Transit Oriented Development

O'Malley: Maryland's New Carrollton Plan Will Create Jobs

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: New Carrollton, Amtrak, Martin O'Malley, Prince George's County, Metroail, Transit-Oriented Development, Purple Line, Orange Line, Job Creation, Maryland, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Metrorail stations in Prince George's County have been called a lost opportunity for transit-oriented development. Often surrounded by s...

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America Stumbles Forward

Joel Epstein | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Measure R, President Obama, Antonio Villaraigosa, Westwood VA, La Metro, Wilshire Subway, America Fast Forward, Congress, Union Station, Bus Riders Union, Public Private Partnerships, Transit Oriented Development, U.S. Conference of Mayors, Los Angeles, Vision Los Angeles, Los Angeles News
Joel Epstein

I'm almost as delighted as Hizonner himself that Mayor Villaraigosa is the new president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. What better perch from which to pitch the country on the merits of America Fast Forward?

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Longing for CicLAvia

Joel Epstein | Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: Soda, Project RENEW, Bogotá, California Center for Public Health Advocacy, Los Angeles, Childhood Obesity, Junk Food, Air Pollution, 30/10 Initiative, Bicycling, Diabetes, Transit-Oriented Development, La Metro, Fitness, America Fast Forward, Public Transit, Ciclavia, Public Health, Traffic, Los Angeles News
Joel Epstein

CicLAvia is certainly about giving Angelenos a break from the stress of car traffic. But it is also a new way of thinking about how we engage with our city, and how we exercise in LA.

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Downtown LA's Transit-Oriented Stadium

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wilshire Subway Extension, PAC-10 Conference, Casey Wasserman, 10 Freeway, Usc, Affordable Housing, LA Coliseum, 110 Freeway, CRA/LA, Shea Stadium, New Jersey, Metro Blue Line, Talk Radio, Congresswoman Giffords, Nokia Theatre, Deficit, ARC Tunnel, Meadowlands, Football, Chris Christie, City of Industry, Governor Brown, 30/10, Tucson, Congress, Nfl, Los Angeles, Transit-Oriented Development, Broad Museum, Downtown L.A. Streetcar, Farmers Insurance, Mercedes, Metro Expo Line, Ucla, Metro, Tommy Trojan, New York Jets, Stanford, Metro Red Line, Staples Center, Aeg, LA Live, Guns, Second Amendment, Los Angeles News
Joel Epstein

I'm not one who thinks stadiums are the best sparkplug to ignite the economy of downtown. But that a stadium, along with the restaurants in South Park and the new Broad Museum, will make downtown more happening is without question.

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Sustainable Housing, 30/10 and Public Transit in LA

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Westwood, Affordable Housing, 30/10, Fresh & Easy, Jazz, Art Leahy, Sustainability, Transit-Oriented Development, Los Angeles, Measure R, Central Avenue, Ucla, Board of Supervisors, Metro, Plastic Shopping Bags, Wendy Greuel, Los Angeles Business Council, Public Transportation, Los Angeles News
Joel Epstein

Metro's extensive and costly building program supported by revenue from voter-approved Measure R will create a true transit system out of our already extensive collection of bus and rail lines.

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Why I'm Not Singing the Metro Blue Line Blues

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: LA Times, Milken Institute, Capital Markets, South LA, Washington, Transit-Oriented Development, 30/10, Metro, Subway to the Sea, Congress, Blue Line, Los Angeles, Public Private Partnerships, Uli, Los Angeles News
Joel Epstein

Changing the way LA commutes and lives is not just a pipe dream. All over the city people and organizations are working in positive ways to make life here better.

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Senator Boxer, 30/10 and Transit-Oriented Development in LA

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dubai, Mass Transit, Singapore, Middle East, 30/10 Initiative, Shanghai, Urban Land Institute, Metro, Public-Private Partnerships, Environment, Transit-Oriented-Development, Congress, Asia, Senator Barbara Boxer, Los Angeles, Alameda Corridor, Los Angeles News
Joel Epstein

Senator Boxer gets it and is in the bus driver's seat on the 30/10 Initiative that Move LA and The Transit Coalition are so effectively advocating for.

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Money for Mass Transit Is Precious

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The French Connection, East LA, President Obama, Bronx, Chicago, Salt Lake City, Howard Stern, Gold Line, Billy Friedkin, Queens, Congress, Mayor Villaraigosa, Los Angeles, New York, Congressman Eric Massa, Expo Line, State Senator Roy Ashburn, Precious, Phoenix, Toyota Prius, Metro, Charlotte, Mass Transit, Reagan National Airport, Health Care, Gene Hackman, Transit-Oriented-Development, Los Angeles News
Joel Epstein

Everyone's got their fantasy plan for rebuilding America after eight years of W and if you haven't guessed by now, mine's got to do with mass transit.

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Waste Not Want Not: City Living is the Way to a Wealthier Nation

John Petro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Suburbs, Automobiles, The American Dream, Mass Transit, Green Metropolis, Zoning, David Owen, Ed Glaeser, New York City, Kaid Benfield, Density, Transit-Oriented-Development, Houston, Smart Growth, Cities, Mortgage Interest Deduction, Green News
John Petro

To reduce the country's excessive energy consumption, we need to make our new and existing suburbs more like cities. This means embracing the principles of smart growth and transit-oriented development.

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Death of a Dream, Giving Birth to Another

Richard Stuebi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Mass Transit, Transit-Oriented Development, New Urbanism, Green News
Richard Stuebi

Recently, the Wall Street Journal ran a story that raised the heretical question: is the American dream of suburbanism being killed by high gas prices...

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