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Suburban Chicago: Pace Unveils $2.3B Rapid Transit Network Plan 1 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 2274
For LaGuardia, an AirTrain that will save almost no one any time 1 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1791
NY: MTA Had Plan to Keep Subways Running Despite Heavy Snow 1 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 1679
Downtown Living Doesn't Stop for Storms 1 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 3 1771
Chicago: CTA Blue Line Upgrade Gets $120M Infusion From Feds 1 marmar Feb 2015 Feb 2015 2 1952
Chicago: Study Says CTA Attracts More Haters on Twitter Than Other Transit Agencies 1 marmar Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1692
San Francisco residents relying less on private automobiles 1 marmar Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1520
"Transit Revolution": Will Los Angeles Become Gentrification Ground Zero? 1 marmar Feb 2015 Feb 2015 4 1882
These Neighbors Got Together to Buy Vacant Buildings. Now They’re Renting to Bakers and Brewers (GD) 1 KamaAina Mar 2015 Mar 2015 5 1676
Chicago: Zero Explosives, 1 Arrest and 2.6K Bags Checked by Cops at CTA Stations 1 marmar Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 1608
Couple Converts Flatbed Truck Into Their Dream Country Home 1 KamaAina Apr 2015 Apr 2015 9 1759
BART Tackles Growing Suicide Problem 1 marmar Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 1402
Amtrak pen trumps Freedom of Information Act sword 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 1583
San Francisco: Muni’s New Buses of the Future 1 marmar Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 2160
On this day in 1983, the Rio Grande Zephyr made its final run. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2015 Apr 2015 5 2069
Free the Buses: Riders Say Transit Is a Human Right 1 marmar Apr 2015 May 2015 4 1502
Roundabouts: Contentious Intersections Inspire Rage, Relief 1 marmar Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1497
Long Beach Transit Agrees to Purchase Electric Buses 1 marmar Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 1359
Newark Airtrain, Only 19 Years Old, Is Too Shoddy To Fix 1 marmar May 2015 May 2015 2 1622
Chicago CTA: A Farewell to the 2400 Series Railcar 1 marmar May 2015 May 2015 1 1683
How Amsterdam became the bicycle capital of the world 1 marmar May 2015 May 2015 6 2032
Why Chicago Needs More Transit-Oriented Developments 1 marmar May 2015 May 2015 0 1380
Cool time-lapse video of the rebuild of a Toronto intersection and streetcar tracks..... 1 marmar May 2015 May 2015 0 1572
NJ Transit Considers 9 Percent Fare Hike, Service Cuts 1 marmar May 2015 May 2015 0 1510
NYC: STEP ASIDE: The MTA Wants to Speed Up Three Subway Lines 1 marmar May 2015 May 2015 2 1876
M1 Rail names American contractor for six Detroit streetcars 1 marmar Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1670
SF Bay Area: BART Transbay Tube Closure Planned 1 marmar Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 1663
Metro train system’s operation center is understaffed and chaotic, federal investigators find 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 1315
The Northeast Corridor's Curviest Stretches, and Amtrak's Plans for Safety and Speed. 1 elleng Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1311
Chicago: After Month Without Yellow Line, News Gets Worse in Skokie 1 marmar Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 1663

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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Who, What, Why: Why does hot weather cause rail delays? 1 marmar Jul 2015 Jul 2015 1 1503
NJ: Passengers Stuck for 3 Hours When Train and Backup Train Break Down 1 marmar Jul 2015 Jul 2015 1 1476
BART Woes Build Day After Day 1 marmar Jul 2015 Jul 2015 0 1563
Charlotte Streetcar Begins Service on 1.5-Mile Run 1 marmar Jul 2015 Jul 2015 3 1465
These Are the Saddest Amtrak Stations in America 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2015 Jul 2015 4 1867
Minneapolis has a surprisingly simple plan to cut traffic and make housing more affordable 1 KamaAina Jul 2015 Jul 2015 5 1683
London’s population has risen by 603,000 since 2000, car ownership has actually dropped by 117,000 1 marmar Jul 2015 Jul 2015 1 1403
1910-1963 The destruction of Penn Station 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2015 Jul 2015 1 2587
Future of Urban Planning: A Hawaiian Neighborhood Born of Social Media 1 KamaAina Jul 2015 Jul 2015 0 1563
San Francisco: Muni Subway to be Closed at Night Starting July 31 for Six Months 1 marmar Jul 2015 Jul 2015 1 1765
