http://www.masstransitmag.com MassTransitMag.com en-us Copyright 2008 Cygnus Business Media Mon, 12 May 2008 06:04:48 -0700 Mon, 12 May 2008 06:04:48 -0700 Sustainability News http://www.masstransitmag.com MassTransitMag.com http://www.masstransitmag.com/global/rsslogo.jpg 88 31 Sustainability News http://www.masstransitmag.com/online/article.jsp?siteSection=3&id=6054 http://www.masstransitmag.com/online/article.jsp?siteSection=3&id=6054 Urban areas from Argentina to Angola struggle with extremely poor transit service, perpetuating poverty and pollution. Without sufficient bus/train routes, some cities barely manage to sustain themselves. rss@masstransitmag.com (The Toronto Star) Mon, 12 May 2008 08:46:00 -0700 Sustainability News http://www.masstransitmag.com/online/article.jsp?siteSection=3&id=6053 http://www.masstransitmag.com/online/article.jsp?siteSection=3&id=6053 St. Louis has an arch. Seattle has a fish market. Savannah has a series of civic squares. Downtowners say one thing that's missing in the city's urban revitalization is an iconic public gathering spot that gives Norfolk an unmistakable identity and sense of place. rss@masstransitmag.com (Debbie Messina, The Virginian-Pilot) Mon, 12 May 2008 08:45:00 -0700 Sustainability News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/New-TTC-Transit-Lines-Will-Drive-House-Prices/3$6013 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/New-TTC-Transit-Lines-Will-Drive-House-Prices/3$6013 The proposed expansion of the Toronto Transit Commission's Spadina line to Vaughan will be a major catalyst to population growth, driving up resale values by as much as 20 per cent in neighbourhoods along the new corridor, says a new study. rss@masstransitmag.com (Tony Wong, Toronto Star) Wed, 7 May 2008 09:45:00 -0700 Sustainability News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Feeling-Blue-Over-Trying-to-be-Green/3$5998 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Feeling-Blue-Over-Trying-to-be-Green/3$5998 I thought I was going green. Instead, I was committing a crime against humanity. rss@masstransitmag.com (Danny Westneat, staff columnist, ) Mon, 5 May 2008 07:32:00 -0700 Sustainability News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Transit-Village-Taking-Shape-Near-New-BART-Station/3$5987 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Transit-Village-Taking-Shape-Near-New-BART-Station/3$5987 The Pleasanton Planning Commission will decide tonight whether to approve the final piece of a transit-oriented project adjacent to the future West Dublin/Pleasanton BART station along Interstate 580. rss@masstransitmag.com (By Meera Pal, staff writer, Contra Costa Times) Thu, 1 May 2008 09:35:00 -0700 Sustainability News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Waterloo-Rallying-Call--Take-Back-the-Streets-From-Automobiles/3$5893 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Waterloo-Rallying-Call--Take-Back-the-Streets-From-Automobiles/3$5893 rss@masstransitmag.com (Terry Pender, staff, Waterloo Region Record) Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:53:00 -0700 Sustainability News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/San-Francisco-Transit-Villages-Popularity-Grows/3$5885 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/San-Francisco-Transit-Villages-Popularity-Grows/3$5885 A small but growing slice of the Bay Area population lives in a transit village, a term coined to describe high-density housing within easy walking distance of train and bus stops. Long touted by city planners as the cure for everything from sprawl to obesity, they're now being built across the region. rss@masstransitmag.com (John King, The San Francisco Chronicle) Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:05:00 -0700 Sustainability News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/City-Group-Sees-Green-at-Former-Bus-Mall/3$5864 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/City-Group-Sees-Green-at-Former-Bus-Mall/3$5864 A bleak slab of deserted concrete in downtown Vancouver could become a tribute to sustainability, with outlets for recharging electric cars and a fountain that uses runoff from a nearby building. rss@masstransitmag.com (Jeffrey Mize, Columbian staff writer, The Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.)) Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:34:00 -0700 Sustainability News MassTransitMag.com: Sustainability News http://www.masstransitmag.com/online/section.jsp?siteSection=6 http://www.masstransitmag.com rss@masstransitmag.com