Livability News - Megaregion

Reinvestment zones to fund rail in D/FW?

251 miles of FW rail projects

Jon Boyd, Oct 25, 10.

With no state revenue sources for transit, transportation reinvestment zones might be a solution for Fort Worth passenger rail projects.

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LaHood announces $600 million in Tiger II grants

$34m for FW, $0 for Houston

Jon Boyd, Oct 21, 10.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced the recipients for a total of $600 million in TIGER II grants yesterday.

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Heavy trucks taking toll on rural roads

Loads in remote areas

Jon Boyd, Oct 20, 10.

Heavy trucks are destroying some Texas rural roads

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D/FW upscale areas pulling out of housing drop

A tale of six cities

Jon Boyd, Oct 19, 10.

Three upscale cities plus North Dallas are seeing rising home sales in 2010, while three other cities are seeing falling home sales.

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San Antonio Plaza makes APA Great Places list

Birmingham, AL locked up #1

Jon Boyd, Oct 17, 10.

Main Plaza in San Antonio ranked ninth and the Charles W. Ireland Sculpture Garden in Birmingham ranked first in the APA 2010 top great places awards.

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Fort Worth has streetcar potential

Tax increment financing

Jon Boyd, Oct 12, 10.

Streetcars have the ability to transform downtown Fort Worth, requiring no funding from general revenue, says Fort Worth columnist.

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Dallas seeks ‘porous’ freeway ring

More options for sunken fwys

Jon Boyd, Oct 12, 10.

Downtown Dallas community leaders are looking for ways to improve access across their ring of downtown freeways.

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Texas leads the nation in loss of farmland

US losing an acre a minute

Jay Blazek Crossley, Oct 11, 10.

Between 1982 and 2007, Texas has lost 2.9 million acres of farmland, while the country as a whole loses an acre a minute, totaling 23 million over 25 years.

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FW streetcar said to require no city general funds

Urban circulator

Jon Boyd, Oct 10, 10.

Consulting firm HDR told Fort Worth City Council that no general revenue funds would be required to build the first downtown streetcar line.

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TxDOT Sunset Review

Progress report

Jon Boyd, Oct 06, 10.

Sunset staff reported on TxDOT's progress to the Texas Transportation Commission last week.

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