Seattle Advocates Convince City to Make Major Avenue Safe for Biking
A crucial Seattle street is getting the protected bike lane treatment thanks to the hard work of local advocates.
November 25, 2014
Why Aren’t American Bike-Share Systems Living Up to Their Potential?
As policy director at the New York City Department of Transportation from 2007 to June, 2014, Jon Orcutt shepherded the nation's largest bike-share system through the earliest stages of planning, a wide-ranging public engagement process, and, last year, the rollout of hundreds of Citi Bike stations.
November 24, 2014
Rochester Residents Add Their Own Bus Stop Seating
Rochester residents are experimenting with a simple idea to make riding the bus a little more comfortable.
November 24, 2014
Federal Housing Administration Still Tips the Scales Toward Sprawl
There’s a notion that remains very pervasive in certain quarters — *cough* Joel Kotkin *cough* — that the reason so many American cities are sprawling and suburban is the natural result of market forces. Essentially, Americans love driving and big yards and so that’s what we get.
November 21, 2014
The Great Traffic Projection Swindle
This is the final piece in a three-part series about privately-financed roads. In the first two parts of this series, we looked at the Indiana Toll Road as an example of the growth in privately financed highways, and how financial firms can turn these assets into profits, even if the road itself is a big money loser. In this piece, we examine the shaky assumptions that toll road investments are based on, and how that is putting the public at risk.
November 20, 2014
The Idea That Families Don’t Belong in the City Is Antiquated and Harmful
The notion of cities as playgrounds for the young and unattached remains a pretty pervasive concept.
November 20, 2014
How Macquarie Makes Money By Losing Money on Toll Roads
This is the second post in a three-part series about the Indiana Toll Road and privately financed highways. Read part one.
November 19, 2014
Will Arlington Streetcar Foes Support BRT Instead?
News broke yesterday that Arlington, Virginia, is abandoning plans for a 7-mile streetcar along Columbia Pike.
November 19, 2014
The Indiana Toll Road and the Dark Side of Privately Financed Highways
This is the first post in a three-part series on the Indiana Toll Road and the use of private finance to build and maintain highways.
November 18, 2014
Why Is Obama Leaving Top Federal Transportation Posts Unfilled?
We've heard a lot of good policy points on transportation from President Obama during his six years in office, and we've seen some progress, too.
November 18, 2014