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San Francisco residents relying less on private automobiles 1 marmar Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1613
Massachusetts: Delays, Crowding, Tension Persist for Locals Using MBTA Commuter Rail 0 marmar Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1572
A Vacant Lot In Wyoming Will Become One Of The World's First Vertical Farms (xpost from GD) 0 KamaAina Feb 2015 Feb 2015 2 1645
Detroit: Grand Rapids Silver Line Offers Model For Woodward BRT Service 0 marmar Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1525
Boston: Scott Says 'at Least' 30 Days Needed to Get T on Track 0 marmar Feb 2015 Feb 2015 4 1638
Chicago: Study Says CTA Attracts More Haters on Twitter Than Other Transit Agencies 1 marmar Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1832
Boston-Area Public Transit System Tested During Snowstorms 0 marmar Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1813
Milwaukee City Council OKs streetcar plan 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1573
Chicago: CTA Blue Line Upgrade Gets $120M Infusion From Feds 1 marmar Feb 2015 Feb 2015 2 2074
DOT Warns of Dystopian Future For Transportation 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1825
Amtrak to invest $12 million in major renovation of Chicago's Union Station 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2 1957
Downtown Living Doesn't Stop for Storms 1 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 3 1892
M-1 Rail construction to ramp up this year in Detroit 0 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2 1929
NY: MTA Had Plan to Keep Subways Running Despite Heavy Snow 1 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 1794
Seattle's Pronto Cycle Share puts rental bikes around town at swipe, go stations 0 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2 1630
For LaGuardia, an AirTrain that will save almost no one any time 1 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1878
Suburban Chicago: Pace Unveils $2.3B Rapid Transit Network Plan 1 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 2371
NY: Subway Fare Going Up 1 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1864
Cuomo to Call for an AirTrain to LaGuardia 1 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 3 1881
Toronto Mayor John Tory’s welcome reverse on transit exposes his flank 1 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2 1720
Charlotte Streetcar Opening Delayed Until June 0 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 1697
SF Mayor Announces Major Expansion of Muni Light Rail Fleet 2 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 6 2326
Washington DC: 1 dead, dozens hurt after Metro car fills with smoke 0 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2 1593
NYC subways slowly upgrading from 1930s-era technology 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2015 Jan 2015 5 1797
(Transit) Openings and Construction Starts Planned for 2015 0 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 2069
Amtrak San Joaquin Corridor At Near-Record Ridership And Revenue Levels 3 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 4 2035
US Transportation Sec. Foxx announces $996 million to extend Green Line (Boston) 1 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 3 2365
BART Video: "Farewell Old Wool Seats" 0 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1634
The 51 Busiest Train Stations in the World– All but 6 Located in Japan 2 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2015 1 3021
Cities Without Traffic 1 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 8 1894

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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Chicago Transit Projects for 2015 2 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 1899
Chicago CTA Ride the Rails: Brown Line in Real Time 0 marmar Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1850
Despite Cheaper Gas, Public Transit Ridership Is Up, Trade Group Reports 1 marmar Dec 2014 Dec 2014 5 1647
Infographic: The 5 Largest Public Transit Systems in the US 3 marmar Dec 2014 Dec 2014 4 2015
NYC: MTA To Combat Subway Delays With 'Platform Conductors' 2 marmar Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 1955
Calgary’s soaring transit use suggests high ridership is possible even in sprawling cities 3 marmar Dec 2014 Dec 2014 8 2380
Detroit M-1 Rail: Moving Forward Together 0 marmar Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1495
Transit: land use is key 0 KamaAina Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 1588
Chicago McCormick Place Green Line Opening Delayed to Early 2015 0 marmar Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 1780
Frustrations Mount With New Doubts About D.C.'s Streetcar Launch 0 marmar Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1482
