Weekly Transportation News

Transit:

1. Star Tribune: Plans for Target Field Transit Hub Firming Up
2. Star Tribune: Suburban Bus Services Bracing for Likely Cuts
3. Pioneer Press: In Central Corridor Construction Zone, a Few Wows After All the Woes
4. Human Transit: Bus Rapid Transit: Two Kinds of Flexibility
5. Finance & Commerce: Decision Approaches on Frieght-Rail Re-location for Southwest LRT (subscription required)
6. Finance & Commerce: Appeal Muddies Freight-Rail Relocation Negotiations for Southwest LRT (subscription required)
7. Finance & Commerce: Southwest Light Rail Planning Moves Forward (subscription required)
8. Cap'n Transit: The Non-Excludable Benefits of Transit Use

Bike/Walk:

1. Washington Post Opinion: Protect, Don't Prosecute, Pedestrians
2. TCDP: Northeast Bike Debate Heats Up
3. Broken Sidewalk: The Problem with Artsy Bike Racks
4. Guardian: For Zimbabwe's Women, a Bicycle Can be a Tool of Liberation
5. Streetsblog: The Environmental Impact of Your Two-Wheeled Commute

Roads/Bridges:

1. Star Tribune: Incomplete Roseville Road Raises Hackles
2. Pioneer Press: Mn/DOT Ready to Build New Stillwater Bridge if Congress Acts

Other:

1. Slate: Janette Sadik-Khan, New York's Transportation Commissioner, Cuts Through the Gridlock to Build a Greener City
2. NRDC Switchboard: The Importance of Regional Planning that Matters
3. Baltimore Sun: Transportation: The High Cost of Underinvestment