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Video sneak peek of the Washington Metro's Silver Line 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1663
Seattle: Light-rail start to U District, Capitol Hill may come early 1 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1857
Living Near Good Transit May Make You Happier 2 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1995
D.C.: Metro Ridership Is Down, But Transit Experts Aren't Worried 1 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1918
The Silver Line makes its way onto the Washington Metro's map 4 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 8 3132
SF: Bike path flaws add millions to Bay Bridge bill 0 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1766
Observation - LA Metro 3 pinto Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2094
Mexico City's traffic Infierno 0 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1827
NYC Trumpets 2012 Street Statistics: More Transit, Less Traffic 0 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1887
Fairfax County Grapples With Huge Silver Line Costs 0 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1687
D.C.: Survey shows most people want more transit, walkable places 3 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 2575
NY Observer: Vanity Project: Why Fancy Architecture Won’t Save Penn Station 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 3 1883
Subway Stations With Amazing Art 6 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 3 3808
New York's Penn station – and other ugly train terminals around the world 2 marmar Jul 2013 Aug 2013 2 7990
NYC: More and More commuters working in the outerboroughs: Data 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1731
Maryland Seeks Private Operator for Purple Line 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1824
London Strolling 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 1789
Hours to Go, Just to Get to Work: Indonesians Cope With Infuriating Traffic and Inefficient Transit 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1746
Traffic island 'beach' opens in downtown Detroit 4 marmar Jun 2013 Aug 2013 2 3352
72-hour coast-to-coast Amtrak ride condensed to just over 3 minutes 1 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2897
Chicago: A Vision for Bus Rapid Transit on Ashland 1 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2583
NY Times: MTA Ponders Transit for a New Generation 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 1816
Did Sprawl Kill Horatio Alger? 0 phantom power Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1829
NYC Kills Fast Bus to LGA 3 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2308
Defining Clear Standards for Transit-Oriented Development 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1965
Seattle: Rasmussen Drops Bike-Share Bill; Funding Proving More Difficult to Wrangle 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 1665
Detroit Metro Times: The Complete Streets initiative for Woodward 2 marmar Jun 2013 Jul 2013 1 2408
To Urbanize or Not To Urbanize? Virginia Residents Divided Over Metro Expansion 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1863
Storms and flooding wreak absolute havoc on Toronto commute 2 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2307
Toronto: Metrolinx price tag for Scarborough subway leaves councillors fuming 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1922

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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After 20 years of talk, Crenshaw/LAX rail line gets green light 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 1838
Chicago Launches Bike Share: A Divvy Day One Dispatch 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1861
Senate Panel Okays Funding for D.C. Transit 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1772
NOW Toronto: Cure for King: Time for tough choices on car-congested streets 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2202
Poll: Bike Sharing Widely Popular After First Month (NYC) 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 4 2184
Article on Detroit filled with inaccuracies 5 KamaAina Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2724
"They say San José is going to become another Los Angeles." 0 KamaAina Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2443
Ann Arbor's vision for high-capacity transit taking shape with possible Connector routes mapped 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2129
CicLAvia fills Wilshire Boulevard with bicycles (LA Times) 0 pinto Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1832
Chicago: Blue Line Study Could Lead to Overhaul 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2206
Honolulu mayor proposes bike lanes beneath planned elevated rail transit tracks 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1923
El Paso's BRT System ready to break ground 5 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 3750
San Francisco's new eco-friendly bus malfunctioned en route to a press conference 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2006
NYC's Second Avenue Subway construction (with photos) in Manhattan 1 CreekDog Jun 2013 Jun 2013 4 4773
Toronto Transit Commission: Third-busiest mass transit system in North America (video) 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2236
Bike barometer reveals big numbers 0 Gormy Cuss Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 2011
Sweden: Male train drivers wear skirts after shorts row 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2150
Cities Turn to Walkability for Public Health Boost 2 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2088
Updating Northeast Corridor Will be Complex and Costly 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 2607
San Francisco video teaches bus drivers how to coexist with cyclists 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2172
Washington D.C.: Riders try out Metro’s new stainless steel fare gates 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2525
Toronto: Eglinton Crosstown (LRT) crews launch giant tunneling machine 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1955
R Train Service to Halt Between Brooklyn, Manhattan 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2223
LA Times: Bus-only lanes debut on Wilshire Boulevard 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 1900
D.C.'s Outer Beltway Plan Draws Ferocious Opposition, as Business Leaders Cry For More Lanes 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2123
San Antonio: Six streetcar routes on the table 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 1857
To Immediate Controversy, Toronto Unveils Potential Revenue Sources for $34 Billion in New Transit 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2998
Commuters Would Pay More for Better Public Transit Tech, Study Says 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 1870
Cyclists will be able to sign up this week for Chicago’s bike-sharing program 0 marmar May 2013 May 2013 0 2154
This message was self-deleted by its author 3 marmar May 2013 May 2013 0 2897

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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Chicago: Changes Follow Criticism of CTA's Ventra Card Plan 0 marmar May 2013 May 2013 0 2120
The Evolution of Moscow's Subway Maps 6 marmar May 2013 May 2013 10 4531
Creative ways to avoid paying bus fare in Australia 1 marmar May 2013 May 2013 0 2562
L.A. Metro board approves Leimert Park subway station 1 marmar May 2013 May 2013 0 3885
Washington DC: Metro moves to modernize fare-collection system 2 marmar May 2013 May 2013 0 2413
Lawmakers form public transit caucus 0 marmar May 2013 May 2013 1 1806
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 2230
WA: Party Lines Blur at Transportation Rally 1 marmar May 2013 May 2013 2 2206
Maryland: Capital Area Commuters Increasingly Relying on Transit 1 marmar May 2013 May 2013 2 2382
Minnesota: Status-quo transportation bill disappoints transit advocates 0 marmar May 2013 May 2013 1 2143
How Silver Spring’s transit center plan grew into a fiasco 0 marmar May 2013 May 2013 1 2045
A good day for pedestrians, cyclists and equines in Houston 2 marmar May 2013 May 2013 1 2435
California County Details How Transit Cuts Harm Health 2 marmar May 2013 May 2013 2 2336
Chicago: 'So far, so good' on first weekday of Red Line shutdown 0 marmar May 2013 May 2013 0 2040
Twin Cities: Hiawatha Line renamed Blue Line 2 marmar May 2013 May 2013 0 3392
Chicago: Wells Street bridge closure teaches CTA lessons for Red Line reconstruction 1 marmar May 2013 May 2013 1 2291
NY: PATH/Fail: The Story of the World's Most Expensive Train Station 0 marmar May 2013 May 2013 0 3652
London: Animated fly-through of proposed Crossrail 2 routes 2 marmar May 2013 May 2013 0 2173
As Millennials Shun Cars, Boston Rethinks Its Transportation System 2 marmar May 2013 May 2013 3
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