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Milwaukee City Council OKs streetcar plan 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1631

Chicago: CTA Blue Line Upgrade Gets $120M Infusion From Feds 1 marmar Feb 2015 Feb 2015 2 2216

DOT Warns of Dystopian Future For Transportation 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1944

Amtrak to invest $12 million in major renovation of Chicago's Union Station 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2 2101

Downtown Living Doesn't Stop for Storms 1 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 3 2050

M-1 Rail construction to ramp up this year in Detroit 0 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2 2033

NY: MTA Had Plan to Keep Subways Running Despite Heavy Snow 1 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 1916

Seattle's Pronto Cycle Share puts rental bikes around town at swipe, go stations 0 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2 1722

For LaGuardia, an AirTrain that will save almost no one any time 1 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1963

Suburban Chicago: Pace Unveils $2.3B Rapid Transit Network Plan 1 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 2477

NY: Subway Fare Going Up 1 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1966

Cuomo to Call for an AirTrain to LaGuardia 1 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 3 1973

Toronto Mayor John Tory’s welcome reverse on transit exposes his flank 1 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2 1852

Charlotte Streetcar Opening Delayed Until June 0 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 1827

SF Mayor Announces Major Expansion of Muni Light Rail Fleet 2 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 6 2465

Washington DC: 1 dead, dozens hurt after Metro car fills with smoke 0 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2 1683

NYC subways slowly upgrading from 1930s-era technology 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2015 Jan 2015 5 1895

(Transit) Openings and Construction Starts Planned for 2015 0 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 2219

Amtrak San Joaquin Corridor At Near-Record Ridership And Revenue Levels 3 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 4 2173

US Transportation Sec. Foxx announces $996 million to extend Green Line (Boston) 1 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 3 2470

BART Video: "Farewell Old Wool Seats" 0 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1750

The 51 Busiest Train Stations in the World– All but 6 Located in Japan 2 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2015 1 3135

Cities Without Traffic 1 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 8 2001

Chicago Transit Projects for 2015 2 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 2074

Chicago CTA Ride the Rails: Brown Line in Real Time 0 marmar Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1934

Despite Cheaper Gas, Public Transit Ridership Is Up, Trade Group Reports 1 marmar Dec 2014 Dec 2014 5 1733

Infographic: The 5 Largest Public Transit Systems in the US 3 marmar Dec 2014 Dec 2014 4 2207

NYC: MTA To Combat Subway Delays With 'Platform Conductors' 2 marmar Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 2092

Calgary’s soaring transit use suggests high ridership is possible even in sprawling cities 3 marmar Dec 2014 Dec 2014 8 2540

Detroit M-1 Rail: Moving Forward Together 0 marmar Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1566

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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Transit: land use is key 0 KamaAina Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 1666

Chicago McCormick Place Green Line Opening Delayed to Early 2015 0 marmar Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 1894

Frustrations Mount With New Doubts About D.C.'s Streetcar Launch 0 marmar Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1564

D.C.: Metro's Funding Needs Run Up Against Local Budget Realities 3 marmar Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 1962

Boston: MBTA Ridership Surpasses 37M For 1st Time 0 marmar Dec 2014 Dec 2014 2 1731

Chicago CTA Ride the Rails: Red Line to Howard 4 marmar Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 2543

Ride the Rails: Blue Line to O'Hare 0 marmar Nov 2014 Nov 2014 4 1910

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 1811

Confirmed: Sprawl and Bad Transit Increase Unemployment 4 KamaAina Nov 2014 Nov 2014 3 2195

My pic of construction of the M1 light rail line in downtown Detroit ......... 2 marmar Nov 2014 Nov 2014 3 2632

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 marmar Nov 2014 Nov 2014 0 1370

Europe's cycling economy has created 650,000 jobs 0 marmar Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 1686

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 2245

NYC Sets One-Day Subway Ridership Record 2 marmar Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 1873

Detroit: M-1 Rail picks Czech Republic-based vendor to build custom streetcars 1 marmar Nov 2014 Nov 2014 1 1953

Amid Funding Fight, D.C. Cuts Streetcar System From 22 To 8 Miles 0 marmar Nov 2014 Nov 2014 1 1687

Why middle-class Americans can’t afford to live in liberal cities (xpost from GD) 2 KamaAina Oct 2014 Oct 2014 5 1983

SF gas stations dwindle in real estate boom (xpost from Calif.) 0 KamaAina Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 1938

Repairing Sandy Damaged Rail Tunnels Could Snarl Commute for Years 1 marmar Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 1936

D.C.: Replacement Of Metro's Delay-Prone Old Rail Cars Delayed 0 marmar Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1771

Densely Populated Countries Could Find Food Independence With Vertical Floating Farms (xpost fr. GD) 4 KamaAina Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 2484

With infill stations, older transit agencies extend their reach 0 marmar Sep 2014 Sep 2014 5 1972

Public Transit Is Underfunded Because the Wealthy Don’t Rely on It 3 KamaAina Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 2246

For Walkers and Cyclists, A Swedish Road-Planning Strategy Helps Save Lives 1 KamaAina Sep 2014 Sep 2014 5 1940

How The Suburbs Got Poor 1 KamaAina Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 2051

Nine years after Katrina, New Orleans’ public transit is still rebuilt for wealthy whites 0 KamaAina Sep 2014 Sep 2014 8 1770

S.F. property owners to get tax break from creating urban farms 0 KamaAina Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1641

Man 3-D Prints Backyard Castle, Plans Two-Story House Next (xpost from GD) 13 KamaAina Aug 2014 Sep 2014 23 6783

For London, one Crossrail isn’t enough 1 marmar Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2825

Self-Service Scooters are the Next Form of Communal Transportation in Paris? 0 marmar Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1969

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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Can Light Rail Be an Engine of Opportunity? The Twin Cities Story 4 KamaAina Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 2894

Let’s make suburbs into cities: New urbanism, car culture and the future of community 2 marmar Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 2173

Chicago: Additional bus-on-shoulder service coming to Stevenson; possible some day on Edens 0 marmar Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1778

Measuring Metro's Performance: A Tight Squeeze Through The Rosslyn Bottleneck 1 marmar Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 1861

How Your City’s Public Transit Stacks Up 2 KamaAina Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1975

The Case for Public Transportation, in Infographic Form 2 KamaAina Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 1999

Missoula buses will be 'zero fare' beginning Jan. 5 4 KamaAina Aug 2014 Aug 2014 10 2081

Best Muni routes for seeing San Francisco 1 KamaAina Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1824

Construction underway on Detroit's light rail line 1 marmar Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1880

D.C. streetcar operator training begins this week 0 marmar Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1573

Paris Launched a Kid-Friendly Bike Share. Could the U.S. Be Next? 0 marmar Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 1762

Scared of Biking in Traffic? These Cities Are Making It Safe 3 marmar Jul 2014 Jul 2014 4 2134

D.C.: Old Railcars Slow Down Metro Progress 0 marmar Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 1742

China's incredible high-speed rail system 5 IronLionZion Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 2808

$6 Rides for BART's Oakland Airport Connector 0 marmar Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 2428

Public Works: Getting Paid to Bike to Work 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 1625

America forgot about bikes. Now it needs them more than ever. 6 mahatmakanejeeves May 2014 Jun 2014 4 2814

London is raising its congestion pricing charge 0 marmar Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 1610

Streetcar Funding Slashed By D.C. Council 0 marmar Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 1613

M-1 Rail on track for groundbreaking in Detroit 0 marmar May 2014 May 2014 1 1782

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