Today’s Headlines

  • Republicans still hammering away at the House jobs bill as it edges toward a stop in the Senate (AP)
  • Add Nebraska to the list of states considering a gas-tax increase to solve the frustrating puzzle of transportation finance (NP Telegraph)
  • GOP senators may not be able to stop the Obama administration from requiring that climate change be a factor in environmental reviews of federal transport projects (LAT)
  • One columnist asks: Why pooh-pooh America’s high-speed rail potential? (NYT)
  • St. Louis is poised for a transit-oriented development boom-let this year (STL Today)
  • Can one man’s dream of urban farming help revitalize Detroit? (Fortune via Richard Florida)

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California APA Pooh Poohs Statewide Parking Reform Efforts

By Angie Schmitt |
Parking reform is always difficult. Decades of market-distorting parking minimums have made people feel more than a little bit entitled to subsidized off-street car storage. (See this reaction from a Seattle resident: “We need parking to survive.”) But parking reform makes housing more affordable and reduces artificial incentives to drive. So it’s disappointing to see an […]

Oberstar Stays Optimistic About New Transport Bill in 2010

By Elana Schor |
House transportation committee chairman Jim Oberstar (D-MN) today renewed his call for action on a new federal infrastructure bill before year’s end, using a hearing on the Obama administration’s stimulus law to urge passage of long-term legislation as well as a second round of short-term investment in roads, bridges, and rail. House transport committee chairman […]

America’s Sorriest Bus Stop: Atlanta vs. Asheville

By Angie Schmitt |
What makes a terrible bus stop? The absence of sidewalks, a place to sit, and shelter — that’s all part of the recipe. What else can DOTs and transit agencies throw into the mix? We’ve seen a few varieties of awfulness in this year’s “Sorriest Bus Stop in America” competition. Earlier this week, a bus stop in Hillsboro, […]

America’s Sorriest Bus Stop: Boston vs. Nassau County, NY

By Angie Schmitt |
Our search for the sorriest bus stop in America — a virtual tour of the deplorable waiting conditions transit riders have to put up with — continues today with the third match in the round of 16. Last week, bus stops in Broomfield, Colorado, and St. Louis County beat out the competition from Portland, Oregon, and Kingsport, Tennessee. There are still […]