I've never really been called an "angry blogger" before today. Guess there is a first time for everything. I hate arguing on...

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...

What comes to mind when someone says that light rail, streetcars, or BRT will bring economic development? My first guess is that people im...

Chris Leinberger tells us that "value capture" is the term of the next year. Though I wish he would dig a bit deeper. ~~~ Izmir ...

In Phoenix, Light Rail has pushed more businesses to core areas and pushed parking rates up. While they remain among the lowest in the natio...

There is an article in the Times of London on whether purchasing a home near transit is a worthwhile investment. In London people are will...

That's how much the development along the Charlotte light rail line adds up to. No small, change, that's over 250% return on the i...

Chris Leinberger is hopping on the urban train so to speak. Brad Plummer's post over at TNR's The Vine has already gotten some cov...

Siemens will hire 200 workers in Sacramento to build light rail cars. ~~~~~~~ Strip malls offer an opportunity to change our development p...

As I read this article about Developers in Austin who are postponing their development because the street they are adjacent to might have l...

Time to figure out which route is best for the Southwest Corridor in Minneapolis. ~~~ Pelosi for HSR . Major firepower will make sure tha...

While housing values around the country are falling, there has been anecdotal evidence of value near rapid transit staying high or even goin...

Hamilton, just outside of Toronto, is expecting increases in property value from light rail that would be in the new Toronto long range pla...

Michigan lawmakers are looking at a bill that would allow street railway companies to form in the state and use recently passed tax increme...

Ryan makes a good point about the double standard that exists for freeways and transit. When you build freeways with excess capacity, it...

The issue of rising property values is a blessing and a curse at the same time around new transit lines. On one hand, rising property value...

The Denver Transit Stop has a post up alerting folks to a new bill passed by a house committee in the Colorado legislature that would allow...

In Toronto a study recently completed posits that with the completion of the Spadina Line expansion, land costs will have risen 20%. I hop...