The Cost of Lowballing Light Rail Ridership Projections
The Overhead Wire has picked up on a piece in Saturday's New York Times
about how light rail ridership in Phoenix has exceeded expectations.
The post points out that this isn't the first time the Federal
Transportation Administration has underestimated demand for similar
projects, a pattern that has the potential for real consequences:
September 21, 2009
Planning and Density: Who’s Forcing Them?
Today we're talking development and density. Greater Greater Washington has a post about zoning policies and traffic congestion in Montgomery County, Maryland, where a debate over growth policy that would encourage in-fill development near existing transit is getting heated.
September 18, 2009
Blaming Cyclists for Dangerous Roads: It Goes Way Back
On Bicyclelaw.com yesterday, there was a terrible story out of Canada about a crash involving a reckless motorist and law-abiding cyclists.
September 17, 2009
In Dallas, You Don’t Get What You Don’t Pay For
On Monday, we featured a post from The Transit Pass that called out Dallas as one of the U.S. cities in which the proportion of transit users to population is sadly anemic.
September 16, 2009
Living Up to the Nation’s Transit Potential
Today on the Streetsblog Network, we've got a post about unfulfilled potential -- American cities that could do a lot better at getting people to ride transit.
September 15, 2009
Highways and Rapid Transit: Should They Go Together?
Today on the Streetsblog Network, we've got a something of a debate going on the subject of putting new transit routes alongside highways in American cities.
September 14, 2009
“Summer Streets” Aren’t Enough
New York has them. San Francisco has them. Portland, too. Now St. Louis might be getting its own version of Summer Streets.
September 11, 2009
Building Codes to Deal With Abandoned Big Boxes
Today from the Streetsblog Network, a report from Charlotte, NC, on the city's efforts to deal with derelict big box stores. Mary Newsom at The Naked City reports that a proposed new building code to address the problem is in the works:
September 10, 2009
When Parking Spaces Are More Important Than Homes
Parking. It takes up a lot of space in the discussion of
transportation and planning. No surprise, since one of the main
problems with cars is how much space they take up even when they're not
in use.
September 9, 2009
A Livable Streets Renaissance in Savannah?
The last time we checked in with the folks down at Sustainable Savannah, it was to get an update on the jaywalking ticket blitz
that the city was conducting -- not exactly evidence of a progressive
attitude toward traffic safety. Today, we've got better news.
September 8, 2009