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Chicago: Ventra flaws cost CTA $1.2 million in free rides 1 marmar Dec 2013 Jan 2014 1 2292
Houston's new Metro North line ridealong (video) 3 marmar Dec 2013 Jan 2014 0 2341
New hybrid taxicabs for London 8 BlueStreak Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 3450
D.C.: Metro considers building ‘inner loop’ of new stations to ease congestion in system’s core 3 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 2884
Chicago: CTA News in Review - November 2013 1 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 2084
Taxi of Tomorrow is Toast... 0 Agschmid Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 2372
Finally! ...... Amtrak trains in the Midwest to get WiFi 1 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 2516
TX: Commuters embrace Arlington’s experiment with public transportation 2 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 2210
First long Flexity Berlin tram delivered 0 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 2085
D.C. Streetcar To Make Long-Awaited First Appearance 5 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 7230
The Forecast Calls for Gridlock: D.C. Planners Say Transit Investment a Must 0 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 1795
Atlanta: Pee at your own peril in MARTA elevators 2 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 2382
To Vote or Not to Vote? Metro Vancouver Ponders Transit Referendum 0 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1854
NY Daily News: The case for bus rapid transit 0 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 1794
LA Times: Buses are their route to a brighter future 0 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 1781
Public Transit Is Underfunded Because the Wealthy Don’t Rely on It 4 KamaAina Dec 2013 Dec 2013 5 2874
What’s the Deal With San Francisco’s 11-Year Bus Rapid Transit Project? 0 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 2504
Fear & Zoning At Mt. Sinai: A One Act Play 0 phantom power Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1901
Mark Warner: Metro's Silver Line Delays Are Costing Millions, and Annoying Commuters 1 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 3379
Toronto: Five biggest transit myths 0 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 1862
Charles Barkley is new at this whole public transit thing...... 1 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 2246
L.A.'s airport train that doesn't go to the airport 1 marmar Aug 2013 Dec 2013 1 2584
BART considers charging peak-hour premiums 6 KamaAina Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 3072
A Metro Station In Georgetown? It Could Finally Happen 1 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 2302
Feds say Metro-North Safety Record 'Unacceptable' 0 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 1959
Toronto, meet your new streetcars 1 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 4 3013
Twin Cities: Building a better bus stop 1 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 2568
Detroit: Removal of I-375 could come as I-94 is widened 1 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 2346
Twin Cities: Complaints rise about Metro Transit bus drivers 1 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 2513
UK: The railway workers trained to stop suicides 0 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1936

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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Task force: billions needed to fix transit in S.F. 1 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 2056
The suburbs: No longer the American Dream? 1 marmar Aug 2013 Nov 2013 2 2979
Los Angeles: Gate dilemma will keep Metro rail riders on honor system 1 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 2349
D.C.: Metro GM Apologizes After Especially Bad Week On Red Line 0 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 3280
San Francisco: Rats scatter from Central Subway construction 0 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 2041
Golden Gate Bridge Tolls Could Hit $8 0 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1879
SF: Driverless Muni Metro train takes off in tunnel 2 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 2456
Chicago: Ventra outage hits 60 CTA stations, results in 15,000 free rides 0 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1911
NYC motorists killed three pedestrians Monday -- on the sidewalk 2 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 2400
Public Transit in Chicago has gone to the reptiles...... 1 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 2101
NY Toll Authority Out of Control 0 Renew Deal Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 2120
Chicago: Ventra boss 'can't guess' when new fare system will work 2 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 2534
Detroit: M-1 Rail Project Now Is In Process Of Selecting Streetcars 1 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 2174
D.C. Metro To Begin Running New Railcars In Late 2014 0 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 2602
Hamburg is planning to make cars superfluous in the next 15-20 years 0 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 7 2544
BART Permanently Lifts Rush Hour Bike Ban 5 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 3237
NYT: From China to Los Angeles, Taking the Electric Bus 1 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 2064
Turkey's Bosphorus tunnel to open sub-sea Asia link 1 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 2093
NYT: Commuting’s Hidden Cost 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1850
Chicago: South-leg Red Line commuters in for smooth ride Monday after five-month rebuild 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1814
How One D.C. Suburb Set A Gold Standard For Commuting 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1942
Paris' Traffic-Cutting Gamble Charms Pedestrians, Irks Drivers 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1809
D.C. fails to pay Metro; funds held up due to shutdown 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 2078
Texas DOT denies $1.6 million for El Paso bicycle-sharing program 4 marmar Aug 2013 Oct 2013 1 2713
Seriously, Get on the Bus! New Analysis Shows Fiscal, Environmental Benefits of Buses 6 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2013 Oct 2013 1 4789
Chicago: CTA Works to Stem Crash-Related Blue Line Delays 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1990
Video sneak peek of the Washington Metro's Silver Line 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1893
Seattle: Light-rail start to U District, Capitol Hill may come early 1 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 2143
Living Near Good Transit May Make You Happier 2 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 2301
D.C.: Metro Ridership Is Down, But Transit Experts Aren't Worried 1 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 2175

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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The Silver Line makes its way onto the Washington Metro's map 4 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 8 3567
SF: Bike path flaws add millions to Bay Bridge bill 0 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1999
Observation - LA Metro 3 pinto Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2430
Mexico City's traffic Infierno 0 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2052
NYC Trumpets 2012 Street Statistics: More Transit, Less Traffic 0 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2125
Fairfax County Grapples With Huge Silver Line Costs 0 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1916
D.C.: Survey shows most people want more transit, walkable places 3 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 2956
NY Observer: Vanity Project: Why Fancy Architecture Won’t Save Penn Station 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 3 2128
Subway Stations With Amazing Art 6 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 3 4360
New York's Penn station – and other ugly train terminals around the world 2 marmar Jul 2013 Aug 2013 2 8319
NYC: More and More commuters working in the outerboroughs: Data 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1968
Maryland Seeks Private Operator for Purple Line 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2055
London Strolling 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 2022
Hours to Go, Just to Get to Work: Indonesians Cope With Infuriating Traffic and Inefficient Transit 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1992
Traffic island 'beach' opens in downtown Detroit 4 marmar Jun 2013 Aug 2013 2 3769
72-hour coast-to-coast Amtrak ride condensed to just over 3 minutes 1 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 3285
Chicago: A Vision for Bus Rapid Transit on Ashland 1 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2882
NY Times: MTA Ponders Transit for a New Generation 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2045
Did Sprawl Kill Horatio Alger? 0 phantom power Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2059
NYC Kills Fast Bus to LGA 3 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2673
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