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Massive transit cuts in Pittsburgh 2 marmar May 2012 Jun 2012 1 3007
Beverly Hills blocking Los Angeles' 'Subway to the Sea' 2 marmar May 2012 May 2012 3 2301
Big Plans for Public Transportation in (northern) Virginia. It’s called Super NoVa 2 marmar May 2012 May 2012 0 2267
Loudoun Leaders Leaning “No” on Silver Line to Dulles Airport 2 marmar Jun 2012 Jun 2012 0 2420
Toronto: How to pay for TTC expansion 2 marmar Jul 2012 Jul 2012 0 2190
Olympic test-run on London transport leaves commuters grumbling 2 marmar Jul 2012 Jul 2012 1 2129
Gridlocked Metro Atlanta poised to defeat tax to improve mass transit 2 marmar Jul 2012 Jul 2012 2 2231
Honolulu’s Rail Project Back in the Crossfire This Fall 2 marmar Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 2815
We all think we're in traffic, not that we are traffic. 2 phantom power Oct 2012 Oct 2012 4 1994
Cities need to get dense to survive, says Alex Steffen 2 marmar Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 1908
Chicago: Riders divided on CTA bench seats 2 marmar Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 3958
(Washington DC) Metro shows off newest rail car 2 marmar Oct 2012 Nov 2012 1 4452
Commuters give up the 'ball and chain' 2 marmar Mar 2013 Mar 2013 9 2009
Toronto: TTC’s new streetcar takes early morning maiden voyage down Bathurst St. 2 marmar Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2222
Quelle Surprise !!!: A small group of suburban voters defeated the LA County transit tax extension 2 marmar Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 1936
National Train Day, May 11 2 pinto Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 1849
Michigan: Amtrak's ridership up on Wolverine line 2 marmar Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 3505
Chicago Hell Commute, Round II 2 marmar Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2068
SF: How crowded will your BART train be? 2 marmar Apr 2013 Apr 2013 2 3355
San Francisco: Bids to Build Central Subway are $100 Million Over City's Estimates 2 marmar Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2269
A good day for pedestrians, cyclists and equines in Houston 2 marmar May 2013 May 2013 1 2081
As Millennials Shun Cars, Boston Rethinks Its Transportation System 2 marmar May 2013 May 2013 3
London: Animated fly-through of proposed Crossrail 2 routes 2 marmar May 2013 May 2013 0 1978
Twin Cities: Hiawatha Line renamed Blue Line 2 marmar May 2013 May 2013 0 3118
California County Details How Transit Cuts Harm Health 2 marmar May 2013 May 2013 2 2042
Washington DC: Metro moves to modernize fare-collection system 2 marmar May 2013 May 2013 0 2193
Cities Turn to Walkability for Public Health Boost 2 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 1812
Detroit Metro Times: The Complete Streets initiative for Woodward 2 marmar Jun 2013 Jul 2013 1 2175
Storms and flooding wreak absolute havoc on Toronto commute 2 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2087
New York's Penn station – and other ugly train terminals around the world 2 marmar Jul 2013 Aug 2013 2 7619

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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Living Near Good Transit May Make You Happier 2 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1776
Chicago: Ventra boss 'can't guess' when new fare system will work 2 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1943
Will Boston's new mayor-elect make good on his campaign promise of late-night T service? 2 marmar Nov 2013 Jan 2014 2 1663
NYC motorists killed three pedestrians Monday -- on the sidewalk 2 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1871
SF: Driverless Muni Metro train takes off in tunnel 2 marmar Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1791
Atlanta: Pee at your own peril in MARTA elevators 2 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 1828
TX: Commuters embrace Arlington’s experiment with public transportation 2 marmar Dec 2013 Dec 2013 0 1636
Lawmaker seeks to halt bond sales for California high-speed rail 2 Eugene Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1751
D.C. Metro Unveils New Rail Cars 2 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 4 3351
Twin Cities: Southwest light-rail gripe session stirs some anger 2 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1691
