Reading this article by Conrad deFiebre I was struck by how the comments from streets.mn's David Levinson could be said about most regi...

There has been a lot of chatter recently on the issue of fast vs slow transit.  This week is the perfect time for this discussion as two maj...

The Twin Cities finally signed its full funding grant agreement (FFGA) with the FTA for the Central Corridor. This just 7 years after the c...

So it seems as if the Port Authority in Pittsburgh is giving up on a rail trip between the two largest employment centers in the region. P...

Here's some news I wanted to share: I did a report on aerial ropeways once. The City Fix shows they are used for transport around the ...

Peter Bell has a big job at one of two regional governments in this country (Portland the other). It's understandable that he threads a...

It's interesting how any transit investment can be seen as good or bad based on how the increase in values affects the community . Some...

Long Beach is looking at streetcars ~~~ Quatar has a $22B deal with Deutsche Bahn to build freight, passenger, and Metro rail lines using S...

In St. Paul the utility company is going to have to rip up the streets anyway for light rail so they are trying an innovative energy rebate ...

I'm not really quite sure what to think about this. It seems as if we had a real national rail program that chambers of commerce and cit...

I think Atrios has the right idea : I'm not saying travel time is not an issue at all, but fundamentally such projects are about reducin...

It looks like Shanghai has long term plans for it's metro system. ~~~ Developers are looking at TOD around HSR stops in California. “I...

Utility relocation along the Central Corridor has begun.

The Reconnecting America site will have updates from the CNU this week on its twitter aggregator for the CNU17 hashtag. If you use twitter...

I wish more gubernatorial candidates in any state would understand how important cities are to their state's economy. You would think t...

Because you're floating a bill that would make transit planning a state function instead of a more local one. That is dumb on so many ...

The Twin Cities funds transit partially through new car sales. In this recent economy its projected that the overall taxes from this method...

Well vacation will be over in the morning. I was enjoying my time off but can't be a bum forever. Here are some links for the day. ~~~...

It's a sad sad story when transit gets first dibs: "Why do the buses get the privilege?" asks Mary Rheaume, who lives a few b...

Via Twin Cities Streets for People