Cartoon Tuesday: “Drill Pickle”
Okay, it's not a cartoon. But this "Daily Show" segment is too good to pass up.
September 23, 2008
Wiki Wednesday: Parking Policy
When a coalition of public interest groups including Transportation Alternatives released the "Suburbanizing the City"
report last month, we learned that, following current New York City
parking policies, the construction of new off-street spaces is
projected to result in over a billion additional miles driven per year
by 2030. Startling as it was, this statistic crystallized what many
livable streets advocates already accept as conventional wisdom: more
parking equals more driving.
September 10, 2008
Greetings From Wasilla
Before VP candidate Sarah Palin crystallized her views on the future of US energy policy in her "drill or do nothing" speech to the Republican National Convention, we only had a vague idea of her record on transportation and development, gleaned mostly from her time as mayor of the tiny town of Wasilla.
September 5, 2008
Palin to RNC: It’s Drill or “Do Nothing at All”
If there was any question as to where a John McCain-Sarah Palin White House would stand on transportation, the prospective VP's speech to the Republican National Convention left little room for doubt. Here's Palin from last night, via Grist:
September 4, 2008
Share Your Green Urban Story
SustainLane, known for its ranking of greenest US cities, is looking for short essays on sustainable urban living. Here are a few ideas from the contest guidelines:
September 4, 2008
Wiki Wednesday: Complete Streets
With all the brouhaha over Broadway Boulevard lately, we thought it would be a good time to revisit the concept of Complete Streets. In a recent StreetsWiki entry, Andy Hamilton gets back to the basics.
September 3, 2008
Sarah Palin, Transit Advocate?
John McCain may not be big on public transportation, but as mayor of a small town in Alaska, his running mate Sarah Palin secured millions in federal earmarks for rail and bus projects.
September 3, 2008
Rail Advocate: Biden Ascension Wouldn’t Necessarily Help Amtrak
The Washington Post today has a piece summing up Joe Biden's ties to Amtrak. There's not a lot of new material in the story (Biden takes the train between Delaware and DC, he has a pro-rail record in the Senate, his son serves on the Amtrak board, etc.), but what caught our attention was a quote from David Johnson of the National Association of Railroad Passengers.
September 2, 2008