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Close-up of yellow steel column on subway platform with sign: "34 Penn Station"

Groups File Suit Over Penn Station Redevelopment

A coalition of community groups claims that current plans are designed to benefit developers and don’t guarantee improvements for transit riders.

November 3, 2022 - NorthJersey.com

Union Station Los Angeles

L.A.'s Union Station Turns 80 and Looks to the Future

Ridership is down and the station has struggled in recent years, but new plans could help revive the 80-year-old historic landmark.

June 4, 2019 - Los Angeles Times

El Tracks CTA

Chicago Could Get More From New Damen El Stop

Steven Vance argues that the city is missing an opportunity to zone for and create housing in and around the new Damen Green Line stop.

August 18, 2018 - Streetsblog Chicago

Metra Station

Construction to Begin on Two Metra Stations in Libertyville

Metra is revamping to the downtown train station in the Chicago suburb of Libertyville.

August 9, 2018 - Daily Herald

BART Station Construction

Decision Deadline Coming Fast for San Jose BART Extension

BART and VTA officials must come to an agreement about whether to use a single- or double-bore tunnel for transit extension in San Jose, and time is running out.

April 4, 2018 - The Mercury News

A Subway Station in the Middle of Nowhere

Chongqing train station has become famous in China for its extremely isolated location, but its construction illustrates the ambition of the country’s building spree.

August 1, 2017 - CNN

PATH Train

PATH to Ruin: New York Builds the World's Costliest Train Station

Stephen Jacob Smith examines how high emotions, grand designs, poor negotiating, and "extreme politicization" drove the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to build the world's most expensive train station in Lower Manhattan.

May 18, 2013 - The New York Observer

Redesign Near Train Station to Create New Gateway in Philadelphia

Plans are emerging to revamp the public space surrounding Philadelphia's 30th Street train station to create a more vibrant way to enter the city.

July 19, 2011 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Recasting the Station as the Neighborhood Nucleus

Zoning changes around the train station in New Carrollton, Maryland seek to redefine the city into a more vibrant, walkable area. The changes have received preliminary approval.

August 18, 2009 - The Washington Post

Wendell Cox, New Urbanist?

Wendell Cox reviews Atlanta's new Atlantic Station, and is pleasantly surprised to find lots of parking underneath the New Urbanist-style development. Could this be the inevitable blend of urban and suburban?

September 23, 2008 - newgeography

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