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Houston's new Metro North line ridealong (video) 3 marmar Dec 2013 Jan 2014 0 1979
New hybrid taxicabs for London 8 BlueStreak Dec 2013 Dec 2013 2 2750
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First long Flexity Berlin tram delivered 0 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1852
D.C. Streetcar To Make Long-Awaited First Appearance 5 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 6623
The Forecast Calls for Gridlock: D.C. Planners Say Transit Investment a Must 0 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 1559
Atlanta: Pee at your own peril in MARTA elevators 2 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 2042
To Vote or Not to Vote? Metro Vancouver Ponders Transit Referendum 0 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1611
NY Daily News: The case for bus rapid transit 0 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 1560
LA Times: Buses are their route to a brighter future 0 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 1545
Public Transit Is Underfunded Because the Wealthy Don’t Rely on It 4 KamaAina Dec 2013 Dec 2013 5 2463
What’s the Deal With San Francisco’s 11-Year Bus Rapid Transit Project? 0 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 2266
Fear & Zoning At Mt. Sinai: A One Act Play 0 phantom power Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1676
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Toronto: Five biggest transit myths 0 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 1635
Charles Barkley is new at this whole public transit thing...... 1 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1949
L.A.'s airport train that doesn't go to the airport 1 marmar Aug 2013 Dec 2013 1 2207
BART considers charging peak-hour premiums 6 KamaAina Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 2470
A Metro Station In Georgetown? It Could Finally Happen 1 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 1914
Feds say Metro-North Safety Record 'Unacceptable' 0 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 1730
Toronto, meet your new streetcars 1 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 4 2763

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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Twin Cities: Building a better bus stop 1 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 2287
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UK: The railway workers trained to stop suicides 0 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1694
Task force: billions needed to fix transit in S.F. 1 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1786
The suburbs: No longer the American Dream? 1 marmar Aug 2013 Nov 2013 2 2674
Los Angeles: Gate dilemma will keep Metro rail riders on honor system 1 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 2041
D.C.: Metro GM Apologizes After Especially Bad Week On Red Line 0 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 3036
San Francisco: Rats scatter from Central Subway construction 0 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1802
Golden Gate Bridge Tolls Could Hit $8 0 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1641
SF: Driverless Muni Metro train takes off in tunnel 2 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 2014
Chicago: Ventra outage hits 60 CTA stations, results in 15,000 free rides 0 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1665
NYC motorists killed three pedestrians Monday -- on the sidewalk 2 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 2053
Public Transit in Chicago has gone to the reptiles...... 1 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1840
NY Toll Authority Out of Control 0 Renew Deal Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 1865
Chicago: Ventra boss 'can't guess' when new fare system will work 2 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 2195
Detroit: M-1 Rail Project Now Is In Process Of Selecting Streetcars 1 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 1896
D.C. Metro To Begin Running New Railcars In Late 2014 0 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 2371
Hamburg is planning to make cars superfluous in the next 15-20 years 0 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 7 2321
BART Permanently Lifts Rush Hour Bike Ban 5 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 2712
NYT: From China to Los Angeles, Taking the Electric Bus 1 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1776
Turkey's Bosphorus tunnel to open sub-sea Asia link 1 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1823
NYT: Commuting’s Hidden Cost 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1606
Chicago: South-leg Red Line commuters in for smooth ride Monday after five-month rebuild 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1586
How One D.C. Suburb Set A Gold Standard For Commuting 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1710
Paris' Traffic-Cutting Gamble Charms Pedestrians, Irks Drivers 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1570
D.C. fails to pay Metro; funds held up due to shutdown 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1850
Texas DOT denies $1.6 million for El Paso bicycle-sharing program 4 marmar Aug 2013 Oct 2013 1 2300
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Chicago: CTA Works to Stem Crash-Related Blue Line Delays 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1649

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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Video sneak peek of the Washington Metro's Silver Line 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1649
Seattle: Light-rail start to U District, Capitol Hill may come early 1 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1843
Living Near Good Transit May Make You Happier 2 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1984
D.C.: Metro Ridership Is Down, But Transit Experts Aren't Worried 1 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1900
The Silver Line makes its way onto the Washington Metro's map 4 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 8 3095
SF: Bike path flaws add millions to Bay Bridge bill 0 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1757
Observation - LA Metro 3 pinto Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2073
Mexico City's traffic Infierno 0 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1812
NYC Trumpets 2012 Street Statistics: More Transit, Less Traffic 0 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1875
Fairfax County Grapples With Huge Silver Line Costs 0 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1679
D.C.: Survey shows most people want more transit, walkable places 3 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 2557
NY Observer: Vanity Project: Why Fancy Architecture Won’t Save Penn Station 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 3 1875
Subway Stations With Amazing Art 6 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 3 3768
New York's Penn station – and other ugly train terminals around the world 2 marmar Jul 2013 Aug 2013 2 7965
NYC: More and More commuters working in the outerboroughs: Data 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1721
Maryland Seeks Private Operator for Purple Line 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1816
London Strolling 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 1781
Hours to Go, Just to Get to Work: Indonesians Cope With Infuriating Traffic and Inefficient Transit 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1739
Traffic island 'beach' opens in downtown Detroit 4 marmar Jun 2013 Aug 2013 2 3319
72-hour coast-to-coast Amtrak ride condensed to just over 3 minutes 1 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2877
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