Month: April 2011
Scott Walker’s “Broke” Wisconsin Breaking the Bank for Highways
This article was written by Steve Hiniker, executive director of 1,000 Friends of Wisconsin, and was reprinted with permission of that organization. It originally appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
April 22, 2011
Today’s Headlines
Streetsblog Capitol Hill is taking the rest of the day off for Good Friday. See you Monday!
April 22, 2011
TIGER III Is Grrrrrr-eat News for Transportation Agencies
News about an upcoming TIGER III award program is beginning to leak out. The USDOT isn’t planning to release a solicitation for proposals until early summer, but the language in the recently-passed budget bill for this year gives some clues as to what we can expect.
April 21, 2011
Another Bike-Friendly Notch in Boston’s Belt: Bike-Share to Launch This July
In 2007, Boston had one city block of bike lane. It was considered one of the world’s least bike-friendly cities. But Mayor Thomas Menino set out to change all that. The Boston Globe reports that today, Menino signed an agreement to create a bike-sharing network in the style of Washington, D.C.’s Capital Bikeshare and Paris’ Vélib’.
April 21, 2011
Obama Recalls Minneapolis Bridge Collapse, Media Blunders the Story
(Marybeth Miceli is the President of Miceli Infrastructure Consulting, LLC. She is a bridge testing and assessment specialist and materials scientist with a background in Nondestructive Testing/Evaluation. She has just completed a 3-year term on the Board of Directors for the American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT), who named her "Young NDT Professional of the Year" in 2003. She is also married to L.A. Streetsblog editor Damien Newton.)
April 21, 2011
The Budget Buster No One’s Talking About: It’s the Sprawl, Stupid
Across the nation, there's a lot of hand wringing going on about how state budget crises will affect local communities. Will trash pickup be less frequent? Will senior services be cut? How will the schools be affected?
April 21, 2011
Today’s Headlines
A Year After BP Spill, Congress Still Tussling Over Drilling, Hasn’t Changed a Single Law (WaPo, MoJo) GOP Fundraises Off Ryan Budget Despite Its Unpopularity (The Hill, Politico) Republican Governors Quietly Accept Federal Money While Attacking Spending (TPM) Minnesota Tests Out Vehicle-Miles-Traveled Fee (KARE) Charleston I-526 Controversy Underscores Problems With State Infrastructure Bank (The Nerve) … Continued
April 21, 2011
What the Feds Giveth, the States Taketh Away — From Bike/Ped Programs
It’s rescission time again, folks. That Washington lingo for “gimme gimme.” We had a name for people who “rescinded” gifts back in elementary school but it’s ethnically insensitive so I won’t say it. Suffice it to say, if little kids call you a name for doing something, it’s probably not a super popular thing to be doing.
April 20, 2011
States Begin to Consider the Benefits of a Two-Year Transportation Bill
As we reported yesterday, the buzz around a two year transportation bill seems to be growing, and there are sound reasons to set our sights on a shorter-term bill, despite the obvious pitfalls.
April 20, 2011
Zipcar Goes Public, Seattle Times Goes Road-Crazy, Commuters Go By Bike
Today on the Network, a celebration of the growth of car-sharing, some thoughts on overcoming crazy anti-transit rhetoric and an innovative strategy for encouraging bike commuting.
April 20, 2011