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Urban Mass Transportation: Infrastructure, Affordability, Passenger Service, Environmental Quality 0 marmar Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 2232
Metro Detroit: LaHood reports progress on regional transit 0 marmar Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 2124
Chicago: Riders Blast CTA 'De-Crowding' Plan at Hearing 0 marmar Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 2486
Los Angeles Asks Its Voters to Extend Transit Tax Far Into the Future 1 marmar Sep 2012 Sep 2012 1 2750
Money Grab: How Can Cities Recapture Investment In Public Infrastructure? 1 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 1 2580
MTA, NY Pols Fire Off on Court Decision Striking Down Key Transportation Tax 1 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 2369
New York MTA: Suburban Passengers Get $7 Per Ride, Subway Riders, A Buck 3 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 3207
Chicago Transit Authority new 5000 series train 1 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 2668
Honolulu’s Rail Project Back in the Crossfire This Fall 2 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 3360
Chicago: CTA Responds Aisle-Facing Seats are Here to Stay 3 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 4574
Retrofitting, From the Suburb On Out 0 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 2309
Chicago: 26 bus routes face cuts, changes under CTA 'crowding reduction' plan 0 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 3234
Poll: By More Than Two to One, New Yorkers Say Bike Lanes a Good Thing 0 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 1 2251
First Foray into BRT in Chicago, Not Quite BRT 0 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 1 2541
Car-sharing program Zipcar 3 cyberswede Aug 2012 Aug 2012 1 3468
NOW Toronto: Rush to rail link (downtown-to-airport rail plan) 0 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 1 2304
Yonge St. pedestrian fair: can Toronto’s main drag stage a comeback? 1 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 2900
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Metro Atlanta transit measure fails; Teabaggers rejoice 3 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 3121
Tactical urbanism: "Parklet" coming to Lexington Avenue parking spots (Asheville, NC) 1 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 5 2859
London Underground Breaks Passenger Numbers Record 0 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 1 3651
Toronto Star: Neighbourhoods getting involved construction of TTC line 0 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 2152
China, India Continue High Speed Rail Expansion Plans 1 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 2540
Olympic effort for London's DLR 1 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 2856
'Cities in Motion' computer transit simulation game 0 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 1 3020
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Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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Chicago Transit Authority: Dan Ryan Red Line Project 0 marmar Jul 2012 Jul 2012 0 2214
UK Ramps Up Intercity Rail Investments 0 marmar Jul 2012 Jul 2012 1 2804
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The Atlantic wonders if transit is failing white people 6 marmar Jul 2012 Jul 2012 1 3770
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Toronto floats dramatic $30-billion transit plan 0 marmar Jun 2012 Jun 2012 3 3725
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