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NC: New Walking Tour Will Highlight 'Streetcar Suburbs' 0 marmar Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 2006
Washington DC: Metro’s Expansion Plans Include New Tunnels 1 marmar Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 5017
Amtrak has record 2012 ridership in Michigan 1 marmar Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 2171
California planning low-carbon oasis where cars aren't king 4 marmar Jan 2013 Jan 2013 2 2770
Detroit: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood brings $25 million in federal aid for M-1 rail project 0 marmar Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 1904
Rapid transit -- It's a bootyful thing 1 marmar Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 2136
Happy 150th to the Tube !!! Cheers !!! 4 marmar Jan 2013 Jan 2013 9 3922
Detroit light-rail project will receive $25 million in federal funding 1 marmar Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 2054
US: Mass-Transit Tax Break in Obama-Signed 'Fiscal Cliff' Bill 1 marmar Jan 2013 Jan 2013 2 2185
China to Boost Urban Transport as City Congestion Worsens 1 marmar Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 2239
Transit Openings and Construction Starts Planned for 2013 5 marmar Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 2925
Toronto’s first separated bike lanes aren’t preventing drivers from blocking cyclists’ paths 1 marmar Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2301
Toronto leading the western world in high highrise development 1 marmar Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2198
NY: Cost of Long Island Railroad Ticket Could Rise 15 Percent 0 marmar Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2161
Chicago: Dearborn Street a test track for Loop's first protected bike lanes 0 marmar Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 2477
Metros of the world: Montreal 0 marmar Dec 2012 Dec 2012 1 1844
London's 'Make-Do-and-Mend' Transit Revolution 1 marmar Dec 2012 Dec 2012 3 2264
Toronto: Gardiner Expressway becoming unstable, city documents reveal 0 marmar Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2035
The best cities in the USA for public transportation and pedestrian friendliness 3 nxylas Nov 2012 Dec 2012 1 2800
MUST SEE VIDEO: Airplanes landing in a Timely Fashion 8 Agschmid Dec 2012 Dec 2012 15 4256
Hundreds of cyclists demand safer Austin streets 0 marmar Dec 2012 Dec 2012 4 1882
The opportunities and dangers of incomplete bus rapid transit 0 marmar Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 1919
Toronto: TTC signs up for Presto fare card 0 marmar Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 1884
Why New York City has a second-tier bus system 1 marmar Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 3284
Chicago: CTA pushes hefty fare hikes for passes 0 marmar Nov 2012 Nov 2012 1 1905
Launching Planes from Catapults - Airbus's EcoClimb Project 0 Agschmid Nov 2012 Nov 2012 1 2258
MBTA Get's new cars - Boston Globe 1 Agschmid Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 2244
Giving thanks for public transit — weirdos and all 1 marmar Nov 2012 Nov 2012 2 2076
Transit as a city's bloodstream: the video 1 marmar Nov 2012 Nov 2012 2 2190
How Denmark Promotes Mass Transit (with English subtitles) 1 KamaAina Sep 2012 Nov 2012 3 3580

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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Judge refuses to halt progress of California high-speed rail 0 Eugene Nov 2012 Nov 2012 2 2076
Toronto Star: Toronto diminishes its future by killing Jarvis bike lanes 0 marmar Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 1957
(Washington DC) Metro shows off newest rail car 2 marmar Oct 2012 Nov 2012 1 4802
Density Toronto: Why the skyscrapers on steroids? 0 marmar Oct 2012 Oct 2012 1 1879
A Miscellany of Buses 0 marmar Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 1940
Heated cycle lanes to warm Dutch winter cyclists 1 marmar Oct 2012 Oct 2012 2 2447
Cities need to get dense to survive, says Alex Steffen 2 marmar Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 2142
Chicago: Riders divided on CTA bench seats 2 marmar Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 4187
Density in Toronto: Portrait of a community growing up — fast 0 marmar Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 2018
Major tourist bus route on England's south coast gets temporary reprieve 0 nxylas Oct 2012 Oct 2012 1 1848
To Drive or Not To Drive: Two South American Countries Consider Congestion Pricing 0 marmar Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 1855
The world's longest bus seats 256 people 13 marmar Oct 2012 Oct 2012 11 10067
