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Access for Value: Financing Transportation Through Land Value Capture

Monday, May 9th, 2011
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Accessibility is the ease of reaching valued destinations, such as jobs, shops, schools, entertainment, and recreation. As such, accessibility creates value. Capturing some of this value would allow state and local governments to invest in the operations, maintenance, and in some cases expansion of their transportation networks. Accessibility, as an outcome-oriented metric, can effectively assess transportation’s economic impact, and capturing the value of accessibility would help states and metropolitan areas develop sustainable transportation funding streams.

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BICYCLING ACCESS AND EGRESS TO TRANSIT: INFORMING THE POSSIBILITIES

Friday, April 29th, 2011
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MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE
Increasingly, bicycling and transit are receiving attention in planning circles in their own right. Many countries are experiencing rising levels of cycling and available reports of transit ridership suggest that the United States had the highest transit patronage in 52 years in absolute terms in 2008 despite falling gas prices. Several studies suggest that the growth in both modes may in small part be a result of the integration of the two modes.

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New Bike Lanes in Southern California’s Most Bike-Friendly City

Friday, April 29th, 2011

Go take a ride down 3rd Street and Broadway to see the brand new bike lanes and bike signals!

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Designing the City of the Future

Thursday, April 28th, 2011

The mayor of Detroit is promoting a controversial new plan to “right-size” the city. He may offer cash incentives to residents to leave vacant neighborhoods. The goal is to make the city more efficient in delivering services to its citizens. But Detroit’s “rightsizing” plan is also about imagining a new city — and the imagination isn’t limited to city government. In fact, some of the great new ideas are coming from citizens who aren’t old enough to vote. This story about some of Detroit’s youngest city planners comes from Detroit Public Television.

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Jay Walder, Chairman & CEO, New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
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Jay H. Walder joined the MTA as chairman and chief executive officer on October 5, 2009. In his first year in charge of the country’s largest public transportation system, Walder has overseen an agenda of change that included the most aggressive cost-cutting initiative in the history of the MTA and numerous customer improvements.

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Building for the 21st Century: American support for sustainable communities

Monday, April 25th, 2011

SMART GROWTH AMERICA
A recent poll by Smart Growth America has found that in the midst of a struggling U.S. economy, support for smart growth strategies remains high among Americans on both sides of the aisle…Americans living in all types of areas – in rural, suburban and urban areas alike – want more sustainable communities.

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Study Finds Access to Real-Time Mobile Information Could Raise Status of Public Transit: Part III

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
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LATITUDE & NEXT AMERICAN CITY
Study participants felt that there were a number of inherent benefits to driving less, many of which aligned with their own personal goals—perks like good exercise, reducing one’s carbon footprint, feeling more immersed in their communities, or having more time to read or relax.

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View/ Download Transportation Plans (from the NRC)

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
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The National Resource Center for Human Service Transportation Coordination (NRC) offers a state-by-state list of Transportation Plans available for viewing and downloading (PDF). The NRC was established as a result of SAFETEA-LU, with the purpose of providing “states and communities with the support they need to better integrate public transportation services with the services and demands of their human services networks.”

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East Side Access Soft Ground Tunnel Boring Machine Launch

Monday, April 18th, 2011

On March 18, 2011, MTA Capital Construction launched two soft ground tunnel boring machines that will dig tunnels beneath Sunnyside Rail Yard in Queens. A part of the East Side Access project, these new tunnels will connect Long Island Rail Road with tracks that will lead to Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan.
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Transit-Oriented Development Strategic Plan

Monday, April 18th, 2011
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THE CENTER FOR TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT I. Introduction The Portland region has a successful history at achieving transit-oriented development and compact growth. It continues to outperform many of its peer regions when it comes to connecting jobs to transit, promoting alternative modes of transportation beyond the car, and promoting successful new compact development. But, there is […]

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