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Observation - LA Metro 3 pinto Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2537
Mexico City's traffic Infierno 0 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2117
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D.C.: Survey shows most people want more transit, walkable places 3 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 3046
NY Observer: Vanity Project: Why Fancy Architecture Won’t Save Penn Station 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 3 2200
Subway Stations With Amazing Art 6 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 3 4520
New York's Penn station – and other ugly train terminals around the world 2 marmar Jul 2013 Aug 2013 2 8437
NYC: More and More commuters working in the outerboroughs: Data 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2036
Maryland Seeks Private Operator for Purple Line 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2119
London Strolling 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 2080
Hours to Go, Just to Get to Work: Indonesians Cope With Infuriating Traffic and Inefficient Transit 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2065
Traffic island 'beach' opens in downtown Detroit 4 marmar Jun 2013 Aug 2013 2 3887
72-hour coast-to-coast Amtrak ride condensed to just over 3 minutes 1 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 3391
Chicago: A Vision for Bus Rapid Transit on Ashland 1 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2964
NY Times: MTA Ponders Transit for a New Generation 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2131
Did Sprawl Kill Horatio Alger? 0 phantom power Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2139
NYC Kills Fast Bus to LGA 3 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2781
Defining Clear Standards for Transit-Oriented Development 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2277
Seattle: Rasmussen Drops Bike-Share Bill; Funding Proving More Difficult to Wrangle 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 1980

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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Detroit Metro Times: The Complete Streets initiative for Woodward 2 marmar Jun 2013 Jul 2013 1 2854
To Urbanize or Not To Urbanize? Virginia Residents Divided Over Metro Expansion 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2194
Storms and flooding wreak absolute havoc on Toronto commute 2 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2722
Toronto: Metrolinx price tag for Scarborough subway leaves councillors fuming 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2230
After 20 years of talk, Crenshaw/LAX rail line gets green light 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 2165
Chicago Launches Bike Share: A Divvy Day One Dispatch 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2148
Senate Panel Okays Funding for D.C. Transit 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2071
NOW Toronto: Cure for King: Time for tough choices on car-congested streets 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2550
Poll: Bike Sharing Widely Popular After First Month (NYC) 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 4 2556
Article on Detroit filled with inaccuracies 5 KamaAina Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 3372
"They say San José is going to become another Los Angeles." 0 KamaAina Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2805
Ann Arbor's vision for high-capacity transit taking shape with possible Connector routes mapped 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2466
CicLAvia fills Wilshire Boulevard with bicycles (LA Times) 0 pinto Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2129
Chicago: Blue Line Study Could Lead to Overhaul 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2710
Honolulu mayor proposes bike lanes beneath planned elevated rail transit tracks 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2221
El Paso's BRT System ready to break ground 5 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 4362
San Francisco's new eco-friendly bus malfunctioned en route to a press conference 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2350
NYC's Second Avenue Subway construction (with photos) in Manhattan 1 CreekDog Jun 2013 Jun 2013 4 5257
Toronto Transit Commission: Third-busiest mass transit system in North America (video) 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2580
Bike barometer reveals big numbers 0 Gormy Cuss Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 2318
Sweden: Male train drivers wear skirts after shorts row 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2444
Cities Turn to Walkability for Public Health Boost 2 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2529
Updating Northeast Corridor Will be Complex and Costly 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 3071
San Francisco video teaches bus drivers how to coexist with cyclists 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2532
Washington D.C.: Riders try out Metro’s new stainless steel fare gates 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2865
Toronto: Eglinton Crosstown (LRT) crews launch giant tunneling machine 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2274
R Train Service to Halt Between Brooklyn, Manhattan 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2592
LA Times: Bus-only lanes debut on Wilshire Boulevard 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2204
D.C.'s Outer Beltway Plan Draws Ferocious Opposition, as Business Leaders Cry For More Lanes 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2476
San Antonio: Six streetcar routes on the table 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2172

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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To Immediate Controversy, Toronto Unveils Potential Revenue Sources for $34 Billion in New Transit 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 3376
Commuters Would Pay More for Better Public Transit Tech, Study Says 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 2176
Cyclists will be able to sign up this week for Chicago’s bike-sharing program 0 marmar May 2013 May 2013 0 2468
This message was self-deleted by its author 3 marmar May 2013 May 2013 0 3346
Chicago: Changes Follow Criticism of CTA's Ventra Card Plan 0 marmar May 2013 May 2013 0 2548
The Evolution of Moscow's Subway Maps 6 marmar May 2013 May 2013 10 5258
Creative ways to avoid paying bus fare in Australia 1 marmar May 2013 May 2013 0 2928
L.A. Metro board approves Leimert Park subway station 1 marmar May 2013 May 2013 0 4241
Washington DC: Metro moves to modernize fare-collection system 2 marmar May 2013 May 2013 0 2837
Lawmakers form public transit caucus 0 marmar May 2013 May 2013 1 2110
Driving Is Dropping In The U.S. 4 marmar May 2013 May 2013 3
CA: BART to Decide on Relaxed Rules for Bikes on Trains 1 marmar May 2013 May 2013 2 2697
WA: Party Lines Blur at Transportation Rally 1 marmar May 2013 May 2013 2 2719
Maryland: Capital Area Commuters Increasingly Relying on Transit 1 marmar May 2013 May 2013 2 2881
Minnesota: Status-quo transportation bill disappoints transit advocates 0 marmar May 2013 May 2013 1 2456
How Silver Spring’s transit center plan grew into a fiasco 0 marmar May 2013 May 2013 1 2419
A good day for pedestrians, cyclists and equines in Houston 2 marmar May 2013 May 2013 1 2961
California County Details How Transit Cuts Harm Health 2 marmar May 2013 May 2013 2 2781
Chicago: 'So far, so good' on first weekday of Red Line shutdown 0 marmar May 2013 May 2013 0 2364
Twin Cities: Hiawatha Line renamed Blue Line 2 marmar May 2013 May 2013 0 3854
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