Smart Growth News- April 4, 2012

National How We Think About Public Transportation Is Changing Changing Gears- April 2, 2012 Chicago is experiencing record ridership of the CTA, and it’s on a drive to spruce up 100 stations. Cleveland has high speed buses from downtown to the Medical Center. In Canada, Toronto has streetcars and every kind of transit you can imagine, including rental bikes. Eco-Driving Could Reduce Public Transit Fuel Usage By 18% Gas2.org- April 2, 2012 At a time when the role of the U.S. Federal Government has been called into question and concerns about the exploding national debt loom over our collective heads, local and state governments and seeking to reduce their own debt burdens. Yet many municipalities are being called on to provide more public transit options, even as funding disappears. One potential money-saver is the application of eco-driving techniques designed to save fuel. N.Y., London top Global Cities Index; Chicago 7th Chicago Tribune, April 3, 2012 New York, London, Paris and Tokyo remain the world's leading cities, but Beijing and Shanghai are increasingly likely to challenge them in the next 10 to 20 years, according to a 2012 Global Cities Index developed by A.T. Kearney and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. SoCal group votes on foot-friendly transit plan Mercury News- March 4, 2012 LOS ANGELES—The government group that oversees Southern California transportation planning is set to vote Wednesday on a $524-billion agreement that would put unprecedented resources into walking, biking and public transportation in a region known for anything but.

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