike to Work 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 1738
America forgot about bikes. Now it needs them more than ever. 6 mahatmakanejeeves May 2014 Jun 2014 4 3102
London is raising its congestion pricing charge 0 marmar Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1732
Streetcar Funding Slashed By D.C. Council 0 marmar Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1720
M-1 Rail on track for groundbreaking in Detroit 0 marmar May 2014 May 2014 1 1909
For D.C. Residents, Streetcar Return Will Pose Practical Challenges 0 marmar May 2014 May 2014 0 1713
NY: Clock ticking on Hudson crossings, Amtrak warns 4 marmar May 2014 May 2014 2 2468
Why bus rapid transit has stalled in Bay Area 1 marmar May 2014 May 2014 1 1836
LA Bike Week: Is cycling in Los Angeles getting any safer? 1 marmar May 2014 May 2014 0 1776
Is Effective Transit Possible in a Transit-Hostile City? 4 marmar May 2014 May 2014 2 2516
Orlando: SunRail Exceeding Ridership Expectations: Officials 0 marmar May 2014 May 2014 3 1888
Philadelphia: SEPTA to restore all-night subway service 1 marmar Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 2903

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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First cuts to Metro Transit spread all over Seattle area 4 marmar Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 2804
Chicago: CTA: 16 buildings need to be razed for Belmont 'L' overpass 0 marmar Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 2650
Huge "Big Boy" Steam Locomotive Coming Back to Life 5 Stuart G Apr 2014 Apr 2014 3 3870
D.C.: Second Time's The Charm? Contractor To Submit Silver Line For Approval 1 marmar Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1827
Twin Cities: Southwest Corridor light-rail route gets green light 0 marmar Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 1734
Los Angeles: Westside subway extension survives legal challenge by Beverly Hills 0 marmar Apr 2014 Apr 2014 2 1756
NY: G Train Faces Summer Shutdown 0 marmar Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 1811
Silver Line Delays Holding Up Tysons Corner Development 3 marmar Apr 2014 Apr 2014 3 2792
NY: Port Authority Wants to Build Bus Terminal Annex 0 marmar Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 2050
Houston: Metro Sees Record-Breaking Spring Break Ridership 1 marmar Apr 2014 Apr 2014 4 2188
New Study Demolishes Anti-Streetcar Arguments; Project Benefits Means It More than Pays for Itself 3 lowkell Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 9851
Recent Trends in Bus and Rail Ridership 3 marmar Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 2908
Why More U.S. Cities Need to Embrace Bus-Rapid Transit 2 marmar Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 2657
NY: Subway Ridership Hits 65-Year High 2 marmar Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 2202
San Francisco Airport uses tech to meet runway safety standards. 0 Agschmid Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 4435
Maryland: Purple Line receives federal environmental approval, allowing condemnations to begin 0 marmar Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 1986
NY: Congestion pricing plan gains actual momentum 0 marmar Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 1817
Chicago: Task force: Create superagency for transit 0 marmar Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 1728
D.C.: What's Delaying the Silver Line? Pull Up a Chair. 0 marmar Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 1765
LA Times: Teaching new Metro riders the subway of doing things 2 marmar Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 2120
Public Transportation Trends Expose Ecological, Economic and Social Crossroads 0 nxylas Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 3079
Chicago: CTA set to put all fares under Ventra 1 marmar Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 1966
Record 10.7 Billion Trips Taken On U.S. Public Transportation In 2013 0 marmar Mar 2014 Mar 2014 3 1851
Amtrak's California Zephyr returns to Denver Union Station 8 Agschmid Mar 2014 Mar 2014 10 5472
Did you hear about monorail cat? 0 Agschmid Mar 2014 Mar 2014 5 2287
Chicago: Metra looks to lease rail cars from other states 1 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 2695
Roger Penske touts M-1 Rail project as Detroit's 'home-run project' 1 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 2337
The battle for mass transit’s soul: How will tomorrow’s greatest cities travel? 0 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1743
Recent Storms and Major Development Could Revive Discussion of State Money for MARTA (audio link) 0 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1703
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1519

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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Northeast LA Getting LA's First Bike-Friendly Business District 1 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1865
D.C. Metro Chief: If You Want More Service, We Need More Money 1 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 2019
Fancy, Futuristic Touch-Screen Subway Maps Have Arrived 0 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1929
Civic Group Proposes Closing Parts of 20 Chicago Streets 0 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1808
Bus riders frozen out as fight over snow removal leaves many NJ Transit stops packed in ice 1 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 2023
Atlanta: MARTA GM: Rail system would ideally be double its size 3 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 2210
NY: New Tappan Zee Bridge: Report details bus rapid transit 0 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1790
Florida: Campaign Pushing to 'Greenlight' Pinellas Mass Transit Tax 2 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2500
Houston: Contaminated Soil Sinks Metro Underpass Plans for Green Line 0 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1959
WaPo: Contractor says Silver Line is complete; MWAA now has 15 days to decide 1 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1971
San Francisco: Pedestrian death nothing new on perilous Sunset Boulevard 0 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1991
Revisiting an N train extension to Laguardia 2 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2603
UK: Cornwall and parts of Devon could be without rail links to London for a while 0 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1838
'Transit deserts' in Chicago region's mass transit system: report 0 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2297
Why Super Bowl Transit Math Didn't Add Up 0 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1954
Kansas City Council Gives Green Light to Plans for Larger Streetcar Taxing District 1 marmar Jan 2014 Feb 2014 0 2156
As 'mass transit' Super Bowl nears, more disabled trains and delays 1 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 2577
Mass. Holds Hearings On $12B Transportation Spending Plan 0 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 2393
CA Gov Jerry Brown asks state Supreme Court to intervene on high-speed rail 0 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2032
Twin Cities: Metro Transit reports ridership gain for fourth year in a row 0 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1707
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