Last week, Ford Motor Company sold their Land Rover and Jaguar lines to Indian Automaker Tata Motors, in the news lately for their plans to introduce the Nano: An ultra-cheap, small, fuel-efficient car in India and other developing countries. Most transportation writers noted the development, and the implications for American automaker Ford and their renewed [...]
I’m just a Bill on Capitol Hill…
I just wanted to announce a new action page on our website that covers all of our current work on federal policy. It’s a great place to go to learn more about the legislation moving on the Hill right now — and what you can do about it. We’re [...]
If the king tells you to “jump!” you say, “how high?” And when Warren Buffett tells you to buy something you say “how much?” So when Buffet, one of the kings of investing, starts putting his money into freight railroads, financial analysts take note. Michael Sivy of CNN Money correctly observes some of the competitive [...]
Anyone who has attempted to measure the merits of proposed development in their area knows of the difficulties in attaching quantitative values to a proposal. Community opposition or support to a project, based on nothing but emotion or feelings about what may result from that new development, isn’t always productive in achieving desired outcomes. And [...]
You may have seen this video flowing through the interwebs over the last week, but it is not to be missed. I’d say more, but I don’t want to give anything away. Watch immediately and pass it along.
Expectedly, there was plenty of interesting commentary on yesterday’s feature in the Washington Post on political appointee Tyler Duvall and the Department of Transportation’s attempts to steer America towards the privatization of transportation infrastructure.
Ryan Avent sees a problem, perceiving that the issue is painted as a decision between roadway pricing OR transit. (It’s worth noting, [...]
While New York City has been in the news lately for their plan to implement congestion pricing in Manhattan, what you don’t know about the experiment may surprise you. It wasn’t just the brainchild of a progressive city government committed to reducing vehicle traffic and congestion in a portion of the city with great transit [...]
Mainstream America is slowly starting to think more and more about how to save energy, save money, and reduce their emissions and carbon footprint. You can’t go far without seeing different media outlets running the story or the segment on the top ten things “you can do” to go green. Often, they leave out one [...]
Dan loves traffic. “It’s about the journey, and this way, the journey takes forever,” he says.
“In 2009, Congress will decide whether to continue to spend billions on highways and roads to generate more traffic. Or whether they’re going more money on trains and buses — that suck the lifebblood right out of traffic.
Help Dan save [...]
“Despite occupying just 12 percent of U.S. land mass, the nation’s 100 largest metro areas account for 65 percent of its people and 75 percent of its economic output. They hold the keys to America’s future prosperity…”
As a nation where economic success or failure hinges firmly on the backs of our largest metropolitan areas, Bruce [...]
In two separate blog posts, U.S. News and World Report writer Marianne Lavelle crunches some of the numbers on the effect gas prices will have on the latest economic stimulus package that President Bush recently approved. (Part I, Part II) Based on projected increases in gas and other petroleum-related energy prices, Lavelle finds that as [...]
Complete streets consider the needs of all users — and are safer for walkers, bikers, and drivers.
Updated: a few edits made below, and links to bill and factsheet added.
The push for livable streets achieved a victory this week, as Sen. Tom Harkin (Iowa) introduced an important piece of legislation, co-sponsored by Sen. Carper [...]
Last month, President Bush proposed a federal budget that cuts funding for a number of critical programs that help revitalize communities, provide transportation and affordable housing choices, and protect the environment.
(Note: Our budget analysis can be found here)
Perhaps most shocking is the Bush administration’s budget proposal to transfer an estimated $3.2 billion from public transportation [...]
