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Trains

When thinking about investments in transit,

By Steve Davis · July 24, 2008

It’s worth taking a look around in your city or small community, and noticing that some of your most beloved neighborhoods were probably built in the era of the streetcar or interurban rail system. Some of the best, most desirable, walkable neighborhoods in cities like Los Angeles, Houston, and Atlanta; where streetcar systems are long … Continued

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Transit up, transit stressed, cont'd

By Steve Davis · June 11, 2008

MSNBC reported this morning on yesterday’s theme of transit ridership continuing to trend upwards, which is placing a heavy burden on a lot of systems that are running at or near capacity. As they say, transit ridership is at its highest point in 50 years right now. It’s continuing to reach new levels, but it’s … Continued

Uncategorized EconomyGas pricesgas taxTrainsTransitTransportation

The future of the airline industry: Trains

By Steve Davis · May 28, 2008

Washington Post business columnist Steven Pearlstein had his own version today of a James Kunstler column on our economic “readjustment” going on right now — just without JK’s colorful metaphors. Most of it is about all the “mirage economies” and the bubbles that were all very related to each other. But there was one interesting … Continued

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