Today’s Headlines
LA Times Makes the Case for Janette Sadik-Khan to Come Lead LA’s Transpo Department To Improve Bike/Ped Connectivity, Boston Buries 432 Parking Spots Under Highway (Herald) Amid Bike-Share Boom, One System Goes Bust (Planetizen) Amtrak Increasingly Popular in North Carolina (FayObserver) Wyoming Just Raised Its Gas Tax 10 Cents a Gallon — And It’s Not … Continued
November 4, 2013
With Senate on Fire, Can Cory Booker Save Its Transportation Committees?
Outside of New Jersey, Cory Booker is probably best known for running into a burning building to save a woman’s life. Inside New Jersey, he's better known for trying -- with mixed results -- to turn around the state's biggest and perhaps most troubled city, Newark. Nowhere has he made a particular name for himself on transportation.
November 1, 2013
Today’s Headlines
Transit-Free Tappan Zee Bridge Awarded Largest TIFIA Loan in History (WSJ) Newest U.S. Senator, Newark’s Cory Booker, Joins Two Key Transpo Committees (The Hill, EPW) You Really Thought This Congress Was Going to Agree to a Grand Bargain on the Budget? (WaPo) U.S. Treasury Lost $10 Billion on Auto Bailout (Motley Fool) Wherever You Are … Continued
November 1, 2013
Trick-or-Treat: Is Your Neighborhood Walkable Enough for Halloween?
There’s nothing worse than buying bags and bags of Halloween candy and then no one comes trick-or-treating at your door. (Hmm, scratch that -- there are definitely worse things.) But anyway. You know your neighborhood leaves something to be desired if you don’t have little ghosts and princesses banging on your door tonight.
October 31, 2013
State DOTs Brazenly Request a Blank Check to Build More Highways
“This is a money and power grab.”
October 30, 2013
Georgia Removes Tolls, Invites 11,000 More Drivers to Clog GA 400 Each Day
Why raise desperately needed transportation funds for a broke region when you could let people drive for free? In Georgia, the state has made up its mind: The DOT will pay $4.5 million to tear down tolls on GA 400 -- and forfeit the $21 million a year the tolls brought in.
October 29, 2013
Today’s Headlines
Bill Shuster Brings Bipartisanship Back to House Transportation Committee (National Journal) House Freight Panel to Issue Recommendations Today (The Hill) Amtrak CEO Warns Northeast Corridor Infrastructure Is “Aging and Failure Prone” (The Hill) The Hidden Cost of Commuting: Time Better Spent Doing Anything Else (NYT) Hidden Costs of Suburban Living: Free Parking and Other Externalities … Continued
October 29, 2013
Do Immigrant Neighborhoods Hold the Secret to Ride-Sharing?
When researchers look at the reasons behind the downward trend in driving rates in the U.S., they look at several demographics: young people who prefer urban living and are getting into biking, or baby boomers who have picked a more vibrant place to spend their retirement.
October 28, 2013
Today’s Headlines
Now That the Water Bill Is Done, Will Congress Pass a Rail Reauthorization? (The Hill) Connecticut Needs to Upgrade Old Infrastructure — Or Learn to Live with Long Commutes (AP) Because Hey, Every Driver Prefers Subsidized Roads to Ones They Pay For Themselves (WSB) Austin to Improve Bike Lane Connectivity (KVUE) News-Observer: Wake County, NC, … Continued
October 28, 2013