Today’s Headlines — 06/12/09
June 12, 2009By Andrew Bielak
- Boston’s Metropolitan Area Planning Council unveils a new plan for smarter development. (Boston Globe)
- Gas prices reach an eight-month high. (USA Today)
- The Energy Information Administration projects a steep drop in oil output around the world. (Grist)
- Transportation and housing costs for families can’t be disentangled. (Arizona Daily Star)
The Bust Belt
September 22, 2008By Andrew Bielak
Ryan Avent examines how sprawling development in the Sun Belt is changing communities while perpetuating an increasingly unsustainable method of growth. (Beta Culture 11)
Hassles with air travel, gas costs may usher in New Railroad era
August 28, 2008By Andrew Bielak
As the costs of flying and driving look less and less appealing, residents in Arizona are taking a second look at passenger rail, and a few proposals are gaining momentum as a result. (Arizona Republic — Glen Creno)
Now is time to stop building freeways
August 22, 2008By Andrew Bielak
An assistant professor from Arizona State University’s Global Institute of Sustainability argues that highway-centric development in the region is unsustainable, and presses for denser development as well as more local and regional control over the planning process. (Arizona Republic — Aaron Golub)
Leaping into Light Rail
July 31, 2008By Andrew Bielak
Some cities across the southwest are increasingly looking at light rail as a way to spur transit-oriented development and respond to demands for more urban-style living. (Governing — Zach Patton)
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- Transit grants out the federal door, but what about the cuts?
March 8, 2010 - Transit riders in Atlanta face massive cuts, “wholesale restructuring” of service
March 5, 2010 - Opposition to Senate extension results in looming shutdown of federal transportation programs
February 26, 2010 - T4 jobs proposal would create nearly half a million jobs, according to Economic Policy Institute
February 17, 2010 - Obama’s 2011 budget gives a lift to livability and transportation
February 2, 2010
- Transit grants out the federal door, but what about the cuts?
The United States of Transit Cutbacks
Driving is down and transit ridership is at record highs. Yet transit agencies across the country are considering layoffs, service cuts and fare hikes. Find out more and learn what you can do to help at t4america.org/transitcuts
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