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Study: People Who Bike or Walk to Work Enjoy Their Commutes the Most
This news will surprise no one who has discovered the joy that is setting off to work on two wheels, but new research out of Portland State University found that people who bike to work enjoy their commutes the most. People who walk to work are close behind on the commute satisfaction scale.
January 31, 2013
It’s Official: LaHood Is Out
After a few false alarms, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has finally come out and said it: He's leaving the administration.
January 29, 2013
Actually, Naysayers, Change Is Inevitable
Sooner or later, every urban reformer is confronted with some local leader or newspaper commenter who rejects ideas to improve the way cities work, on the grounds that, essentially, cities don't work that way now.
January 28, 2013
Portland Mega-Highway Backers Resort to “Rebranding”
We've seen this trick from MySpace -- in modern marketing parlance, they call it "rebranding."
January 25, 2013
PA Gov Tom Corbett’s Transpo Funding Fix: A Tax on Fossil Fuel
Oh, the lengths governors around the country will go to in order to avoid raising the gas tax.
January 24, 2013
Road Diets Are Changing American Cities for the Better
If it can work on Edgewater Drive in Orlando, it can work anywhere.
January 23, 2013
Can Transit Reverse Indianapolis’ Center-City Slide?
At the Indiana statehouse today, a committee is discussing a transit plan that could revolutionize Indianapolis. The proposal would drastically expand transit investment, and add a rapid transit element, in an attempt to make this relatively auto-centric city a more authentically urban place.
January 23, 2013