NYC: Water Main Break Causes Major Subway Delays 2 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1652
Cross Posted - Slow Motion Shots Capture Public Transit Like You've Never Seen. 2 Agschmid Jan 2014 Jan 2014 4 1987
Google bus backlash: S.F. to impose fees on tech shuttles 2 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 1839
The 51 Busiest Train Stations in the World– All but 6 Located in Japan 2 marmar Jan 2014 Jan 2015 1 2919
Revisiting an N train extension to Laguardia 2 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2194
Florida: Campaign Pushing to 'Greenlight' Pinellas Mass Transit Tax 2 marmar Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 1974
LA Times: Teaching new Metro riders the subway of doing things 2 marmar Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 1714
Why More U.S. Cities Need to Embrace Bus-Rapid Transit 2 marmar Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 1941
NY: Subway Ridership Hits 65-Year High 2 marmar Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 1757
The Case for Public Transportation, in Infographic Form 2 KamaAina Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 1764
How Your City’s Public Transit Stacks Up 2 KamaAina Aug 2014 Aug 2014 0 1751
Let’s make suburbs into cities: New urbanism, car culture and the future of community 2 marmar Aug 2014 Aug 2014 1 1875
Why middle-class Americans can’t afford to live in liberal cities (xpost from GD) 2 KamaAina Oct 2014 Oct 2014 5 1750
NYC Sets One-Day Subway Ridership Record 2 marmar Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 1655
My pic of construction of the M1 light rail line in downtown Detroit ......... 2 marmar Nov 2014 Nov 2014 3 2404
NYC: MTA To Combat Subway Delays With 'Platform Conductors' 2 marmar Dec 2014 Dec 2014 1 1856
Chicago Transit Projects for 2015 2 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 1763
SF Mayor Announces Major Expansion of Muni Light Rail Fleet 2 marmar Jan 2015 Jan 2015 6 2237
Amtrak to invest $12 million in major renovation of Chicago's Union Station 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2 1840
DOT Warns of Dystopian Future For Transportation 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1712

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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Double-decker bus gives Stanford commuters a fresh perspective 2 KamaAina Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1660
Millennials Move to Mass Transit -- WaPo 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2015 Mar 2015 11 1718
Detroit: RTA to unveil regional mass transit planning effort on Tuesday 2 marmar May 2015 May 2015 1 1893
Obama Administration To Trans-Hudson Tunnel Stakeholders: Get it Together 2 marmar May 2015 May 2015 3 1736
Northeast Corridor: America's Premier Rail Superhighway is Slowly Falling Apart 2 marmar May 2015 May 2015 7 1691
NY: MTA Bus Ridership Plummeting, Statistics Show 2 marmar May 2015 May 2015 1 1675
Five Countries With the Best Public Transportation Systems (xpost from GD) 2 KamaAina Jun 2015 Jun 2015 2 1718
House Votes for Major Amtrak Cuts 2 marmar Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 1734
New Jersey, You Should've Built That Tunnel 2 marmar Jun 2015 Jun 2015 4 1605
Future of Transportation: Cities with Choices—and Less Parking 2 marmar Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 1722
Toronto's new downtown-to-airport rail link is up and running 2 marmar Jun 2015 Jun 2015 5 1690
Senator offers plan to pay for New Jersey-New York rail tunnel 2 Eugene Aug 2015 Aug 2015 0 1463
Toronto: TTC Testing Talking Buses 2 marmar Aug 2015 Aug 2015 0 1558
NY/NJ: Nightmarish Train Tunnel Delays. Whose Problem Is It? 2 marmar Aug 2015 Aug 2015 2 1581
San Francisco: Expected Price Tag for Transbay Transit Center Jumps Again 2 marmar Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 1424
Survey: two out of three of Americans likely to use High-Speed Rail in USA 2 marmar Oct 2015 Oct 2015 5 1400
New York's Bus Terminal: Overcrowded, Fragile and Largely Ignored 2 marmar Oct 2015 Oct 2015 6 1564
Lawmakers agree to extend automated train deadline by 3 years 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1418
Sacramento RT Considers Rules to Limit 'Noxious Odors,' Other Objectionable Rider Traits 2 marmar Oct 2015 Oct 2015 1 1710
Biggest Donor Gives $175K More to Anti-Move Seattle Effort 2 marmar Oct 2015 Nov 2015 2 1719
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