Toronto transit for sale: Private operators are accountable to shareholders, not riders 0 marmar Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 1818
We all think we're in traffic, not that we are traffic. 2 phantom power Oct 2012 Oct 2012 4 2208
This election season, Americans pony up for public transportation 0 marmar Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 1804
Transit stop not in walking distance? Try this cool new electric skateboard! 4 KamaAina Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 3553
NYC Straphangers Could Lose Last Bit Of Bonus On A Multi-Ride Metrocard 0 marmar Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 1910
Urban designers are from Mars, transit planners are from Venus 0 marmar Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 1959
What the BART map should have looked like 6 KamaAina Sep 2012 Sep 2012 1 3932
Profitable or Not, China Doubles Down on Investments in New Metro Systems 0 marmar Sep 2012 Sep 2012 1 1998
Which Urban Freeways Are Ready to Go? 5 marmar Sep 2012 Sep 2012 3 6164
China approves 25 urban rail projects to boost economy 1 marmar Sep 2012 Sep 2012 1 2199
Urban Mass Transportation: Infrastructure, Affordability, Passenger Service, Environmental Quality 0 marmar Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 2001
Metro Detroit: LaHood reports progress on regional transit 0 marmar Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 1900
Chicago: Riders Blast CTA 'De-Crowding' Plan at Hearing 0 marmar Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 2134
Los Angeles Asks Its Voters to Extend Transit Tax Far Into the Future 1 marmar Sep 2012 Sep 2012 1 2484
Money Grab: How Can Cities Recapture Investment In Public Infrastructure? 1 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 1 2321
MTA, NY Pols Fire Off on Court Decision Striking Down Key Transportation Tax 1 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 2098
New York MTA: Suburban Passengers Get $7 Per Ride, Subway Riders, A Buck 3 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 2850
Chicago Transit Authority new 5000 series train 1 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 2364

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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Honolulu’s Rail Project Back in the Crossfire This Fall 2 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 3050
Chicago: CTA Responds Aisle-Facing Seats are Here to Stay 3 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 4099
Retrofitting, From the Suburb On Out 0 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 2094
Chicago: 26 bus routes face cuts, changes under CTA 'crowding reduction' plan 0 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 2992
Poll: By More Than Two to One, New Yorkers Say Bike Lanes a Good Thing 0 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 1 2017
First Foray into BRT in Chicago, Not Quite BRT 0 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 1 2196
Car-sharing program Zipcar 3 cyberswede Aug 2012 Aug 2012 1 2986
NOW Toronto: Rush to rail link (downtown-to-airport rail plan) 0 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 1 2085
Yonge St. pedestrian fair: can Toronto’s main drag stage a comeback? 1 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 2622
As the U.S. Presidential Election Begins in Earnest, a Study in Contrasts (Transportation policy) 0 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 1 2019
MN: Study says $827 million rail expansion needed in St. Paul's east metro 1 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 1 2443
Metro Atlanta transit measure fails; Teabaggers rejoice 3 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 2716
Tactical urbanism: "Parklet" coming to Lexington Avenue parking spots (Asheville, NC) 1 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 5 2595
London Underground Breaks Passenger Numbers Record 0 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 1 3393
Toronto Star: Neighbourhoods getting involved construction of TTC line 0 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 1912
China, India Continue High Speed Rail Expansion Plans 1 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 2222
Olympic effort for London's DLR 1 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 2560
'Cities in Motion' computer transit simulation game 0 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 1 2737
Londoners Quit Roads as Tube Bears Burden of Olympic Crowds 0 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 1 2776
Rapid transit bus system could be ready in 2 years, Detroit City Council told 0 marmar Jul 2012 Jul 2012 0 1926
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