Can We Learn from China’s Stimulus?
As our own economic-recovery package moves through Congress, Streetsblog Network member Stimulus Bike looks at the massive stimulus spending on transportation being rolled out in China, which was analyzed in a recent New York Times article. Much of China's money is going to high-speed rail, according to the Times:
February 3, 2009
Changing Attitudes Toward Driving: It’s About the Law
Today’s featured post on the Streetsblog Network comes from WalkBikeCT. Looking at the European model for encouraging cycling and walking, it argues that infrastructure can’t do the job alone — to change attitudes toward driving will require changing the law: In Copenhagen, protected by bike lanes and the law. Photo by dc_forever via Flickr. The … Continued
February 2, 2009
Stimululus Outrage Throughout the Network
Much of the talk on the Streetsblog Network has been about the stimulus package that goes before the House of Representatives today, as members mobilize their readers in support of Rep. Jerry Nadler's amendment adding money for transit.
January 28, 2009
Even as Gas Prices Fall, More People Are Turning to Transit
From Streetsblog Network member Mobilizing the Region, the blog of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, come some numbers that members of Congress should look at closely as they consider transit funding in the stimulus package:
January 27, 2009
Call to Action: Win Back Stimulus Funding for Transit Service
There's a sense of urgency on the Streetsblog Network this morning. Transportation for America, using media reports of projected cuts to transit services across the country, has put together a map that dramatizes just how painful those cuts could be:
January 26, 2009
A New Day for Atlanta — and for Urbanism?
This week kicked off with what seemed like a foreordained convergence,
with the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday leading into the inauguration
of the nation's first African-American president. Today we have a post
from Streetsblog Network member Joe Urban
that makes more connections between King and Obama, by looking at
King's boyhood neighborhood, the historic Sweet Auburn district of
Atlanta:
January 23, 2009
Making the Connections on Stimulus Spending
Lots of news from the Streetsblog Network today, some good and some not so good.
January 22, 2009
The Work That Needs to Be Done
The first day of the Obama Administration is here at last. So it’s time to get down to work, right? The Midwest High Speed Rail blog (we love their super-realistic slogan, “Improving Amtrak, Incrementally”) has used some of the data collected by Transportation for America to put together a pretty nifty map showing rail projects … Continued
January 21, 2009
Faster Isn’t Better, and Cars Aren’t Safer
Much of the Streetsblog Network
seems to be distracted by the inauguration -- who isn't? -- but we've
got some new stuff up there for you to think about if you can tear
yourself away from the wall-to-wall coverage.
January 20, 2009
Dissenting Voices on the Stimulus from Around the Web and Halls of Congress
The Streetsblog Network is
continuing to digest the draft of stimulus legislation that came out of
the House Appropriations Committee yesterday. We're featuring a post
from Design New Haven that offers a pretty tough evaluation:
January 16, 2009