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Twin Cities: Building a better bus stop 1 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 2350
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Twin Cities: Complaints rise about Metro Transit bus drivers 1 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 2285
UK: The railway workers trained to stop suicides 0 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1755
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The suburbs: No longer the American Dream? 1 marmar Aug 2013 Nov 2013 2 2740
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San Francisco: Rats scatter from Central Subway construction 0 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1855
Golden Gate Bridge Tolls Could Hit $8 0 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1692
SF: Driverless Muni Metro train takes off in tunnel 2 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 2099
Chicago: Ventra outage hits 60 CTA stations, results in 15,000 free rides 0 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1718
NYC motorists killed three pedestrians Monday -- on the sidewalk 2 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 2121
Public Transit in Chicago has gone to the reptiles...... 1 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1900
NY Toll Authority Out of Control 0 Renew Deal Nov 2013 Nov 2013 2 1918
Chicago: Ventra boss 'can't guess' when new fare system will work 2 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 2275
Detroit: M-1 Rail Project Now Is In Process Of Selecting Streetcars 1 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 1956
D.C. Metro To Begin Running New Railcars In Late 2014 0 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 3 2426
Hamburg is planning to make cars superfluous in the next 15-20 years 0 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 7 2370
BART Permanently Lifts Rush Hour Bike Ban 5 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 2835
NYT: From China to Los Angeles, Taking the Electric Bus 1 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1837
Turkey's Bosphorus tunnel to open sub-sea Asia link 1 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1884
NYT: Commuting’s Hidden Cost 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1660
Chicago: South-leg Red Line commuters in for smooth ride Monday after five-month rebuild 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1641
How One D.C. Suburb Set A Gold Standard For Commuting 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1766
Paris' Traffic-Cutting Gamble Charms Pedestrians, Irks Drivers 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1629
D.C. fails to pay Metro; funds held up due to shutdown 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1905

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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Texas DOT denies $1.6 million for El Paso bicycle-sharing program 4 marmar Aug 2013 Oct 2013 1 2394
Seriously, Get on the Bus! New Analysis Shows Fiscal, Environmental Benefits of Buses 6 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2013 Oct 2013 1 4224
Chicago: CTA Works to Stem Crash-Related Blue Line Delays 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1729
Video sneak peek of the Washington Metro's Silver Line 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1705
Seattle: Light-rail start to U District, Capitol Hill may come early 1 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1908
Living Near Good Transit May Make You Happier 2 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 2060
D.C.: Metro Ridership Is Down, But Transit Experts Aren't Worried 1 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1971
The Silver Line makes its way onto the Washington Metro's map 4 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 8 3204
SF: Bike path flaws add millions to Bay Bridge bill 0 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1814
Observation - LA Metro 3 pinto Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2155
Mexico City's traffic Infierno 0 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1872
NYC Trumpets 2012 Street Statistics: More Transit, Less Traffic 0 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1930
Fairfax County Grapples With Huge Silver Line Costs 0 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1737
D.C.: Survey shows most people want more transit, walkable places 3 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 2645
NY Observer: Vanity Project: Why Fancy Architecture Won’t Save Penn Station 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 3 1931
Subway Stations With Amazing Art 6 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 3 3904
New York's Penn station – and other ugly train terminals around the world 2 marmar Jul 2013 Aug 2013 2 8050
NYC: More and More commuters working in the outerboroughs: Data 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1780
Maryland Seeks Private Operator for Purple Line 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1871
London Strolling 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 1833
Hours to Go, Just to Get to Work: Indonesians Cope With Infuriating Traffic and Inefficient Transit 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1793
Traffic island 'beach' opens in downtown Detroit 4 marmar Jun 2013 Aug 2013 2 3415
72-hour coast-to-coast Amtrak ride condensed to just over 3 minutes 1 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2980
Chicago: A Vision for Bus Rapid Transit on Ashland 1 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2653
NY Times: MTA Ponders Transit for a New Generation 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 1861
Did Sprawl Kill Horatio Alger? 0 phantom power Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1880
NYC Kills Fast Bus to LGA 3 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2366
Defining Clear Standards for Transit-Oriented Development 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2011
Seattle: Rasmussen Drops Bike-Share Bill; Funding Proving More Difficult to Wrangle 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 1712
Detroit Metro Times: The Complete Streets initiative for Woodward 2 marmar Jun 2013 Jul 2013 1 2469

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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To Urbanize or Not To Urbanize? Virginia Residents Divided Over Metro Expansion 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1918
Storms and flooding wreak absolute havoc on Toronto commute 2 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2362
Toronto: Metrolinx price tag for Scarborough subway leaves councillors fuming 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1968
After 20 years of talk, Crenshaw/LAX rail line gets green light 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 1897
Chicago Launches Bike Share: A Divvy Day One Dispatch 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1916
Senate Panel Okays Funding for D.C. Transit 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1819
NOW Toronto: Cure for King: Time for tough choices on car-congested streets 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2254
Poll: Bike Sharing Widely Popular After First Month (NYC) 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 4 2236
Article on Detroit filled with inaccuracies 5 KamaAina Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2814
"They say San José is going to become another Los Angeles." 0 KamaAina Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2494
Ann Arbor's vision for high-capacity transit taking shape with possible Connector routes mapped 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2185
CicLAvia fills Wilshire Boulevard with bicycles (LA Times) 0 pinto Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1884
Chicago: Blue Line Study Could Lead to Overhaul 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2278
Honolulu mayor proposes bike lanes beneath planned elevated rail transit tracks 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1968
El Paso's BRT System ready to break ground 5 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 3832
San Francisco's new eco-friendly bus malfunctioned en route to a press conference 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2059
NYC's Second Avenue Subway construction (with photos) in Manhattan 1 CreekDog Jun 2013 Jun 2013 4 4847
Toronto Transit Commission: Third-busiest mass transit system in North America (video) 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2284
Bike barometer reveals big numbers 0 Gormy Cuss Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 2065
Sweden: Male train drivers wear skirts after shorts row 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2193
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