Weekly Transportation News

Transit:

1. Finance & Commerce: Urban Expert: Light Rail is OK, but Trolleys are Better (subscription required)
2. USA Today: Ridership on Public Mass Transit Up Slightly
3. MinnPost: Are Streetcars the Answer to Our Transit and Environmental Needs?
4. The Atlantic Cities: Imagining a City Without Its Public Transportation

Bike/Walk:

1. Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space: Are Bicycilist Their Own Worst Enemy? Uh, No: Resonse to Salon Magazine Article 
2. Streetsblog: The Secret to a Healthy Life: A Daily, Half-Hour Walk
3. Urban Indy: Pedestrians at Risk in Our Cities

Roads/Bridges:

1. MPR: Vote May Not Come This Year for New St. Croix Bridge
2. StreetsBlog DC: Transit's Not Sucking the Taxpayer Dry --Roads Are

Other:

1. Old Urbanist: Looking at Street Area Percentages and Surface Parking
2. Star Tribune: Ford Plant Sits on 122 Prime Acres
3. Twin Cities Sidewalks: St. Paul's Post-Fordist Future

Comments

[Richard Layman]

I think my piece this past week on a (partial) framework for bike parking and complementary facilities is just as good as the item of mine that you did link to...

http://urbanplacesandspaces.blogspot.com/2011/12/best-or-at-least-better-practices-in.html