Picking winners and losers. Cars win. People lose.

RALEIGH: Road Worrier: New transportation money formula could doom Triangle trains | Road Worrier | NewsObserver.com: "RALEIGH — State leaders are moving fast on a sweeping new transportation spending formula that will make it easier to find money for strategically important highway and freight railroad projects – and almost impossible to find money for passenger trains, sidewalks, bicycles and regional transit."

The smart money in real estate understands the value of #publictransit

Phoenix Business Journal: "High-performing schools and neighborhood amenities no longer are the key drivers of residential property values in the U.S. The mantra of the post-recession housing market is “location, location, location” — namely, urban atmospheres with easy access to public transportation."
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Red states love #publictransit

Taylor for Tulsa: "Make the Transportation System Work for Tulsans. Making Tulsa’s transportation system work for Tulsans requires more than just fixing streets and adding buses and bus routes; it requires understanding that Tulsans travel around the city in many different ways – driving cars, taking buses, riding bikes, and walking."

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Transition Movement spreading fast: here is Houston, TX

Transition Houston | Inspire, network, train, and adapt to promote sustainable living: "Transition Houston is an optimistic and energetic response to the dual challenges of climate change and peak oil at the local level. The Transition Movement supports the transition from oil dependency to local resilience by equipping communities with creative adaptations in areas such as food, energy, health, education, spirit and economy to generate a road map towards sustainable living."

Downtown Fort Worth plan, pedestrian-first focus, more #freetransit

Star-Telegram.com: "Another objective calls for working with The T and adjoining neighborhoods to perhaps expand the Molly the Trolley downtown circulator to include routes to the Stockyards, Cultural District and the near south side. The report suggests exploring a car-sharing program, which would operate much like the just-introduced bike-sharing program."

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Mad, reckless race for fuel profits throws caution to the wind

Fuel Barges Explode, Catch Fire in Ala.; 3 Injured - ABC News: "Multiple explosions aboard two fuel barges near Mobile, Ala., led to a major fire Wednesday night that left three people critically injured with burns and created a situation so unstable that fire and rescue officials decided to let the fire burn into the night."

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Changing Public Perception on Mass Transit is Critical to Preservation of Central Texas’ Limited Resources

Influence Opinions: "It’s going to take time to get Texans out of their cars and trucks, but shifting that state of mind among choice transit riders is one place to start. And I am excited to be a part of the team that hopes to change Texas public opinion on mass transit."

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Live by the sprawl, die by the sprawl. #itsthedemand

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The auto-system does not work. Does. Not. Work. When will you turn against it?

Three dead in 95-car pileup near Virginia, North Carolina state line - U.S. News: "Three people were killed and more that 20 injured in a massive series of pile-ups involving 95 cars on Interstate 77 near the Virginia and North Carolina state line Sunday afternoon, according to authorities."

Arkansas residents evacuate as Exxon-Mobil tar sands pipeline ruptures | The Raw Story

Arkansas residents evacuate as Exxon-Mobil tar sands pipeline ruptures | The Raw Story: "The burst pipe is part of the Pegasus pipeline network, which connects tar sands along the Gulf coast to refineries in Houston. Thousands of gallons of crude oil erupted from the breach around 3:00 p.m. on Friday, spilling through a housing subdivision and into the town’s storm drainage system, fouling drainage ditches and shutting down Highway 365 and Interstate 40."

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