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Ben Ross

Recent Posts

The cost of driving solo on the high-demand stretch of I-66 inside the Beltway. Photo: Salesgrincity/Twitter

Virginia Toll Operator’s Losses Flash Red Light For New Toll Lanes

By Ben Ross | Sep 13, 2018 | 22 Comments
Maryland should heed the warning.

Lousy Neighborhoods, Not Lax Zoning, Make Sunbelt Houses Cheaper

By Ben Ross | Oct 31, 2014 | 9 Comments
The middle class is getting priced out of liberal cities, while red-state urban areas remain affordable. Does that mean our cities should be less like tightly regulated San Francisco and more like permissive Houston? It’s a common argument — but it doesn’t fit the facts. To start with, Houston is hardly a paradise of deregulation. In practice, local experts explain, […]

Are Federal Transit Models Short-Changing Universities?

By Ben Ross | Oct 27, 2014 | 1 Comment
Planners of the new Tucson streetcar predicted that it would carry 3,600 passengers a day. Just three months after it opened, the figure is 4,700. Builders of the light rail between Minneapolis and St. Paul that started running in June foresaw 33,000 daily riders in 2015; the count has already passed 37,000. These two rail […]

Building Cloverleafs Won’t Inspire Americans to Pay More for Transportation

By Ben Ross | Jul 23, 2014 | 2 Comments
This post by Ben Ross was originally posted at Dissent. The federal transportation fund is running out of money, threatening the country with potholes, stopped construction, and economic downturn. Congress, which has kept the program solvent with short-term patches for years, now finds itself unable to do more than buy a few months’ time. Mainstream opinion pins […]

Book Excerpt: “Dead End,” a Look at Sprawl and the Rebirth of Urbanism

By Ben Ross | Apr 22, 2014 | No Comments
“Dead End: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American Urbanism” is a new book by Ben Ross, longtime president of Maryland’s Action Committee for Transit and a frequent contributor to Greater Greater Washington. This excerpt is preceded by a section describing the post-war expansion into the suburbs and the surrender of public space to automobile traffic. Highways […]
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