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Turkey's Bosphorus tunnel to open sub-sea Asia link 1 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1870
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How One D.C. Suburb Set A Gold Standard For Commuting 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1750
Paris' Traffic-Cutting Gamble Charms Pedestrians, Irks Drivers 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1616
D.C. fails to pay Metro; funds held up due to shutdown 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 1 1889
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Chicago: CTA Works to Stem Crash-Related Blue Line Delays 0 marmar Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1707
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Seattle: Light-rail start to U District, Capitol Hill may come early 1 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1893
Living Near Good Transit May Make You Happier 2 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 2045
D.C.: Metro Ridership Is Down, But Transit Experts Aren't Worried 1 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 1956
The Silver Line makes its way onto the Washington Metro's map 4 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 8 3182

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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SF: Bike path flaws add millions to Bay Bridge bill 0 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1798
Observation - LA Metro 3 pinto Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 2143
Mexico City's traffic Infierno 0 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1858
NYC Trumpets 2012 Street Statistics: More Transit, Less Traffic 0 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1916
Fairfax County Grapples With Huge Silver Line Costs 0 marmar Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1721
D.C.: Survey shows most people want more transit, walkable places 3 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 2628
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Subway Stations With Amazing Art 6 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 3 3877
New York's Penn station – and other ugly train terminals around the world 2 marmar Jul 2013 Aug 2013 2 8036
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Maryland Seeks Private Operator for Purple Line 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1857
London Strolling 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 1817
Hours to Go, Just to Get to Work: Indonesians Cope With Infuriating Traffic and Inefficient Transit 0 marmar Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1776
Traffic island 'beach' opens in downtown Detroit 4 marmar Jun 2013 Aug 2013 2 3396
72-hour coast-to-coast Amtrak ride condensed to just over 3 minutes 1 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2960
Chicago: A Vision for Bus Rapid Transit on Ashland 1 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2633
NY Times: MTA Ponders Transit for a New Generation 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 1847
Did Sprawl Kill Horatio Alger? 0 phantom power Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1863
NYC Kills Fast Bus to LGA 3 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2349
Defining Clear Standards for Transit-Oriented Development 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1995
Seattle: Rasmussen Drops Bike-Share Bill; Funding Proving More Difficult to Wrangle 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 1696
Detroit Metro Times: The Complete Streets initiative for Woodward 2 marmar Jun 2013 Jul 2013 1 2450
To Urbanize or Not To Urbanize? Virginia Residents Divided Over Metro Expansion 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1902
Storms and flooding wreak absolute havoc on Toronto commute 2 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 2346
Toronto: Metrolinx price tag for Scarborough subway leaves councillors fuming 0 marmar Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1953
After 20 years of talk, Crenshaw/LAX rail line gets green light 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 1878
Chicago Launches Bike Share: A Divvy Day One Dispatch 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1897
Senate Panel Okays Funding for D.C. Transit 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1803
NOW Toronto: Cure for King: Time for tough choices on car-congested streets 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2238
Poll: Bike Sharing Widely Popular After First Month (NYC) 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 4 2218

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Continued...

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Article on Detroit filled with inaccuracies 5 KamaAina Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2790
"They say San José is going to become another Los Angeles." 0 KamaAina Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2479
Ann Arbor's vision for high-capacity transit taking shape with possible Connector routes mapped 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2168
CicLAvia fills Wilshire Boulevard with bicycles (LA Times) 0 pinto Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1871
Chicago: Blue Line Study Could Lead to Overhaul 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2251
Honolulu mayor proposes bike lanes beneath planned elevated rail transit tracks 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1955
El Paso's BRT System ready to break ground 5 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 3815
San Francisco's new eco-friendly bus malfunctioned en route to a press conference 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2046
NYC's Second Avenue Subway construction (with photos) in Manhattan 1 CreekDog Jun 2013 Jun 2013 4 4828
Toronto Transit Commission: Third-busiest mass transit system in North America (video) 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2270
Bike barometer reveals big numbers 0 Gormy Cuss Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 2048
Sweden: Male train drivers wear skirts after shorts row 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2179
Cities Turn to Walkability for Public Health Boost 2 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2133
Updating Northeast Corridor Will be Complex and Costly 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 2650
San Francisco video teaches bus drivers how to coexist with cyclists 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2207
Washington D.C.: Riders try out Metro’s new stainless steel fare gates 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2565
Toronto: Eglinton Crosstown (LRT) crews launch giant tunneling machine 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 1988
R Train Service to Halt Between Brooklyn, Manhattan 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2258
LA Times: Bus-only lanes debut on Wilshire Boulevard 0 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 1933
D.C.'s Outer Beltway Plan Draws Ferocious Opposition, as Business Leaders Cry For More Lanes 1 marmar Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2157
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