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Theodore Brown | Jul 1st, 2011 | Topic: Infrastructure, Economy | Region: | Cities: |
The evolution of public transportation -outside of the meteoric rise of information technology- has been a boring, straight line, but the systems themselves, those systems cannot be reduced to linear conclusions. (
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Grassroutes | Yonah Freemark | Oct 20th, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: East Coast | Cities: New York |
Is the recent call to eliminate the New York MTA a good idea? (
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Julia Ramey Serazio | Dec 11th, 2009 | Topic: Infrastructure, Governance | Region: | Cities: New York, Portland, San Francisco |
Mike Mathieu, founder of WalkScore, talks about his new site, City-Go-Round, which collects open data from transit agencies around the country—and tries to convince those that haven’t released their data (ahem, M.T.A.) to do so, for the sake of their citizens and their budgets. (
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Urban Nation | Ben Adler | Mar 31st, 2009 | Topic: Urban Nation | Region: Urban Nation | Cities: Washington, D.C., Urban Nation |
Although stimulus funds are helping lay train tracks, cities are cutting back on mass transit service. (
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Diana Lind | Next American City | Mar 26th, 2009 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: New York |
Yesterday the New York MTA voted for a raft of fare hikes and service cuts, claiming the MTA is broke and that the state’s stimulus funding will be too little too late. Is this the first major urban infrastructure casualty of the financial crisis? (
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Omnibus | Justin Glick | Mar 3rd, 2009 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: New York |
In the latest installment of his transportation column, Omnibus, Justin Glick looks at some brand-new initiatives affecting bikers, riders and drivers in New York City. (
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Hayley Richardson | Mar 3rd, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
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Matt Stroud | Nov 16th, 2007 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Los Angeles |
If you’re in Los Angeles, the bus is in your face. It’s on the wall, it’s on the TV, it’s on the pages of magazines and newspapers. The bus is even on the bus. A massive advertising campaign has the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority practically everywhere in L.A. But it’s not on the street where it needs to be the most.
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The evolution of public transportation -outside of the meteoric rise of information technology- has been a boring, straight line, but the systems themselves, those systems cannot be reduced to linear conclusions. (keep reading…)
Is the recent call to eliminate the New York MTA a good idea? (keep reading…)
Mike Mathieu, founder of WalkScore, talks about his new site, City-Go-Round, which collects open data from transit agencies around the country—and tries to convince those that haven’t released their data (ahem, M.T.A.) to do so, for the sake of their citizens and their budgets. (keep reading…)
