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Jackson Avenue Heats Up Near The Port Of New Orleans

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.19.2013 | Business
Read More: Shaare Tefilah Synagogue, Brown Builders, Truck & Barter Farms, Magazine Street, Wayne Brown, Flooding, Streelights, St. Thomas Housing Development, Urban Gardens, Parasol's Bar and Restaurant, Dorignac's, Americans With Disabilities Act, Coleman Cab Company, Cruise Ship Parking, Jackson Avenue Evangelical Congregational Church, Monroe Coleman, Potholes, Angel Hurtado, Hurricane Katrina, Walmart, River Garden, American Paint Works, London Metal Exchange, New Orleans Dept. Of Safety and Permits, Marlon Horton, Streetcars, Machu Picchu Travel, New Orleans City Council, MTMA NOLA, Gregg Morris, Restaurants, River of Life Hospital, Finger Lickin' Wings, Kickstarter, ReNEW SciTech Academy, Josephine Loft Apartments, Irish Channel, HRI Properties, Sara Mayo Hospital, Gretna Ferry, Mississippi River, Business News
Susan Buchanan

(This article is published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the May 20, 2013 edition.) New Orleans resident Barbara Risin has lived in the first block ...

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Baby Boomer Time Capsule: October 29 - 31

Jane Minogue | Posted 01.02.2013 | Fifty
Read More: General Foods, October, David Brinkley, Brooklyn, Frozen Food, Trolleys, Nbc, Peas, Media, Mark Kurlansky, Pacific City Lines, Streetcars, Huntley-Brinkley Report, Clarence Birdseye, Television, History, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, National City Lines, Light Transit, Tv, Fifties, Brooklyn Dodgers, Chet Huntley, Video, Fifty News
Jane Minogue

On October 29, 1956, The Huntley-Brinkley Report began on NBC and revolutionized television news.

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Crowdfunding Civic Infrastructure? The Next Big Thing

Jason Grill | Posted 07.09.2012 | Business
Read More: Taxes, Government, Crowdfunding, Spending, Kickstarter, Crowdsourcing, Missouri, Entrepreneurship., Technology, Cities, Streetcars, Kansas City, Business News
Jason Grill

A group of high-tech entrepreneurs in Kansas City, Mo., witnessed the success of Kickstarter and websites like the Million Dollar Homepage and decided -- why can't we do this with civic projects?

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Matt Sledge

Detroit Dumps Light Rail Plan For Streetcar

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 01.09.2012 | Detroit
Read More: Detroit Light Rail, Dave Bing, Detroit Mass Transit, Secretary of Transportation, Michigan, Streetcars, Ray Lahood, Detroit Street Car, Gov. Rick Snyder, Detroit News

Detroit's proposed light rail system -- back from the grave more times than a character on As The World Turns -- would be revived as a shorter, 3.4-mi...

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Streetcar Setback: 11th Street Bridge To Be Built Without Tracks

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.06.2011 | DC
Read More: Tommy Wells, 11th Street Bridge, Video, Capitol Hill, District Department of Transportation, District of Columbia, Ddot, Streetcars, Anacostia, DC News

WASHINGTON -- A critical link for the District of Columbia's future streetcar network will be built without rails necessary to run trolley vehicles. A...

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Post-Katrina Rebuilding Includes Wider, Greener Transit Options

Susan Buchanan | Posted 09.18.2011 | Green
Read More: New Orleans, Federal Transit Administration, Electricity, Baton Rouge, U.S. Dept. Of Transportation, Ferries, Railroads, Amtrak, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Buses, Lake Pontchartrain, Norfolk Southern, Veolia Transportation, Streetcars, Green News
Susan Buchanan

New Orleans business and community leaders have argued that an intercity rail line would benefit the region economically and culturally, and would be another way for New Orleans residents to head north when hurricanes approach.

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How Would You Spend Your Denver Police Brutality Settlement?

The Denver Diatribe | Posted 08.27.2011 | Denver
Read More: John Dicker, Denver Police Brutality, Josh Johnson, Noah Van Sciver, Denver-Pedestrians, Lawsuits, Settlements, Denver Police Excessive Force, Streetcars, Denver News
The Denver Diatribe

The Denver City Council approved two more payouts to settle police brutality lawsuits last week. This got us thinking: what would we spend our cash money settlement on?

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Getting the Masses to Ride Mass Transit in LA

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Bus Rapid Transit, Westwood, Rick Caruso, 30/10 Initiative, Metro, Brentwood, Portland Oregon, Los Angeles Times, Subway to the Sea, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Streetcars, Businessweek, Mass Transit, Los Angeles News
Joel Epstein

With so many viable, desirable and thoughtful mass transit options out there let's keep plugging away on the good ones. I want more bus rapid transit and the Subway to the Sea along Wilshire.

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Funding a Desire Named Streetcar

nytimes.com | Colin Miner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Government Funding, Obama Administration, Federal Transit Authority, Portland, Green Technology, Streetcars, Transportation, How Tomorrow Moves, Green News

The federal government has delivered on its promise to provide Portland with $75 million for a major streetcar extension. The funds represent redouble...

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