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The Final Act for Portland’s $3 Billion CRC Highway Boondoggle?
The Columbia River Crossing proposed for suburban Portland is one of those highway boondoggle projects that's so enormous it develops its own gravitational field, and that makes it very hard to stop.
April 15, 2013
Walk Score Introduces “ChoiceMaps” to Measure Neighborhood Amenities
Quick, what's the neighborhood with the most going on in Seattle? No need to ask a local. Walk Score has introduced ChoiceMaps, a new tool to help people find which parts of a city have the greatest "depth of choice" in terms of amenities like grocery stores or restaurants.
April 12, 2013
In Wisconsin: Driving Stagnates, Highway Spending Accelerates
Young people are driving less. Baby boomers are driving less. Americans in general are driving less.
April 10, 2013
How Walkable Is Your State DOT’s Headquarters?
Does your state Department of Transportation dismiss every mode except driving as "unserious" forms of transportation?
April 8, 2013
The Value of “Good Enough Urbanism”
In the urbanist blogosphere, there's a lot of discussion about "getting density right" -- the art and science of designing good urban space and codifying those qualities in zoning.
April 5, 2013
Why Are State Senators Holding Up Indianapolis’s Transit Plans?
In Indianapolis, like many American regions, some important changes to transportation policy are off-limits without approval from the state government. In the case of a proposed transit funding package that would raise revenue through a 0.3 percent income tax levy, that means a bill needs to get through the statehouse before the people of Indianapolis can even vote on whether they want to expand the bus and rail network.
April 4, 2013
Study: Loosening Parking Mandates Leads to More Affordable Housing
A recent study by Michael Manville at UCLA [PDF] has been making the rounds on the Streetsblog Network. Examining areas of Los Angeles where parking regulations had been loosened, Manville found that "when parking requirements are removed, developers provide more housing and less parking, and also that developers provide different types of housing: housing in older buildings, in previously disinvested areas, and housing marketed toward non-drivers."
April 2, 2013
Maryland on the Verge of a Fix for Transportation Funding Woes
Maryland is one of a growing number of U.S. states that's found itself in a tough spot when it comes to transportation funding.
March 28, 2013
When the State DOT Stands in the Way of Local Progress
There should be a special term for the all-too-common phenomenon of a state DOT putting the kibosh on a promising local project. DOT-blocking! (Yes, it's pronounced "dot-blocking.")
March 27, 2013
Introducing the Parking Reform Mayoral Candidate
Meet Bill Peduto, a leading mayoral candidate in Pittsburgh who is also a serious urbanist, according to our sources in Pennsylvania.
March 26, 2013