Public Transportation
Despite increased ridership, clear benefits to the environment and traffic congestion mitigation, public transportation continues to face financial struggles and cuts. But some states are turning to...
View ArticleRural Transportation Needs
Rural highways provide many benefits to the nation's transportation system. But rural areas face numerous transportation challenges including a looming highway capacity crisis. Their challenges are...
View ArticleRecent Reports Highlight Transportation and the Environment
I’ve written a fair amount over the last year or so about the intersection of transportation and the environment in public policy, about Sustainable Communities and Smart Growth, about Climate Change...
View ArticleHoliday Break Reading List 2011: Transportation Policy
Before I depart for the holidays, I thought I would leave you transportation policy fans with a few things to read on those iPads and Kindle Fires you may find under the tree Sunday morning. In what...
View ArticleImproving Transportation Options for Older Americans
As they age, seniors face many transportation challenges. There are numerous ways state governments can help meet these challenges both for seniors who are still behind the wheel and for those who are...
View ArticleStates Ponder the Future as Transportation Infrastructure Needs Mount
A few items from the last few weeks provide a look at what states are learning about their future infrastructure needs, the harsh fiscal realities they face and how transportation priorities may need...
View ArticlePublic Transportation
Sean SloneDespite increased ridership, clear benefits to the environment and traffic congestion mitigation, public transportation continues to face financial struggles and cuts. But some states are...
View ArticleRural Transportation Needs
Sean SloneRural highways provide many benefits to the nation's transportation system. But rural areas face numerous transportation challenges including a looming highway capacity crisis. Their...
View ArticleRecent Reports Highlight Transportation and the Environment
Sean SloneI’ve written a fair amount over the last year or so about the intersection of transportation and the environment in public policy, about Sustainable Communities and Smart Growth , about...
View ArticleHoliday Break Reading List 2011: Transportation Policy
Sean SloneBefore I depart for the holidays, I thought I would leave you transportation policy fans with a few things to read on those iPads and Kindle Fires you may find under the tree Sunday morning....
View ArticleImproving Transportation Options for Older Americans
Sean SloneAs they age, seniors face many transportation challenges. There are numerous ways state governments can help meet these challenges both for seniors who are still behind the wheel and for...
View ArticleStates Ponder the Future as Transportation Infrastructure Needs Mount
Sean SloneA few items from the last few weeks provide a look at what states are learning about their future infrastructure needs, the harsh fiscal realities they face and how transportation priorities...
View ArticleShort Transportation Funding, States Consider Converting Roads to Gravel and...
Sean SloneWhile 2013 has been a big year for states considering and approving new transportation revenues, there are signs that a number of states are still struggling to figure out how to pay for...
View ArticleWashington State Transportation Package Dies; New Reports on Road Priorities...
Sean SloneLeaders in Washington State say a transportation funding package is dead for this legislative session, putting in jeopardy a number of mega-projects many say the state needs. I also have...
View ArticleWith Time Running Short for Highway Trust Fund, State Transportation...
Sean SloneThe chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee said this week that Congress is running out of time to act to avert insolvency for the federal Highway Trust Fund as state...
View ArticleStates Consider Regulating Ride-Sharing Companies
Courtney HarrisDrivers for the ride-sharing company Lyft, which can be recognized by the pink mustaches attached to the grill of the cars, are creating a legislation and regulation stir across the...
View ArticleTop 5 Issues for 2017: Transportation & Infrastructure Policy: Transportation...
Top 5 Issues for 2017: Transportation & Infrastructure Policy: Transportation Reshaping CommunitiesIssue: The 2016 election saw the passage of ballot measures to enable new transit investments in...
View ArticleMillennials Trade Cars for Metro Cards
Millennials Trade Cars for Metro Cards|Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 09:30 AMWith growing mass transit needs and uncertainty about the future of federal funding, states like Georgia and Colorado look for...
View ArticleStates, Communities Move to Address Future of Public Transit
States, Communities Move to Address Future of Public TransitWith two months of 2018 in the books, there is plenty of evidence of state and local policymakers around the country seeking ways to invest...
View ArticleHoliday Break Reading List 2011: Transportation Policy
Holiday Break Reading List 2011: Transportation PolicyBefore I depart for the holidays, I thought I would leave you transportation policy fans with a few things to read on those iPads and Kindle Fires...
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