Denver & Colorado
The Denver Post
Former Rocky Reporter Joins RTD
The Denver Post, April 20, 2010
Former Rocky Mountain News reporter Kevin Flynn has joined the Regional Transportation District as public information project manager for the public-private partnership that is to build and operate trains to Denver International Airport and Arvada/Wheat Ridge, along with other FasTracks elements.
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The Denver Post
Denver’s Street-Smart Bike Planner
By Sheba R. Wheeler, April 19, 2010
Emily Kreisa doesn’t just walk her talk. She rides it, too. The 27-year-old former triathlete and bike commuter is guiding the handlebars in Denver’s effort to become one of the most bike- friendly cities in the nation.
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National
Wall Street Journal online
The Drive to Make Cities Greener
By Catherine L. Ross, April 17, 2010
We’re all well aware of the environmental challenge cities pose: Cities and the regions surrounding them occupy only about 3% of the Earth’s surface, but their residents consume more than 75% of the world’s natural resources.
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The Urbanophile Blog
Sunday, April 18th, 2010
The New Look of the American Suburb(Ed’s note: make sure you look at the pictures below the article.
This article is about the intersection of two trends I’ve written about before: suburban redevelopment and immigration.
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The Transport Public Blog
Is the U.S. Ready for a Sustained High-Speed Rail Funding Source?
by Yonah Freemark, April 19th, 2010
The government has yet to identify a source of long-term funds for its highway and transit programs, let alone a new high-speed rail scheme. If it did, though, would it know where to direct the funds?
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The Good Is Blog
Ghost Town: The Abandoned Suburb of California City
(Editor’s note: you just have to see this photograph!).
By Geoff Manaugh on April 16, 2010
Abandoned starter houses taken over by wildcats; swimming pools becoming breeding grounds for West Nile virus-infected mosquitoes; empty buildings gutted by copper thieves with pick-up trucks parked in grass-cracked driveways; foreclosed properties harboring kidnapping victims-over the past few years, there has been no upper limit to the surreal tales coming out of the suburbs. (Editor’s note: you just have to see this photograph!).
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Straight Outta Suburbia Blog
Friday, April 16, 2010
Grading Transit Oriented Development: A Ten-Category Preliminary Metric
My scale, in which higher scores are better, is out of 100 points based on ten categories: transit proximity, density, mixed land uses, walkability (proximity), walkability (sidewalk upgrades and traffic calming), limited car parking, pay to park (if car parking is included), bike parking, affordability, and integrated open space.
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Dallas Transportation Blog
D.C. to Dallas: We’re done building free roads to ease commutes?
Michael Lindenberger, April 19, 2010
On Sunday, the paper carried a piece I wrote about the enormous explosion of highway construction in the Dallas area and the hassles it will entail while the work is being done.
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Natural resources Defense Council
For walkability and community, put the building on the street and the parking in back
By Kaid Benfield, April 20, 2010
The misplaced assumption that Americans like automobile traffic more than walkable streets has created some pretty awful disconnections within our communities.
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The Rest of the Planet
The Infrastructurist.com
One Winner in the European Air Disaster: High Speed Rail
By Melissa Lafsky, April 20, 2010
A commenter on yesterday’s post The European Air Shut-Down: A View From the Front Lines brought up an excellent point: Was the complete failure of aviation in Europe a boon for high-speed rail? With all those continental Europe flights canceled, it was certainly a golden opportunity for passenger rail to step in and save the day.
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Mass Transit Magazine Blog
Planes, Trains and Volcanoes
By Mark Foss, April 20, 2010
Over the past five days airports all over Europe were closed as a result of the eruption of the Eyjafjallajoekull volcano in Iceland. On Saturday about 17,000 flights were cancelled. Some flights began to lift off today (Monday) but progress is slow. The estimates of the cost of the volcano run to $200 million per day. The full economic impact of the disaster is yet to be determined. There is even talk of possible “bail outs” for affected airlines.
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The Guardian.co.uk
Iceland volcano: imagine a world without planes
For the last few days the skies have been quiet. What if they’d stayed that way for ever?
For the first time in my life, one of my favourite London walks has become the bucolic idyll it always should have been.
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Mid-Week Film
Long Beach Shifts Cycling in to High Gear
by Clarence Eckerson, Jr. on April 16, 2010
Although their proximity to car-dominated Los Angeles can’t be denied, southern neighbor Long Beach has put the money and effort behind making cycling an attractive and safe mode, and it’s already paying dividends.
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Things you need to know along the corridor.
A kick-off event to introduce The Foothills Running and Cycling Club organization to Golden and surrounding communities will be held on May 13th at TriYoga, 16948 South Golden Road, Golden Co. For more information, contact : Dan Dwyer/ email: dwyer1245@comcast.net
From RTD Fastracks Information Desk: April 13, 2010
West Corridor Crews will roll the light rail bridge across 6th Avenuejust east of Simms/Union during the weekend of April 23 through April 25, 2010. All lanes of traffic on 6th Avenue between Simms/Union & Kipling Street will close on Friday, April 23 at 8:00 p.m. and remain closed until 5:30 a.m. Monday, April 26, 2010. Due to the unique nature of this event, the West Corridor Public Information team will be hosting a viewing area in the parking lot located on the northeast corner of Quail Street and the 6th Avenue Frontage Road. Best to enter from Colfax Ave and head south on Quail Street.
The viewing area will be open to the public between
9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 24, 2010.
For the most detailed and up to date information regarding street closures and delays, please go to the RTD West Corridor page.
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