Topic – Transportation
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USDOT budget promotes livability, Complete Streets
Unexpected reforms in proposal
The proposed 2013 budget of the US Department of Transportation includes several surprising livability initiatives.
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Chicago financing ‘bus rapid transit’
To connect downtown
Chicago leaders are funneling more than $7.3 million in tax increment financing toward a “bus rapid transit” line downtown.
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Paying for the transportation bill
LaHood is optimistic
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood believes viable funding sources exist for the hotly contested transportation bill.
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Another parkway in the Katy Prairie
New Cane Island Pkwy
The city of Katy will dip into their own coffers to begin new highway construction for development in the Katy Prairie.
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Peer-to-peer car sharing on the rise
Even GM approves new approach
Peer-to-peer car sharing is becoming more popular, and some car manufacturers are on board.
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Next phase of Grand Parkway to begin
On track to being US' longest
The ambitious and oft criticized plan to build a 180-mile ring road around Houston is entering its next phase of construction.
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Austin-Houston rail line planning in the works
Austin to Houston in three hrs
Planning has already begun on an Austin-Houston rail line.
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Texas A&M to create new rail research center
"A very positive step"
Texas A&M University’s Board of Regents has approved a plan to develop a new rail research center
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