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La Grange, Wilmette, Arlington Heights top Chicago’s “transit-friendliest” suburbs list
Looking for a place to live that offers a viable alternative to auto travel? While bicycling and walking represent a good substitute to driving around the city with multiple protected and dedicated bike lanes already in use and another 30 miles currently in the pipeline, residents in the suburbs have mass transit to rely on [...]
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Will Texans be able to travel between Dallas and Houston faster than a speeding bullet? I’ll believe it when I see it.
Yet again, someone is flaunting promises of a high-speed bullet train in Texas, and in under a decade, no less. The Texas Central High-Speed Railway is planning on having bullet trains shuttling passengers between North Texas and Houston by 2020, a trip that would take, at approximately 205 mph, about 90 minutes. Bullet trains have [...]
MARTA \ Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority \ Public transport \ Traffic
The Atlanta BeltLine: more than just a tax vacuum
Few residents know as much as they could about the BeltLine. Most common knowledge is that it has something to do with connecting Atlanta neighborhoods. And it requires tax money for funding. Learn more about this vast project and ways that it will benefit you and your community. To get the best information straight from [...]
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5 Things to do during your Atlanta commute
We spend plenty of time complaining about Atlanta traffic. Why not put that time to good use? On average, Atlanta residents spend 30.3 minutes each day in our cars plowing our way to work or itching to get home. That adds up to about 260 hours per year! How else can I say it? That’s [...]
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New federal grant to support development of Chicago’s transit infrastructure
The Windy City will soon boast a new and improved CTA station to ease the lives of thousands of Chicagoans traveling to and from the South Side neighborhoods and South suburbs. As recently announced by Senator Dick Durbin, Congressman Jesse Jackson, Congressman Bobby Rush and Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the CTA has been awarded a $20 [...]
DART \ Irvine TX \ Public transport
Irving residents’ patience pays off with the opening of DART’s Orange Line
Come July 28, a whole new section of town will have easy access to public transportation with the opening of a section of the DART Orange Line. The Orange Line will ultimately connect Irving, Las Colinas and DFW to downtown Dallas’ Bachman station, running parallel to the currently operating Green Line in downtown. For Irving [...]
Chicago Transit Authority \ Public transport
Chicago’s street resurfacing program off and running
Chicago’s definitely on the right track when it comes to infrastructure development. Mayor Rahm Emanuel seems to be rather pleased with how things are going after conducting a visiting tour with the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) at one of the first residential street resurfacing projects of the year on 59th Street and Normal Avenue [...]
Dallas neighborhoods \ Public transport \ Safety \ Traffic
Improving the deadliest streets in Dallas
These intersections top the ITO World Map fatality stats for the state. I was shocked by a recent article that I read in D Magazine featuring the compromises that engineers make when considering speed over safety. Traffic and transportation articles rarely catch my attention, but the graphic of the grim reaper at the crosswalk reeled [...]
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Chicago welcomes NATO summit
Many business owners and local entrepreneurs were disappointed when the G8 summit was moved to Camp David, Md. On the other hand, property owners and residents felt relief as the city escaped an avalanche of passionate protesters and corresponding traffic snarls. But this time, we’ll have to accept the good and bad cause the NATO [...]
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Hate Atlanta traffic? Read this.
Atlantans are given the power to change Atlanta’s transportation woes through TSPLOST. Atlanta residents complain about transportation and traffic like it’s our part-time job. Perhaps we’re justified, since we always have plenty of ammunition. If Atlantans show up in droves to the polls like we ought to, we might just stand a chance to change [...]
Atlanta metropolitan area \ MARTA \ Public transport \ Traffic
A Streetcar Undesired, now showing in Atlanta
Plans for Atlanta’s new streetcar isn’t winning the hearts of viewers. Thanks to a federal grant, URS Energy & Construction Inc. has been awarded a $46.6 million contract to create a streetcar between The King Center and Centennial Olympic Park. According to the AJC, the streetcar will mainly appeal (and only have significant use for) [...]
Business and Economy \ Chicago street style \ Public space \ Public transport
Ad eyesore minimized, but damage is done
You remember the atrocious Bank of America ads that cluttered Wabash Avenue Bridge? You weren’t the only one who doesn’t like it. In an article in the Associated Press, unhappy local residents speak out. “I think it’s disgusting,” Linda Rosenthal told a reporter. “The architecture in Chicago is stunning. To see this awful advertisement angers [...]
BART \ FasTrak \ Public transport \ San Francisco \ San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge
How much hassle is the cross-the-Bay commute?
There are great things about both sides of the San Francisco Bay, and you can find effusive residential charm aplenty in both San Francisco and Berkeley. But if the place you want to live is on one side, and your livelihood or education is on the other, what should you do? If you live in [...]
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Your Chicago apartment checklist
Looking for a new place to live in Chicago? If you’re in the market for a new apartment, we have a few checklist items you should look out for during your quest for the perfect new Chicago home. -Proximity to work. Chicago has great public transit systems, and if you live close enough to your [...]
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