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Seniors And Walkable Neighborhoods
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 01/08/2015 - 11:34amI occasionally read that seniors are likely to be a strong constituency for walkable, public-transit oriented neighborhoods. This argument runs as follows: seniors gradually lose the ability to drive as they get older. Thus, they are eventually going to need more transit and more walkabl... read more »
Transit Riding: Its NOT All About New York
Submitted by MLewyn on Tue, 11/11/2014 - 5:05pmCommentators who seek to minimize the importance of recent growth in public transit ridership argue that this increase is predominantly a result of New York's rising ridership. There is a grain of truth to this argument: New York is so big that rising ridership in that city alone can affect nationa... read more »
An Animated Transit-Oriented Romance
Submitted by MLewyn on Wed, 01/30/2013 - 11:12pmFeeling like you could use a good boost of pro-transit, pro-urban romance to brighten up your day? Go online and see Paperman (link here), an Oscar-nominated short in which a romance arises on a downtown train that looks an awful lot like Chicago's El.
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The Transportation Bill- Not As Bad As You Might Think
Submitted by MLewyn on Mon, 07/02/2012 - 10:36amCongress recently passed a two-year transportation funding bill, to less-than-glowing reviews from environmentalist-oriented transportation lobbies.
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A mass transit dilemma: Ridership up, funds down.
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Tue, 01/27/2009 - 9:45pmPublic transport systems are reeling from an economic crisis that has dried up tax revenue and blown gaps in state budgets. They are having to raise fares and cut services.
By Richard Fausset
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TOD Projects on Bus Rapid Transit lines
Submitted by mhathorne on Thu, 10/30/2008 - 10:11amI am looking for examples of TOD projects along bus rapid transit lines in a suburban neighborhood setting. Can anyone point me to some projects around the country that I can look to as examples?
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Environmental Benefits of Mass transit?
Submitted by ddeering on Mon, 03/19/2007 - 12:50pmDoes anyone has some links to some studies which support the environmental benefits of mass transit? I am specifically looking for the energy efficiency, energy consumption, NOx, SOx, CO, of subway a/o trains.
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