What Comes After the Auto Bubble?
Vehicle travel in the United States has experienced a resurgence in the last two-and-a-half years, following an unprecedented decade-long per-capita decline in driving. Low gas prices are likely a big reason why; recent increases in incomes and employment as well. But an additional factor has been relatively unexplored: the effect of changes in credit markets on vehicle purchasing and ownership.
May 2, 2017
Of Shipyards and Golf Courses: Infrastructure and Economic Nostalgia
Politics has an indispensable role to play in infrastructure decision-making. There is and can be no objective definition of a society’s infrastructure “needs” -- rather, they are shaped by economics, culture and the conscious expression of a society’s values and priorities through the political system. At this time of intense political conflict and renewed interest in infrastructure investment, what are people out there saying about those priorities?
December 6, 2016
Toward Zero Carbon Transportation: Technology and Institutional Change
Cross-posted from the Frontier Group.
May 19, 2016
We Can Do It: A Zero-Carbon Transportation System Is Possible
Cross-posted from the Frontier Group.
May 18, 2016
Why Federal Efforts to Link Transportation to Climate Change Matter
Cross posted from the Frontier Group.
April 26, 2016
Choose Your Own Utopia: What Will We Make of Driverless Cars?
Cross-posted from the Frontier Group.
October 2, 2015
Despite Problems, Boston’s MBTA Should Continue to Expand
Cross posted from the Frontier Group.
February 12, 2015
The Suburbs Aren’t Dying — They’re Growing Differently
Cross-posted from the Frontier Group.
January 26, 2015
DOTs Now Have No Excuse for Ignoring Changing Transportation Trends
As report titles go, you could hardly get less sexy than "NHCRP Report 750: Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volume 6: The Effects of Socio-Demographics on Future Travel Demand." But buried within this wonky new document from the Transportation Research Board are ideas that can -- and should -- upend the way local, state, and federal officials plan for future transportation needs.
August 21, 2014