Network Roundup
AP: GOP Attacks on Transportation Enhancements Are "Tall Tales"
A handful of Republican Senators really have a knack for rooting out waste in our transportation system -- but only the kind of "waste" that is imaginary.
October 31, 2011
Wait. What? Already? Cleveland Takes Step Backward on Complete Streets
"Change comes hard, but things do change." When I saw that quote in a news article last week, it got me thinking about Cleveland, Ohio, the city where I live.
September 26, 2011
Riding the Sidewalks and Risking Death: The Plight of Las Vegas Cyclists
Cycling's biggest trade show -- Interbike -- is coming soon to Sin City. Thousands of cyclists and retailers will descend on Las Vegas later this week with the fervor of a religious pilgrimage.
September 14, 2011
The Indisputable Density Dividend
Have you had your morning coffee? Serotonin reuptake inhibitor? Fifth of whiskey? Whatever it is that gets your gears turning? Well, I hope so, because today we're going to have a look at the latest exercise in mind-bending obfuscation from New Geography's Wendell Cox.
September 6, 2011
What's Troubling Megabus Haters?
Despite the claims of Scott Walker et al. who say there is no market for intercity rail, the fact is there are a growing number of private companies offering intercity transportation service. One of them is Megabus.
August 19, 2011
T4A Building Album of USA's Most Dangerous Streets, Needs Your Photos!
When you're walking or biking, you see the world differently than when you're behind the wheel -- it's a fact.
August 18, 2011
How Seattle's Deep-Bore Highway Opponents Lost Their Own Referendum
Opponents of Seattle's deep-bore tunnel lost a big one yesterday. A voter referendum they hoped might kill the plan to replace the aging Alaskan Way Viaduct with a massive underground highway went down in a 60-40 vote, following a superior campaign by pro-tunnel forces.
August 17, 2011
When Will the Environmental Movement Embrace Cities?
Everyone has a few of those hippie friends. They love nature, so they live 50 miles from the city in a 10-acre "farm."
August 10, 2011
Chinese Communist Party Emulates America's Socialist Parking Policies
Around the Network today:
August 9, 2011
Life Outside the Minivan: Car-Free Families Go Their Own Way
They don't have the prize-winning glutes of spandex-wearing racers. They can't bask in the cooler-than-you aloofness of bicycle messengers. But car-free parents are arguably the most hard-core subculture in the cycling world.
August 3, 2011