Today’s Headlines
Obama Signs Trust Fund Patch Into Law (Transport Topics) Will a Republican Senate Get to Write Transportation Bill in May? Looks Like It (WaPo) Transportation Reform Champion Sen. Brian Schatz Likely to Eke Out Nomination (WaPo) Road Lobby’s Warning Against Fuel Economy Standards: It Will Lower Gas Tax Receipts (The Hill) WaPo‘s Courtland Milloy Goes … Continued
August 12, 2014
Turning a Suburban Retail Bus Stop Into a Place People Want to Go
This post is part of a series featuring stories and research that will be presented at the Pro-Walk/Pro-Bike/Pro-Place conference September 8-11 in Pittsburgh.
August 11, 2014
Today’s Headlines
New Bill in U.S. House and Senate Would Turn North Carolina Roads Into Interstates (Sun Journal) Will MO Transpo Projects Move Forward Despite Defeat of Amendment 7? No. Maybe. (Globe, LNO) Bike Lanes, Bike Share, and Better Transit Coming to Raleigh? (North Raleigh News) Ensuring the CEQA Tail No Longer Wags the Planning Dog (CPDR) San Francisco … Continued
August 11, 2014
Uber and Lyft Take a Step Toward Real Ride-Sharing
Uber and Lyft have set out to upend the taxi industry in American cities. But are they the traffic-busting "ride-sharing" services they're often portrayed to be? Not really: Using an app to hail a driver and take you where you’re going isn't fundamentally different than any traditional for-hire vehicle service.
August 8, 2014
At Transpo Town Hall, Sec. Foxx Pushes for Local Control, Full Funding
“Our transportation problems are easy to see but often difficult to explain.”
August 6, 2014
Missouri Says No to Amendment 7’s Monster Tax Hike for Roads
Last night, Missourians decided overwhelmingly to reject a ballot initiative that would have raised the sales tax by three-quarters of a cent to pay, almost exclusively, for roads. It would have been the largest tax increase in the state’s history.
August 6, 2014
Study: People in Low-Income Areas More Likely to Be Killed While Walking
Who is most at risk of being hit by a car?
August 5, 2014
Atlanta’s Parking Problem Isn’t a Lack of Spaces
A group of Atlanta business leaders recently commissioned a report examining the parking situation in the city's downtown [PDF]. Aimed at "facilitating future growth in a sustainable manner," the report found that there are 93,000 parking spaces in Atlanta's central business district.
August 5, 2014
Today’s Headlines
Per-Capita Driving Lower Than During “Pit of the Recession” Across the U.S. (Frontier Group) Portland Mayor Pushes Tolls at Earl Blumenauer’s Transpo Forum (Oregonian) Leaving NYC and SF to Cure Homebuyer Sticker Shock in Oklahoma City (NYT) Town Center Developments Urbanize Boston Suburbs (Globe) Chicago-to-Iowa City Rail Link Inches Closer to Reality (Quad City Times) Georgia Working … Continued
August 5, 2014
Talking Headways Podcast: Poor Door Von Spreckelsen
In this week's podcast, Jeff and I take on the infamous New York City "poor door," designed to keep tenants of affordable units segregated from the wealthy residents that occupy the rest of the high-rise at 40 Riverside. In the process, we take on the assumptions and methods that cities use to provide housing, and by the time we're done, we've blown a hole in the whole capitalist system.
August 4, 2014