Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Arkansas

New Threat: States Robbing From Education to Pay for Highway Expansions

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 19, 2013 | 4 Comments

Last week, protesters gathered on the statehouse steps in Little Rock, Arkansas, to oppose a bill that would transfer money from the state’s general fund into its highway fund. The 100 or so protesters — mainly from the education and social services sectors — warned that the legislation would transfer $2.3 billion in revenue over 10 […]

$10,000 Extra? The Transportation Tab for Sprawling ‘Hoods in 20 Metros

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 6, 2012 | 1 Comment

$10,860 in New York City. $5,694 in St. Louis. $4,199 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. That’s what it will cost you, on average, in additional transportation costs to live in a sprawling, car-dependent neighborhood over one that is well-connected and transit-rich. That’s according to a new analysis by the Center for Neighborhood Technology, produced for Better Cities […]