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NY: New Tappan Zee Bridge: Report details bus rapid transit 0 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1827
Florida: Campaign Pushing to 'Greenlight' Pinellas Mass Transit Tax 2 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2549
Houston: Contaminated Soil Sinks Metro Underpass Plans for Green Line 0 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 2006
WaPo: Contractor says Silver Line is complete; MWAA now has 15 days to decide 1 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 2010
San Francisco: Pedestrian death nothing new on perilous Sunset Boulevard 0 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2027
Revisiting an N train extension to Laguardia 2 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2645
UK: Cornwall and parts of Devon could be without rail links to London for a while 0 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1870
'Transit deserts' in Chicago region's mass transit system: report 0 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2332
Why Super Bowl Transit Math Didn't Add Up 0 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 1988
Kansas City Council Gives Green Light to Plans for Larger Streetcar Taxing District 1 marmar Jan 2014 Feb 2014 0 2209
As 'mass transit' Super Bowl nears, more disabled trains and delays 1 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 2619
Mass. Holds Hearings On $12B Transportation Spending Plan 0 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 2430
CA Gov Jerry Brown asks state Supreme Court to intervene on high-speed rail 0 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2067
Twin Cities: Metro Transit reports ridership gain for fourth year in a row 0 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1741
"It's Hard to Say" if U.S. Bike Share Systems Will Survive Bixi's Bankruptcy -- Reporter 0 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2365
Google bus backlash: S.F. to impose fees on tech shuttles 2 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 2278
Bankruptcy of Bike Share Company Will Not Immediately Affect Systems in U.S. Cities 0 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1986
Los Angeles: Metro breaks ground on $2-billion Crenshaw light-rail line 3 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 2254
Cross Posted - Slow Motion Shots Capture Public Transit Like You've Never Seen. 2 Agschmid Jan 2014 Jan 2014 4 2555
NY: Unspent MetroCard Money Means Millions for M.T.A. 1 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 2001
Chicago: Pain before gain on Blue Line renovation project 0 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2203
Openings and Construction Starts Planned for 2014 0 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1932
D.C.: Silver Line's Final Safety Testing Scheduled for End of This Month 1 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 2231
Watch China’s 1,000 High-Speed Trains in Action 5 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 15 2717
Mass.: Governor Patrick’s down payments on a transit legacy 0 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2026
NYC: Water Main Break Causes Major Subway Delays 2 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2050
Best Bus Rapid Transit Systems in major world cities (video) 0 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 4015
Charlotte: Light-Rail Construction for Blue Line Extension to Begin in March 0 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2647
Cute Tokyo Metro posters remind commuters to behave 1 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 2191
Polar Biking: Capital Bikeshare Ridership Surges Despite Frigid Temps 0 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1681

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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London congestion charge expected to rise by at least 15% 1 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1915
S.F. to charge operators of tech commuter buses 0 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1811
Twin Cities: Southwest light-rail gripe session stirs some anger 2 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 2116
Lawmaker seeks to halt bond sales for California high-speed rail 2 Eugene Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 2250
D.C. Metro Unveils New Rail Cars 2 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 4 3767
After four decades, Delta's DC-9 jets make final landing 1 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 3 2213
D.C. Metro Awards $184 Million Contract For Open Payment System 1 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 2 1829
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1521
Could Tesla-style batteries be used to power trains? 5 KamaAina Dec 2013 Jan 2014 2 2687
Will Boston's new mayor-elect make good on his campaign promise of late-night T service? 2 marmar Nov 2013 Jan 2014 2 2111
A 137-Mile ‘Cycling Utopia’ Floating Above London’s Rail Lines 6 TBF Jan 2014 Jan 2014 14 4171
Chicago: Ventra flaws cost CTA $1.2 million in free rides 1 marmar Dec 2013 Jan 2014 1 2180
Houston's new Metro North line ridealong (video) 3 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 2207
New hybrid taxicabs for London 8 BlueStreak Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 3168
D.C.: Metro considers building ‘inner loop’ of new stations to ease congestion in system’s core 3 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 2744
Chicago: CTA News in Review - November 2013 1 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1979
Taxi of Tomorrow is Toast... 0 Agschmid Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 2244
Finally! ...... Amtrak trains in the Midwest to get WiFi 1 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 2385
TX: Commuters embrace Arlington’s experiment with public transportation 2 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 2090
First long Flexity Berlin tram delivered 0 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 2008
D.C. Streetcar To Make Long-Awaited First Appearance 5 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 7005
The Forecast Calls for Gridlock: D.C. Planners Say Transit Investment a Must 0 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 1715
Atlanta: Pee at your own peril in MARTA elevators 2 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 2244
To Vote or Not to Vote? Metro Vancouver Ponders Transit Referendum 0 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1763
NY Daily News: The case for bus rapid transit 0 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 1713
LA Times: Buses are their route to a brighter future 0 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 1695
Public Transit Is Underfunded Because the Wealthy Don’t Rely on It 4 KamaAina Dec 2013 Dec 2013 5 2710
What’s the Deal With San Francisco’s 11-Year Bus Rapid Transit Project? 0 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 2421
Fear & Zoning At Mt. Sinai: A One Act Play 0 phantom power Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1820
Mark Warner: Metro's Silver Line Delays Are Costing Millions, and Annoying Commuters 1 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 3286

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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Toronto: Five biggest transit myths 0 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 1780
Charles Barkley is new at this whole public transit thing...... 1 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 2128
L.A.'s airport train that doesn't go to the airport 1 marmar Aug 2013 Dec 2013 1 2444
BART considers charging peak-hour premiums 6 KamaAina Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 2840
A Metro Station In Georgetown? It Could Finally Happen 1 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 2141
Feds say Metro-North Safety Record 'Unacceptable' 0 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 1878
Toronto, meet your new streetcars 1 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 4 2922
Twin Cities: Building a better bus stop 1 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 2461
Detroit: Removal of I-375 could come as I-94 is widened 1 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 2247
Twin Cities: Complaints rise about Metro Transit bus drivers 1 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 2414
UK: The railway workers trained to stop suicides 0 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1853
Task force: billions needed to fix transit in S.F. 1 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1961
The suburbs: No longer the American Dream? 1 marmar Aug 2013 Nov 2013 2 2858
Los Angeles: Gate dilemma will keep Metro rail riders on honor system 1 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 2245
D.C.: Metro GM Apologizes After Especially Bad Week On Red Line 0 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 3187
San Francisco: Rats scatter from Central Subway construction 0 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1952
Golden Gate Bridge Tolls Could Hit $8 0 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1787
SF: Driverless Muni Metro train takes off in tunnel 2 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 2254
Chicago: Ventra outage hits 60 CTA stations, results in 15,000 free rides 0 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1812
NYC motorists killed three pedestrians Monday -- on the sidewalk 2 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 2252
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