More March Madness: REI Pits Cycling Cities Against Each Other
We hope you're enjoying our Parking Madness Sweet 16-style tournament to determine the most soul-killing parking crater in a U.S. downtown. Here's another one you might like: REI is holding a tournament to determine the best cycling city. Today, Denver and Washington, DC square off in the Suit & Tie Dye region. Tomorrow, it's New York vs. Minneapolis: Concrete Jungle Region.
March 27, 2013
Another Slanted High-Speed Rail Story From Anderson Cooper
Not one to back away from a terrible argument, CNN’s Anderson Cooper is sticking with his series exposing the “boondoggle” of federal high-speed rail funding. In a segment aired Monday night, he and reporter Drew Griffin hammered away yet again at their argument that high-speed rail has been a waste of money. Under the tagline “Keeping Them Honest,” Cooper and Griffin hope to raise public ire about the taxpayer money “dumped” into a program sold as high-speed rail but is really just moving slow trains “a little faster.”
March 27, 2013
Today’s Headlines
What Can We Learn From the D+ ASCE Gave U.S. Infrastructure? (National Journal) These Bike-Dependent Day Laborers Belong in the Cycling Movement (Arlington Mercury) Baltimore Sun Schools Opponents on Why Transit Must Have a Share of Gas Tax Revenues … P.S., Even With This Increase, Maryland Drivers Are Still Getting a Bargain (GGW) Pope Francis: … Continued
March 26, 2013
Will New Oil Supplies Slow the Transition to Green Transportation?
What if peak oil doesn't take care of gas-guzzling by cutting off the supply?
March 25, 2013
Today’s Headlines
Senate Passes Budget For First Time in 4 Years — What Now? (Transpo Issues Daily) Maryland House Approves Gas Tax Hike (AP) Virginia Transpo Plan Gets Constitutional Challenge From Attorney General (NBC4) Vermont Might Make Hybrid Drivers Pay Into Transportation Fund (VT Digger) AP: Raiding Transportation Funds For Other Programs Is an Awesome Idea NYC … Continued
March 25, 2013
Study: Homes Near Transit Were Insulated From the Housing Crash
If you live close to a transit station, chances are you’ve weathered the recession better than your friends who don’t.
March 22, 2013
Freeways Without Futures: CNU Is Taking Nominations!
We're suckers for a good contest and here's a great one: Congress for the New Urbanism is seeking video submissions to determine the most hopeless disaster of a freeway in America.
March 21, 2013
Will Big Highway Projects Have to Consider Climate Change?
Since 1970, the National Environmental Protection Act has required federal agencies to consider the impacts of their projects on air, water, and soil pollution -- but not on climate change.
March 21, 2013
Is ASCE Failing to Tell America to Spend Wisely on Infrastructure?
The American Society of Civil Engineers released its new report card for U.S. infrastructure yesterday. The topline grades: The country’s “GPA” has gone from a D four years ago to a D+; roads have gone from a D- to a D; transit has stayed steady at a D; and rail made the biggest leap, from a C- to a C+.
March 20, 2013
Today’s Headlines
Congress Might Actually Pass a Budget in 2014. Here Are Its Options. (Transpo Issues Daily) One Degree of Warming = Seven Times More Hurricane Katrinas (Grist) Just in Time For Tax Season: Your Tax Break For Guzzling Gas (MTR) “27 Percent of Global Traffic Deaths Are Among Pedestrians and Cyclists” (Guardian) Tennessee DOT Creates Local … Continued
March 19, 2013