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Parking Madness: Los Angeles vs. Dallas
Streetsblog's own "Sweet 16" of the worst downtown parking craters in America -- Parking Madness! -- continues today with two cities that grew up in the auto age.
March 25, 2013
Will Big Highway Projects Have to Consider Climate Change?
Since 1970, the National Environmental Protection Act has required federal agencies to consider the impacts of their projects on air, water, and soil pollution -- but not on climate change.
March 22, 2013
Obama’s Clean Energy Policy Elevates Efficient Cars Over Efficient Modes
It has a nice ring to it: using oil and gas revenue to shift transportation off oil and gas dependence. President Obama announced a plan to do just that on Friday -- but the details of his plan are disappointing if you want to see the conversation on clean transportation go beyond cars.
March 18, 2013
Lawmakers Fret About Impact of Budget Cuts on Transit
“In 2014, federal investment in surface transportation -- which is currently about $50 billion per year -- will drop to $6 billion or $7 billion. In one year.”
March 14, 2013
Eleven Things to Look for in the Passenger Rail Reauthorization
Now that the surface transportation bill fight is over -- at least for the moment -- transportation reformers are eying the expiration date of another key piece of legislation later this year. The reauthorization of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (PRIIA) could be a chance to make some needed changes to jump-start progress in the passenger rail system. Or it could be the next partisan battleground, making it a process as unnavigable as the lead-up to the passage of MAP-21.
March 13, 2013
Why Do People Quit Riding Transit? It’s the On-Board Delays, Stupid
Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley are zeroing in on what irks transit riders so much they stop riding.
March 12, 2013
Transit Trips Rose Faster Than Driving in 2012, Despite Impact of Sandy
As driving continues to stagnate in America, transit ridership keeps rising. Last year saw the second highest annual ridership since 1957, despite the fact that the nation's busiest transit systems had several days of blackout due to Superstorm Sandy.
March 11, 2013
In Violation of MAP-21 Promises, House Votes to Cut Transportation Spending
The House of Representatives voted to subtract $785 million from the transportation budget this week, trimming dollars from transit, New Starts and highway safety programs as part of a "continuing resolution" measure that will set spending levels through 2013.
March 8, 2013
Congress Comes to the Bike Summit (and the Bike Summit Goes to Congress)
Tuesday morning, Rep. Earl Blumenauer took his usual place behind the podium at the National Bike Summit. (He never misses a Bike Summit.)
March 8, 2013