Renowned artist Gordon Huether fills BART to OAK with color and beauty. His art installation “A-Round Oakland” is scheduled to open at the end of 2014.
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Oakland, CA: Gordon Huether Fills BART with Color and Beauty
Friday, April 18th, 2014Boston, MA: Extended Hours for the MBTA
Tuesday, April 15th, 2014
The MBTA extends service on the weekends until 2:30 a.m. This is a revised video project from Northeastern.
View this complete post...Infrastructure 2014: Shaping the Competitive City
Monday, April 14th, 2014
URBAN LAND INSTITUTE
HOW DO REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS AND INVESTORS—who could pursue opportunities regionally, nationally, or internationally—think about infrastructure? How do city leaders use infrastructure investments to position their cities for real estate investment and economic development? What role does infrastructure play relative to other economic development strategies? And are public and private perceptions and priorities aligned—or do they diverge, and in what ways? These were the central questions for Infrastructure 2014: Shaping the Competitive City, the eighth in an annual series of reports examining infrastructure trends and issues by ULI and EY.
King County, WA: Too Many Cats, Not Enough Buses
Friday, April 11th, 2014
Proposition 1 in King County, Washington State, will provide funding for Transit and Roads. If it does not pass on April 22 there will be a 17% cut in bus services across the county.
Look for your ballot in the mail. Vote Yes!!!
TOD Standard
Monday, April 7th, 2014
INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT POLICY
The TOD Standard, built on the rich experience of many organizations around the world including our own, addresses development that maximizes the benefits of public transit while firmly placing the emphasis back on the users — people. We call this form of design “transit-oriented development” (TOD), and it marks a key difference from transit-adjacent development, which is simply development located next to transit corridors and stations.
Transportation Moves Wisconsin
Tuesday, April 1st, 2014
Transportation Moves Wisconsin. The state’s multimodal transportation network moves Wisconsin as it has from our beginnings. Important decisions need to be made about the path to a new vision for transportation.
View this complete post...California Household Travel Survey
Tuesday, March 25th, 2014
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 1.0 Executive Summary The 2010-2012 California Household Travel Survey (CHTS) was a unique statewide, collaborative effort to gather travel information needed for regional and statewide travel and environmental models using the same instrument and methods across the state. Led by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), the survey was jointly funded by the California […]
View this complete post...NYC Arts for Transit: Tree of Life by Xin Song
Thursday, March 20th, 2014
MTA Arts for Transit: “Tree of Life” by Xin Song
Learn more about this artwork commissioned by MTA Arts for Transit for the Bay Parkway subway station in Brooklyn.
Cleveland, OH: Touring the Euclid Ave Bus Rapid Transit Line
Monday, March 17th, 2014
A brief tour of Cleveland’s Euclid Avenue Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line, narrated by Joseph Shaffer, the engineer in charge of building it. The tour was organized by Freshwater Transit for Southeast Michigan (Detroit) area transit advocates.
View this complete post...This Infra Week
Friday, March 14th, 2014
INFRA STORIES YOU SHOULDN’T MISS!
Which Bike Lane Separator is Right For You?
Car Culture Reigns On
New Light-Rail Strategy Unveiled
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