Today’s Headlines
Transportation Bill Negotiations Running Out of Gas, Transpo Metaphors (Hill) Washington State’s Candidates for Gov. Take Cautious Approach to Transpo (Crosscut) How Slow & Steady Development Can Win the Race in Memphis (Strong Towns) Bikes to Be Allowed on All BART Trains on Fridays in August (Patch) Test Driving Chicago’s Newest Generation of El Car, … Continued
June 18, 2012
Today’s Headlines
As Housing Market Recovers, Are We Headed for More Sprawl? (WSJ) Not Necessarily: In the Bay Area at Least, the Most Popular ‘Hoods Predate WWII (SFPP) Virginia Republican Supports Gas Tax Increase to Pay For Transportation (Fredricksburg.com) “Hole in the Air” Rules, Designed to Protect Trucking, Block Street Redesigns (BikePortland) Over 600 Miles Recently Added … Continued
June 15, 2012
Today’s Headlines
The Olympian: In Stalling Progress on Transpo Bill, GOP Being Selfish Oil Drilling Is at 14-Year High, So Why Aren’t Gas Prices at 14-Year Low? (Grist) The Difference Between “Alternative” Transpo and Actual Choices (EnvironmentalLeader) Back to the Future: Bikes & Trains Could Boom Together in Florida (TranspoNation) Strip Malls, Big Box Stores Tied to … Continued
June 13, 2012
Under Economic Impact Analysis, Highway Expansion Loses Appeal
Despite the common refrains about transportation spending creating jobs, most states don't actually give serious thought to the economic impact of transportation projects. More often than not, they're content to sink money into freeways despite a wealth of research that shows that transit, bikeways, and sidewalks deliver a much bigger economic bang for the taxpayer's buck.
June 12, 2012
Today’s Headlines
Transportation Issues Daily‘s Larry Ehl Recaps Last Week’s Non-Binding House Votes Also Via TID, a Pop Quiz: Only One Conferee Voted Yes on the Broun Motion. Who Was It? With Growing Popularity of Charity Rides, Is Cycling the New Golf? (Globe and Mail) Holland, MI, Transit Agency Challenges Residents to Ten Car-Free Days (WZZI) Yes, … Continued
June 11, 2012
Conservative Motion to Cut Transportation Spending Fails (and Fails Hard)
The House has just defeated, in a 323 to 82 whopper, a motion to instruct members of the transportation bill conference committee to slash spending by nearly 30 percent in order to stay within the projected limits of the Highway Trust Fund.
June 8, 2012
Today’s Headlines
A Friendly Reminder That Bike-Ped Still Isn’t Safe in Congress (LAB) Harry Reid Would Fold Student Loan Interest Extensions Into Transpo Bill (Hill) Boehner Floats Possibility of 6-Month Transpo Extension, to Boxer’s Chagrin (Reuters, WaPo) Secretary LaHood: Distracted Driving at Level of National Epidemic (TranspoNation) Houston Moves Forward With New Commuter Rail Line (Transpo Nation) … Continued
June 8, 2012
Today’s Headlines
Slight Rises in Cycling Tied to Huge Reductions in Congestion (LAB) Sens. Boxer and Inhofe Continue to Exemplify Bipartisanship in Transpo Conference (WaPo) Philadelphia’s “Textizen” Program Is Citizen Engagement For the Digital Age (Next Am. City) Bike-share’s Arrival in New York Signals Dawn of the Citizen Cyclist (Atlantic Cities) Building Cities Healthy for People and … Continued
June 6, 2012
Today’s Headlines
Seattle Hopes New Lanes Will Attract “Willing But Wary” Cyclists (AP via HeraldNet) Missoula Mulls Gas Tax Hike to Pay For… Sidewalks! (Bozeman Daily Chronicle) Rail Trails Have Been a Boon to Southern Pennsylvania (Lancaster Online) In Quebec, Two-Thirds of $2.7B Climate Change Program Goes to Transpo (Gazette) Overlapping Chicagoland Transit Agencies Step On Each Other’s … Continued
June 4, 2012
Today’s Headlines
Eno Center for Transpo’s Joshua Schank Has Four Ideas for Greater Federal Involvement State Transpo Officials Are Getting Impatient With Lack of Transpo Bill (Hill) While Illinois Hits Its Borrowing Cap (AP/CBS), Vermont Spending Hits Record High (VPR) Baucus: It’ll Be a While Before the Next Five-Year Reauthorization (TranspoNation) Feds Shut Down 26 Curbside Intercity … Continued
June 1, 2012