'Stay on your own side of the bay' this weekend in the San Francisco region 1 marmar Jul 2015 Jul 2015 2 1924
Illinois: Suburbs' Downtown Plans Move Toward Transit-Oriented Housing 1 marmar Aug 2015 Aug 2015 4 1568
As Gas Tax Revenue Dips, CT And N.J. Take Opposite Paths To Transportation Funding 1 marmar Aug 2015 Aug 2015 0 1318
San Francisco: Turns Onto Market Street by Private Cars Barred Starting Tuesday 1 marmar Aug 2015 Aug 2015 1 1367
Ten years after Katrina, a wait continues for restoring Gulf Coast passenger rail 1 marmar Aug 2015 Aug 2015 2 1412
Is Cheap Gas Why Traffic Deaths Are Up So Sharply In 2015? 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2015 Aug 2015 2 1368
California: Hearing on Rail Improvement, Expansion Packs Room in Downtown Modesto 1 marmar Aug 2015 Sep 2015 2 1513
Ooh-La-La! Paris Is Going Car-Free for a Great Cause 1 marmar Aug 2015 Aug 2015 5 1714
NYC: City May Replace Times Square Plazas With Traffic 1 marmar Aug 2015 Aug 2015 1 1375
Seattle: Low Pay, Long Pricey Commute Often Go Hand in Hand 1 marmar Aug 2015 Aug 2015 2 1859
Charlotte, NC: With gas prices low, transit ridership declines 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 1538
Edmonton Metro Line LRT Extension Opens Sept. 6 1 marmar Sep 2015 Sep 2015 4 1985
Eyeing L.A.'s Olympic Bid, Metro Seeks to Accelerate Two Rail Projects 1 marmar Sep 2015 Sep 2015 2 1853
Amtrak to launch 'walk-on' bicycle service on Capitol Limited line 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2015 Sep 2015 2 1434
Los Angeles Metro: Foothill Gold Line Opens Two More Stations 1 marmar Sep 2015 Sep 2015 4 2828
Cottle Transit Village: Dense Mixed Use in San Jose 1 marmar Sep 2015 Sep 2015 2 2028
In Silicon Valley, transit is worthy of a DU-style flamewar 1 KamaAina Oct 2015 Oct 2015 2 1440
Check out this map of Detroit's electric rail system in 1915 1 marmar Oct 2015 Oct 2015 5 1852
America’s car obsession will not be diminished by Millennials alone 1 marmar Oct 2015 Oct 2015 2 1473
IL: Skokie, CTA Offer Free Parking, Special Ceremony for Yellow Line's Return 1 marmar Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 1836

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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Oslo aims to make city center car-free within four years 1 marmar Oct 2015 Oct 2015 3 1332
San Francisco's motley Market Street Tamed, So Far, by Car Restrictions 1 marmar Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1450
Amtrak: It's Time To Build 1 marmar Oct 2015 Nov 2015 6 1477
Fears of failure grow for rods on Bay Bridge eastern span 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1492
NYC: Baby, Baby, Where Did Our Love (or Second Avenue Subway Money) Go? 1 marmar Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1363
Atlanta: MARTA to Privatize Paratransit Service 1 marmar Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1340
Asian Cities Dominate Ranking of World's Biggest and Busiest Metros 1 marmar Nov 2015 Nov 2015 1 1944
When a railroad almost built a PTC system 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2015 Apr 2016 4 1867
Boston: MBTA Chief vows Snow Won't Shut Down System 1 marmar Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1617
Las Vegas: Light Rail Presented as Best Option to Connect Strip, Airport, Downtown 1 marmar Jan 2016 Jan 2016 2 1529
Why Historic Preservation Districts Should Be a Thing of the Past (xpost from GD) 1 KamaAina Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 1556
Plans for a streetcar between Brooklyn and Queens could hit a roadblock 1 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1372
Paris Metro - Full Tour Of The Paris, France, Metro System. Métro de Paris 1 marmar Feb 2016 Feb 2016 1 1405
California high-speed rail's first leg to connect Central and Silicon valleys 1 Eugene Feb 2016 Feb 2016 7 1462
L.A. Expo Line Phase II to open May 20 to Santa Monica Pier 1 MisterP Feb 2016 Feb 2016 2 1392
MBTA: Report Confirms Operator at Fault for Runaway Train 1 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 0 1456
Long Island Railroad's Snowstorm Postmortem: We Need Better Technology — And Communication Skills 1 marmar Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 1774
Uber teams with Florida city on public transit test 1 Eugene Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 1821
Ambitious new park to change the face of Singapore 1 KamaAina Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 1895
Transpod's dream: Hyperloop high-speed travel between cities 1 marmar Mar 2016 Mar 2016 3 1793
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