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Relationships Between Streetcars and the Built Environment

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

TRANSIT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM
In the past 20 years, numerous cities have planned and implemented new rail transit systems. This movement has coincided with other urban regeneration trends, bringing new life to urban centers and advancing strategies to manage growth that promote more efficient patterns of development. Various forms of heavy rail, light rail, and streetcar systems have been built, many with robust ridership and popularity, owing to a rediscovery of this form of transportation, as well as concerns about growing traffic congestion, volatile fuel prices, and climate change.

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Tags: AR, Arkansas, Astoria, CA, California, Charlotte, Dallas, FL, Florida, GA, Galveston, Georgia, Kenosha, Little Rock, Lowell, MA, Massachusetts, Memphis, NC, North Carolina, OR, Oregon, Portland, San Pedro, Savannah, Seattle, Streetcars, Tacoma, Tampa, TCRP, Tennessee, Texas, TN, Transit Cooperative Research Program, TX, WA, Washington, WI, Wisconsin
Posted in Climate Change, Competitiveness, Congestion, Environment, Local, National, Policy, Pollution, Public Transportation, Rail, Transit, Urban Planning

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Connecting the Midwest: How a Faster Passenger Rail Network Could Speed Travel and Boost the Economy

Monday, September 20th, 2010

ILLINOIS PIRG
In building a 21st century economy, the Midwest is hampered by an outdated transportation system. Congested airports and crammed highways hinder travel around the region. As the main source of our dependence on oil, our transportation system leaves us vulnerable to oil price spikes and pollution…Intercity passenger rail in the Midwest can be part of the solution.

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Tags: High Speed Rail, HSR, IA, IL, Illinois, Illinois PIRG, IN, Indiana, Iowa, MI, Michigan, Midwest, Minnesota, MN, OH, Ohio, PIRG, WI, Wisconsin
Posted in Congestion, High Speed Rail, Infra Views, Rail, Transit

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Another Stimulus Bill or a Down Payment on a Bold New Infrastructure Plan?

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Marking the beginning of an intensive pre-election campaign, President Obama unveiled what he called “a bold new vision to renew and expand America’s investment in transportation infrastructure”…The plan would: (1) abolish modal “silos” by combining roads, transit, railways, airport development and the air traffic control system (NextGen) in a single consolidated transportation infrastructure investment plan; (2) integrate high-speed rail (HSR) into the surface transportation program thus ensuring a sustained commitment to a national HSR program over the next six years; (3) establish an Infrastructure Bank to fund investments of national and regional significance; (4) streamline the surface transportation program by consolidating the many different programs and use analytical measures of performance to identify and prioritize investments of critical importance to the nation’s economy.

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Tags: Barack Obama, C. Kenneth Orski, Infrastructure Bank, Innovation Newsbriefs, Ken Orski, Milwaukee, Obama Administration, WI, Wisconsin
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Bipartisan, Competitiveness, Congestion, Democrat, Employment, Equity, Funding, High Speed Rail, Highway, Innovation Newsbriefs, Jobs, National, Policy, Private Investment, Public Transportation, Rail, Recession, Recovery, Tax, The Infra Blog, Transit

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Video: Obama’s Proposal to Increase Infra Spending

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

“…I am announcing a new plan for rebuilding and modernizing America’s roads and rails and runways for the long term. I want America to have the best infrastructure in the world. We used to have the best infrastructure in the world. We can have it again. We are going to make it happen.”
President Barack Obama

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Tags: Barack Obama, HSR, Infrastructure Bank, Milwaukee, Obama Administration, President Obama, WI, Wisconsin
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Bipartisan, Competitiveness, Congestion, Democrat, Economic Stimulus, Employment, Funding, High Speed Rail, Highway, Jobs, National, Policy, Private Investment, Public Transportation, Rail, Recession, Recovery, Roads, Show Us Your Infra, Tax, Transit

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Infra to the Forefront! Obama Proposes $50 Billion for Transportation

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

President Obama’s latest proposal SHOULD usher in a period of a serious national American dialogue about the entire subject of infrastructure.

If not now–with trillions at stake, a multi-billion dollar proposal, urgent need for more jobs and enough evidence to eliminate almost any lingering infra deniers–when?

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Tags: Arnold Schwartzenegger, Barack Obama, Governor Rendell, Governor Schwartzenegger, Infrastructure Bank, Mayor Bloomberg, Milwaukee, President Obama, WI, Wisconsin
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Bipartisan, Competitiveness, Congestion, Funding, National, Private Investment, Public Transportation, Recession, Recovery, Tax, The Infra Blog, Transit

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