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Transit-Oriented America, Part 5: Wrap-Up

By Aaron Donovan | Aug 24, 2007 | 1 Comment

Thanks all for reading and commenting on our non-motorized honeymoon travel series (see parts 1, 2, 3 and 4). Below is a table Susan put together to briefly summarize some of our observations on the cities we visited. Transit Bike Accesibity Amtrak Station Street life and art Chicago Loop El made all connections we […]

Remainder of Federal Pot Goes to Toll Plans

By Brad Aaron | Aug 23, 2007 | 6 Comments

Florida officials say HOT lanes are the answer to SoFla I-95 congestion Before she went on television to turn the Minnesota bridge tragedy into a partisan talking point, US Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters was perhaps best known — or was, at least, recognized more fondly — in these parts as the official who heaped $354M […]

Transit-Oriented America, Part 4: The Trains

By Aaron Donovan | Aug 23, 2007 | 14 Comments

This is Part 4 of a five-part series on U.S. rail travel. (Parts 1, 2 and 3.) Susan Donovan boarding Metro-North Train No. 737 on July 11, beginning an 8,000-mile rail journey at Grand Central Terminal. I always find it a little amazing that a handful of times a day, one can descend into Penn […]

Streetsblog Commenter Published in Boston Globe

By Brad Aaron | Aug 22, 2007 | 3 Comments

Streetsblog commenter and Newton Streets and Sidewalks blogmaster Sean Roche has a commentary on cheap municipal parking in today’s Boston Globe: What’s wrong with this picture? Four friends drive to Kenmore Square for a Red Sox game. They take a couple of laps around the neighborhood unsuccessfully looking for a $1-an-hour meter. They give up and […]

Transit-Oriented America, Part 3: Three More Cities

By Aaron Donovan | Aug 22, 2007 | 30 Comments

Part 3 in a series on rail and transit-only travel across the United States focuses on the final three cities of our journey. Part 2 looked at the first three and Part 1 presented an overview of our travel. San Francisco Fully restored streetcars, cable cars, buses with and without pantographs, submerged and at-grade light rail, a […]

Transit-Oriented America, Part 2: Three Cities

By Aaron Donovan | Aug 21, 2007 | 13 Comments

This is the second installment in a five-part rail travel series that began yesterday. In between all that fun Amtrak travel I described yesterday, my wife Susan and I stopped on our honeymoon at six great cities with an eye toward observing their built environments and transportation systems (but mostly just being plain old tourists). […]

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