Posts tagged Tucson
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The Purple Line will likely beat ridership forecasts
Tucson’s new streetcar and the light rail between Minneapolis and St. Paul are beating ridership forecasts. It’s a good bet that the Purple Line, which will break ground next year, will do the same. What do they have in common? All run through the heart of major state universities. Keep reading…
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Silver Line will beat DC streetcar to opening, but Tucson shines a streetcar light at the end of the tunnel
When Metrorail’s new Silver Line opens to passengers on July 26, it will soundly beat DC’s H Street streetcar in the unofficial race over which opens first. But one day earlier, a sister project to the DC streetcar will have its day in the sun. Keep reading…
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How close are you to a grocery store?
Walk Score has a tool to generate heat maps showing how far you have to walk to reach things like a grocery store. Here’s DC’s grocery access map: Keep reading…
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Europe’s real streetcar lesson: Context matters
In the ongoing debate about where and when to build streetcars, the topic of whether they should run in mixed-traffic or dedicated lanes is a major point of contention. But outside the ivory tower of the blogosphere, it’s not an ideological question so much as a contextual one. Keep reading…
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US streetcar boom takes off in 2014
Three other American cities in addition to DC will open new streetcar lines this year, and at least 12 more cities are expected to advance construction on lines that will open later. Keep reading…