Day: January 26, 2011
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Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change: Vision California
Editor's note: This week and next, we're presenting a 5-part series of excerpts from Peter Calthorpe's book, "Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change." This is installment number two. Thanks to Island Press, a few lucky Streetsblog readers will be selected to receive a free copy of the book. To enter the contest, fill out this form.
January 26, 2011
House Transpo Committee Promises Bipartisanship, To Tackle Aviation First
Meet the new House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
January 26, 2011
Top DOT Officials Preview the Push for a Transportation Bill
Before President Obama made his call for infrastructure investment in the State of the Union address last night, an impressive panel of about a dozen DOT officials addressed the Transportation Research Board’s annual meeting to divulge what they could about the reauthorization of the long-term national transportation law.
January 26, 2011
St. Louis: Plenty of Highways, Little Congestion, Long Commutes
Last week we wrote about the flawed measurement system employed by the Texas Transportation Institute in its annual Urban Mobility Rankings, which emphasize the free motion of cars over total time spent commuting. TTI's rankings highlighted the relative mobility of cities like St. Louis, Buffalo and Detroit, while decrying the congestion of Chicago and Washington, D.C.
January 26, 2011