D.C.: Metro's Funding Needs Run Up Against Local Budget Realities 3 marmar Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 1816
Boston: MBTA Ridership Surpasses 37M For 1st Time 0 marmar Dec 2014 Dec 2014 2 1649
Chicago CTA Ride the Rails: Red Line to Howard 4 marmar Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 2336
Ride the Rails: Blue Line to O'Hare 0 marmar Nov 2014 Nov 2014 4 1830
M-1 RAIL on time with completion of first phase of construction on Woodward Ave. in Downtown Detroit 0 marmar Nov 2014 Nov 2014 3 1731
Confirmed: Sprawl and Bad Transit Increase Unemployment 4 KamaAina Nov 2014 Nov 2014 3 2035
My pic of construction of the M1 light rail line in downtown Detroit ......... 2 marmar Nov 2014 Nov 2014 3 2499
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 marmar Nov 2014 Nov 2014 0 1304
Europe's cycling economy has created 650,000 jobs 0 marmar Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 1583
With no new rail tunnel on the horizon under the Hudson, New York faces a looming transport crisis 1 marmar Nov 2014 Nov 2014 3 2137
NYC Sets One-Day Subway Ridership Record 2 marmar Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 1754
Detroit: M-1 Rail picks Czech Republic-based vendor to build custom streetcars 1 marmar Nov 2014 Nov 2014 1 1837
Amid Funding Fight, D.C. Cuts Streetcar System From 22 To 8 Miles 0 marmar Nov 2014 Nov 2014 1 1558
Why middle-class Americans can’t afford to live in liberal cities (xpost from GD) 2 KamaAina Oct 2014 Oct 2014 5 1851
SF gas stations dwindle in real estate boom (xpost from Calif.) 0 KamaAina Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1863
Repairing Sandy Damaged Rail Tunnels Could Snarl Commute for Years 1 marmar Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1845
D.C.: Replacement Of Metro's Delay-Prone Old Rail Cars Delayed 0 marmar Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1699
Densely Populated Countries Could Find Food Independence With Vertical Floating Farms (xpost fr. GD) 4 KamaAina Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 2337
With infill stations, older transit agencies extend their reach 0 marmar Sep 2014 Sep 2014 5 1861
Public Transit Is Underfunded Because the Wealthy Don’t Rely on It 3 KamaAina Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 2104

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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For Walkers and Cyclists, A Swedish Road-Planning Strategy Helps Save Lives 1 KamaAina Sep 2014 Sep 2014 5 1857
How The Suburbs Got Poor 1 KamaAina Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 1977
Nine years after Katrina, New Orleans’ public transit is still rebuilt for wealthy whites 0 KamaAina Sep 2014 Sep 2014 8 1696
S.F. property owners to get tax break from creating urban farms 0 KamaAina Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1568
Man 3-D Prints Backyard Castle, Plans Two-Story House Next (xpost from GD) 13 KamaAina Aug 2014 Sep 2014 23 6247
For London, one Crossrail isn’t enough 1 marmar Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2712
Self-Service Scooters are the Next Form of Communal Transportation in Paris? 0 marmar Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1782
Can Light Rail Be an Engine of Opportunity? The Twin Cities Story 4 KamaAina Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 2741
Let’s make suburbs into cities: New urbanism, car culture and the future of community 2 marmar Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1987
Chicago: Additional bus-on-shoulder service coming to Stevenson; possible some day on Edens 0 marmar Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1694
Measuring Metro's Performance: A Tight Squeeze Through The Rosslyn Bottleneck 1 marmar Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 1758
How Your City’s Public Transit Stacks Up 2 KamaAina Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1860
The Case for Public Transportation, in Infographic Form 2 KamaAina Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 1876
Missoula buses will be 'zero fare' beginning Jan. 5 4 KamaAina Aug 2014 Aug 2014 10 1930
Best Muni routes for seeing San Francisco 1 KamaAina Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1713
Construction underway on Detroit's light rail line 1 marmar Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1782
D.C. streetcar operator training begins this week 0 marmar Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1487
Paris Launched a Kid-Friendly Bike Share. Could the U.S. Be Next? 0 marmar Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 1680
Scared of Biking in Traffic? These Cities Are Making It Safe 3 marmar Jul 2014 Jul 2014 4 1980
D.C.: Old Railcars Slow Down Metro Progress 0 marmar Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 1666
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