Day: June 10, 2009
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Metro Board Plans Hearing Tomorrow on 2009 Long Range Plan
Tomorrow, the Metro Board will have a special meeting at 1 P.M. to hear public feedback on the yet-to-be-released Long Range Transportation Plan. While it's true that the 2008 draft of the plan is available, a lot has happened since then. Let's take a quick walk down memory lane before tomorrow's meeting.
June 10, 2009
When Will Oberstar’s Transportation Bill Drop? Place Your Bets Now
At first it was slated to emerge by June 1.
Then its release was said to slip to this week. House Transportation
and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Jim Oberstar (D-MN) now plans to
release his version of the six-year federal transportation bill by the end of the month, with a full House vote unlikely to come before Congress leaves for its annual August recess.
June 10, 2009
Times Brings Back Pricing Misinformation Campaign
As Metro's "Express Lanes" project starts to make headlines, you can expect to see more and more of these types of articles; misinformation dressed up as altruistic concern for others, appearing in local papers everywhere. For those of us who love the idea of congestion pricing on highways we're left with an unsavory choice: defend Metro's week anti-congestion pricing program or let non-believers slam congestion pricing altogether.
June 10, 2009
To Reduce Driving, Put a Real Price on Parking
Today on the Streetsblog Network, Roger Valdez of Worldchanging
examines whether making parking more difficult can actually reduce
driving levels -- and recalls the frustration he used to feel before he
was able to jettison his car:
June 10, 2009
Today’s Headlines
Rutton: Toll Road Plan Bad for Working Poor (Times) City So Bad at Reporting to Council, They Should Create a Department For It (SoapBox) City Rushing Weiss Backed Projects Before He Steps Down, Koretz Doesn’t Care (Times) Council Making It Harder to Have Block Parties (Daily News) WNYC Reports on Orange Line Successes and Challenges … Continued
June 10, 2009