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Washington Post: A Transportation Crossroads

Submitted by crandell on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 4:01pm.
More encouraging mainstream news coverage that "gets it." A Transportation Crossroads By Judith Rodin Washington Post, Friday, May 9, 2008; Page A27 ... read more »

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Hartford, New Haven Contemplate Freeway Teardown

Submitted by norabeck on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 9:19pm.
Norman Garrick, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the Center for Transportation and Urban Planning at the University of Connecticut, and CNU Board member poste ... read more »

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More sprinklers, narrower streets?

Submitted by Jon Davis on Sat, 04/12/2008 - 1:09pm.
Sprinklers are the key to greater flexibility from the fire service, says Capt. Frank Kinnier, an assistant fire marshal with Chesterfield County (Va.) Fire & EMS. ... read more »

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Governing.com; King of the Road

Submitted by carterburn on Wed, 04/02/2008 - 5:35pm.
In the April Transportation column of Governing.com Alex Marshall discuses and criticizes the tendencies of certain Conservative and Libertarian think tanks. ... read more »

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New Urbanism could be NE Illinois' guiding philosophy ... if you act now

Submitted by Jon Davis on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 9:08pm.
As CNU XVI: New Urbanism and the Booming Metropolis draws nigh, an opportunity to help make big plans drops into the laps of Chicago-area new urbanists. ... read more »

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Vancouver going back to the future to finance transit lines

Submitted by paytonc on Fri, 03/21/2008 - 1:02am.
The newly reconstituted transit authority in Vancouver is looking to transit-oriented development to play a large role in paying its bills going forward. ... read more »

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Big Dig's Big Bad Example

Submitted by norabeck on Fri, 03/14/2008 - 10:11pm.
Noah Bierman, in the Boston Globe piece, 'No Big Dig Copycats' notes that the $15 billion dollar tunnel ... read more »

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Another cost of car dependency

Submitted by MLewyn on Sun, 03/09/2008 - 7:59pm.
A recent AAA study on the costs of car accidents lists the areas with the highest accident costs per capita. (See http://planetizen.com/node/30024 ) ... read more »

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Paris Urban Bike Sharing System Now Coming to London

Submitted by hollanderd18 on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 9:20pm.
The highly successful, 'super-smart' Velib urban bike sharing system implemented in Paris last summer is now coming to London, with over 15,000 bikes and 1,000 stations. ... read more »

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Former DOT Engineer Supports Buffalo Boulevard

Submitted by norabeck on Mon, 02/25/2008 - 10:28pm.
Joe Tocke, former transportation engineer with the NYSDOT, wrote a great opinion piece in the Buffalo News last Friday, ... read more »

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