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metro-magazine.com News, blogs, videos, photo galleries, job postings and more… 4 < m ETRO m AGAZINE SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2014 metro-magazine.com on the web CONTRIBUTORS Become a contributing blogger. Email us at info@metro- magazine.com. Featured bloggers: T h i s c o u l d b e y o u twitter.com/METROmagTweet facebook.com/MetroMag pinterest.com/metromagazine.com metro-magazine.com/googleplus FOLLOW US Photo courtesy Kohn Pederson Fox Associates — RICK RYBECK ...User fees cannot (and should not) be relied upon to provide all the funding necessary to keep transit operations going. After all, non-riders benefit from transit. D r i v e r s b e n e f i t f r o m r e d u c e d r o a d congestion. Everyone benefts from cleaner air. But, there's another group of benefciaries who aren't paying their fair share. People who own land near transit stations might never ride a transit vehicle, but they typically receive large windfalls in terms of higher land values. Yet most communities recapture 1% to 2% of this value through t h e i r p r o p e r t y t a x . " Va l u e c a p t u r e " mechanisms have been proven efective in helping to make transit financially self- sufcient in Hong Kong and other locations . Recently posted photo galleries include renderings from a proposed $200 million upgrade to New York's Grand Central Terminal. To see additional images from the ambitious project, as well as "before" and "after" visuals of the plan, go to metro-magazine.com/photogallery/list.aspx. Idea for smarter transit fares is a winner Contributor Paul Mackie, communications director at Mobility Lab, submitted a blog written by Paul Goddin that discussed innovative ideas generated from a George Mason University transportation conference and competition, with the winning concept based on fne-tuning fare pricing structures. PHOTOS COMMENTS Recent video postings include an overview of the 2014 BusCon Expo, which took place in Indianapolis in mid-September. VIDEOS (If you have video you'd like us to post, let us know at info@metro-magazine.com) metro-magazine.com News, blogs, videos, photo galleries, job postings and more… Joyce Rose is president/CEO of Operation Lifesaver Inc. Topic: How Operation Lifesaver can help your transit system's safety program Heather Redfern is the press relations ofcer for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. Topic: Selling naming rights helps transit stay in the game Louie Maiello is sr. consultant, transit & training simulation, L-3. Topic: How 'safety blitzes' help test operators for compliance E-NEWS Visit metro-magazine.com to sign up for our Transit Accessibility e-newsletter. To read postings from our other contributing bloggers and to submit your comments, go to metro-magazine.com/blog To read postings from our other contributing metro-magazine.com/blog metro-magazine.com/blog