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The transit surge is working Despite increased ridership, we need more funding as well as support for our trains	Jon Rynn	12 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: energy, oil, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

Easy Rider Transit ridership up across U.S.		12 May 2008	News
Posted at 3:57 PM on 12 May 2008 Transit ridership has jumped across the U.S. as folks get tired of paying at the pump. From January to March, transit ridership jumped 10 percent in Boston, 8 percent in both Los Angeles and Denver, and 7.2 percent in the Twin Cities. In Philadelphia, transit ridership in March 2008 was up 11 percent from March 2007; in April, ridership in south Florida was an impressive 28 percent above the year before. "Nobody b ...
Topics: Boston, Florida, Los Angeles, news, Philadelphia, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

How Smart Is Your City? An urban-dweller's pop quiz		12 May 2008	Grist Feature

Topics: green building, public lands, public transportation, Smartish Cities, special series, sprawl, urban planning (all these topics)

What's a Sustainable City, Anyway? Green-city ranking group SustainLane explains its methodology	James Elsen	12 May 2008	Grist Feature

Topics: green building, placemaking, public lands, public transportation, Smartish Cities, special series, sprawl, urban planning (all these topics)

That infrastructure thing Congestion pricing might come in handy	Ryan Avent	12 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

C'mon ride the train, the Coachella train Festival-goers hop free ride -- and stay car-free, too	Sarah van Schagen	06 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: green living, music, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

Oil hysteria, part 2 Are low gas prices an inalienable right?	Jon Rynn	02 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: energy, oil, placemaking, politics, public transportation, renewable energy, sprawl, Vermont (all these topics)

Obama on rail transit A candidate finally discusses public transit ... at a random lunch	David Roberts	01 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Barack Obama, placemaking, politics, presidential race 08, public transportation (all these topics)

The unbearable tightness of oil markets America is ill equipped to handle expensive oil	Ryan Avent	30 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: economy, energy, oil, placemaking, politics, public transportation, urban planning (all these topics)

Oil hysteria Let's rebuild our national rail network instead of repealing the gas tax	Jon Rynn	17 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: energy, fossil fuels, oil, placemaking, politics, public transportation, urban planning (all these topics)

Don't celebrate this holiday We need to be freed from gas, not the gas tax	Ryan Avent	17 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: energy, John McCain, oil, placemaking, politics, public transportation, regulation (all these topics)

Gas tax attacks The gasoline tax is regressive, but only for upper-income groups	Joseph Romm	16 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: cars, economy, environmental justice, public transportation (all these topics)

WTF?	David Roberts	08 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: oceans, public transportation, placemaking (all these topics)

The forgotten solution Transit investment should and will be a part of the peak oil solution	Ryan Avent	01 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: energy, oil, placemaking, public transportation, urban planning (all these topics)

Commute conundrum Should emissions from employee commutes be included in company GHG inventories?	Guest author	27 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: business, cars, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, greening biz operations, public transportation (all these topics)

Rev. Billy at the auto show	David Roberts	24 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: cars, green living, New York, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

Highwaymen take over the Transportation Department The WaPo reveals why mass transit gets the shaft on the national level	Tom Philpott	20 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Department of Transportation, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

Priced to move A comprehensive solution to end congestion	Ryan Avent	19 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Department of Transportation, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

'But Americans won't ride trains' Defying conventional wisdom, NC residents express desire for public transport	Tom Philpott	18 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: North Carolina, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

All close together now A post-petroleum American dream	Jon Rynn	13 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, cars, energy, placemaking, public transportation, urban planning (all these topics)

Fun with numbers If we want to create jobs, why aren't we spending on mass transit?	Sarah K. Burkhalter	12 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

The Way You Move Climate change has it out for transportation infrastructure, says report		11 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 5:08 PM on 11 Mar 2008 Climate change is likely to wreak havoc on U.S. transportation infrastructure, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Research Council. Think bridge joints weakened by too-high temperatures, flooded tunnels, shipping disrupted by heavy storms, roads threatened by erosion, and much, much more! Coastal regions are likely to be especially hard hit, as more and ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, news, placemaking, public transportation, urban planning (all these topics)

Gas up The next generation of infrastructure should help more Americans go carless	Ryan Avent	04 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: energy, oil, placemaking, public transportation, urban planning (all these topics)

Zipcar merges with Flexcar, effs it all up Has the east coast car-sharing company screwed up the west coast car-sharing company?	David Roberts	29 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: public transportation, placemaking, cars, business (all these topics)

Governors drink the Kool-Aid State govs embrace the range of 'alternative fuels,' from nukes to clean coal to biofuels	Tom Philpott	27 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: energy, placemaking, politics, public transportation, state politics, Wal-Mart (all these topics)

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