Today’s Headlines
Trump Budget Director: Infrastructure Plan Is Actually $200 Billion, Won’t Be Ready Until Autumn (Bloomberg) James Ray, Bush-Era US DOT Official, Returns to Agency as Senior Advisor on Infrastructure (Hill) Greenspan: Feds Can’t Afford Infrastructure Spending, Should Cut Social Security and Medicare Instead (CNBC) Meanwhile: Indiana GOP Agrees on 10-Cent Gas Tax Increase, Opens Door to Interstate Tolls (Indy … Continued
April 21, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Transportation for America on Trump Transit Cuts: “This Is Not a Big City Thing” (Next City) Atlanta Transit Could Lose Out on $3 Billion If Trump Cuts New Starts and TIGER (AJC) Self-Driving Buses: Cool, But Not Yet Cheap (or Tested) Enough to Be a Real Solution (Eno) When It Comes to Access to Transit, Poorer Parts … Continued
April 18, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Meet Seven People Shaping Trump’s Infrastructure Plan (The Hill) Citing Trump Budget and Cost of Studies, Lansing Transit Authority to Cancel BRT Plan (State Journal) Last Week’s Brutality Just Scratches the Surface of Sacramento’s Jaywalking Enforcement Problems (Sac Bee) Downtown LA Developer Plans Parking Garage That Can Easily Be Converted Into Something Useful (LAT) TechCrunch Looks at the Promise and Pitfalls … Continued
April 17, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Rahm Emanuel Tells Team Trump How to Sell Its Infrastructure Plan (Chicago Tribune) Trump Meets Atlanta Freeway Arson First Responders, Stumps for Road Spending (AJC) Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Takes Aim at the Scourge of Drunk Pedestrians (WaPo) Instead of Blaming Pedestrians for Fatality Uptick, CNNMoney Examines Dangerous Road Design …But Eastern Washington Reporters and Cops Haven’t … Continued
April 14, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Today: Trump and CEOs Talk Infrastructure; Chao Meets Elon Musk and Pruitt Meets GM CEO (Hill) Tax Overhaul Could Lead to Infrastructure Money, If Trump Can Navigate Congress (Politico) Building Trades Nervous That Trump Might Strip Federal Prevailing Wage Requirements (McClatchy) Philly and Denver Launch Crowdsourced Maps to Identify Dangerous Street Locations (Next City) Edmonton Begins Installing Grid of Protected … Continued
April 11, 2017
Today’s Headlines
Derek Kan, Trump’s New DOT Policy Chief, Used to Work for Lyft and Mitch McConnell (Reuters) California’s New Taxes to Fund Transportation Are Unthinkable in Congress (Mother Jones) Democrats Tell Trump What They Want If He’s Going to Get Their Votes for Infrastructure (The Hill) West Sacramento to Get 200-Bicycle “Smart Lock” Bike-Share System (Sacramento Bee) Post and Courier: Charleston, … Continued
April 10, 2017
Life-Saving Truck Design Fix Sidelined By Federal Inaction
This is the second post in a Streetsblog NYC series about safety features for large vehicles. Part one examined the case for truck side guards and New York City's attempt to require them for its fleet.
December 22, 2014
Peak Sprawl? The Fringes of the New York Region Are Shrinking
A new report out of Rutgers University [PDF] reveals that since 2010, the fringes of the New York region have lost population as the core has grown, a reversal of the sprawling pattern that predominated starting in 1950, when the suburbs grew and the city shrank.
October 2, 2014
EPA Rejects New York’s Clean Water Money Grab for Highway Bridge
This morning, the Environmental Protection Agency rejected the $510.9 million federal loan New York state had requested from a clean water program to pay for the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project. Only $29 million worth of TZB work is eligible for clean water money, the EPA's regional office ruled, averting a dangerous precedent that could have let governors across the country raid environmental funds to pay for highways.
September 16, 2014
After the Addition of Bike Lanes and Plazas, Manhattan Traffic Moves Faster
After several blocks in the heart of Times Square were pedestrianized and protected bike lanes were added to five avenues in the middle of Manhattan, motor vehicle traffic is actually moving more smoothly than before, according to the latest release of NYC DOT's annual Sustainable Streets Index [PDF].
September 9, 2013