After Big Push From Mayors, TIGER in Line For Slight Funding Boost
There's good news out of the Senate committee responsible for doling out transportation funds.
April 27, 2016
Tell the Feds: Don’t Turn City Streets Into Highways
Will the Obama administration prod state DOTs to abandon the destructive practice of widening roads and highways, or will it further entrench policies that have hollowed out cities and towns, increased traffic and car dependence, and made America a world leader in carbon pollution?
April 25, 2016
Insane Comic Books Warn Phoenix Children That Biking Will Kill Them
Hey kids, the Phoenix Department of Street Transportation has a fun message for you: Riding your bike is likely to result in a gory horror scene. If you don't wear your helmet, of course.
April 21, 2016
U.S. DOT Blows Chance to Reform the City-Killing, Planet-Broiling Status Quo
The Obama administration purportedly wants to use the lever of transportation policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx recently said he'd like to reverse the damage highways caused in urban neighborhoods, but you'd never know that by looking at U.S. DOT's latest policy prescription.
April 19, 2016
U.S. DOT Wants States to Disclose Climate Impact of Transportation Projects
The Obama administration wants state DOTs to report on the climate impact of their transportation policies, reports Michael Grunwald at Politico, and the road lobby is dead set against it.
April 18, 2016
A New Blueprint for Streets That Put Transit Front and Center
The National Association of City Transportation Officials has released a new design guide to help cities prioritize transit on their streets.
April 15, 2016
The Big Shakeup at America’s Transit Agency Trade Group
In a blockbuster development, New York's MTA has withdrawn from membership in APTA, the industry organization representing American transit agencies.
April 15, 2016
A Big Opportunity to Reform the Vicious Cycle of Highway Expansion
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx made headlines recently with a speech about how America needs to rethink its approach to urban highways. But U.S. DOT's influence is limited. States have the real power when it comes spending federal transportation funds, however, and a lot of states are still stuck in the cycle of addressing traffic congestion by widening highways, which generates more traffic, and the cycle repeats ad infinitum.
April 13, 2016
How Federal Rules Make It Harder to Build Trains in America
The Wall Street Journal's Bob Tita broke the news yesterday that the manufacturer of 130 new Amtrak railcars is years behind schedule, and probably won't complete the order before the federal funding for it expires. How did this happen?
April 12, 2016
America’s “New” Rail Systems Are Showing Their Age
What should we make of the recent headline-grabbing service disruptions at Washington Metro and BART? This chart from Houston transit advocate Christof Spieler offers some important perspective.
April 11, 2016