The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog USA.
It’s amazing how much energy our political system has to waste simply to make drivers stop killing people. First, in New York, a majority of members of the City Council want to ban parking near intersections, a street safety design called “daylighting.” It’s a no-brainer, but month after month, supporters have to rally and beg the mayor to approve the change — and he resists. Well, now at least, a courageous Republican lawmaker has joined the fight.
Meanwhile, around the country, states are taking up bills to require speed-limiting technology to be installed inside the cars of the worst drivers. All it would do is make sure those drivers can’t exceed the speed limit — no biggie, right? Wrong: These measures take valuable political capital to pass (when they even do).
Hate to be pessimistic as the weekend comes, but there you are.
A Trump administration proposal recommends massive cuts to popular programs – and it will cost American communities more than they can afford, Senate Democrats say.
A Trump administration proposal recommends massive cuts to popular programs – and it will cost American communities more than they can afford, Senate Democrats say.
Until you can feel it (gas prices, that is). But you don’t really need it (suspending gas taxes).
… but an increase in funding would be a job-creating juggernaut.
The Union of Concerned Scientists explains how the highway lobby keeps so many of us in our cars.
Policymakers constantly suggest that we need to spend billions of dollars and bulldoze countless acres of land to fix traffic jams. But do we?
