Cash for Clunkers: “Environmental Effects Will Be Negligible”
The Cash for Clunkers program is not all that it’s cracked up to be. Photo by ThreadedThoughts. The Cash for Clunkers program, which gives consumers up to a $4,500 discount when they trade in their...
View ArticleConsumer Hype Wanes as Cash for Clunkers Revives
Photo by ThreadedThoughts. Looks like the Cash for Clunkers frenzy is dying down, just a few days after the Senate pumped another $2 billion into the program. According to E&E News: Consumer...
View ArticleCGI Live Blogging: Cash For Clunkers “Not a Silver Bullet”
Did you know the controversial and hugely popular Cash for Clunkers program – funded with $3 billion of U.S. government money – was launched as a commitment at last year’s CGI Annual Meeting? Jack...
View ArticleCGI Live Blogging: Strengthening Infrastructure…and Making the Case for the...
Copenhagen's road infrastructure places a high priority on pedestrians and cyclists. Photo by olympi. “It’s a challenge to make infrastructure, as a topic, sexy, but i know these people can do it,”...
View ArticleTracking Transportation Funds
Portland’s TriMet opened its MAX Green Line this September. Photo by sam_churchill. The stimulus package, known formally as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, has raised hopes but also...
View ArticleDDOT Presents Expanded Streetcar Concept
DC has already purchased three Streetcars that are currently being stored in the Czech Republic. Photo courtesy of DDOT. Transit vehicles purchased and stored in the Czech Republic, an unresolved...
View ArticleU.S. Senate Climate Hearings – Will Washington Champion Sustainable...
"Cool Globes" - 2007 Chicago Art Display. Flickr photo from JohnLeGear. “the science is screaming at us to take action” ~Senator John Kerry Today is the second installment of the Senate Environment and...
View ArticleNational Infrastructure Bank: What’s the Deal?
The collapse of the I-35 W Mississippi Bridge in Minneapolis in August 2007 coincided with Senators Dodd and Hagel submitting the National Infrastructure Bank Act. Photo by intersubjectiv. The idea of...
View ArticleMajor U.S. Conservation Incentive to Expire in Two Days!
The Big Sur Land Trust announced earlier this month that they received a donated conservation easement on the 1,107-acre Colinas Ranch outside of Salinas, CA. The landowner was able to take advantage...
View ArticleNew Year’s Resolutions for Cities: 10 Keys to Sustainability Planning Success
New Year's Eve attracts thousands of people to Times Square in New York City, where Mayor Bloomberg and the Department of Transportation has made great strides in making the city more pedestrian- and...
View ArticleRethinking Public Participation for Smart Growth
Madison, WI is not afraid of density. Flickr photo from RethinkCollegePark. In an interview conducted by Builder Magazine (via CityCaucus.com), American New Urbanist Andrés Duany, co-author of the...
View ArticleBlogging from TRB: Calling All Transportation Wonks!
Not too far from TRB's Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., an Acela train leaves from Union Station. Will high-speed rail become the norm across the country? Photo by thisisbossi. The Transportation...
View ArticleBlogging from TRB: Performance-Based Funding Systems in the United States
Will re-authorization of the U.S. federal aid program for surface transportation be performance-based? Photo by Michael McDonough. A highlight of yesterday’s TRB sessions was a panel discussion on the...
View ArticleBlogging from TRB: Introducing the USDOT Leadership
Peter Rogoff, FTA Administrator, teases Cynthia Quarterman, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administrator, for arriving late to the panel because she was stuck in traffic and didn’t use public...
View ArticleBlogging from TRB: More Prep for a Performance-Based Reauthorization
TRB panelists discussed how to put pieces in place for the reauthorization of the U.S. transportation bill. Photo by woodleywonderworks. Talk of the reauthorization of the federal transportation bill,...
View ArticleU.S. Stimulus “Jobs Bill” Signals Major Opportunity to Improve Safety and...
All you need is paint and permission to make roads safer for bicyclists. Photo by bikeportland.org The House of Representatives passed a robust “Jobs Bill” which contains a solid amount of funding for...
View ArticleState of the Union: Billions of Dollars for High-Speed Rail, But What About...
In April 2009, Obama announced his plans for a national high-speed rail master plan. Photo by Center for Neighborhood Technology. Last night, President Obama delivered his first State of the Union...
View ArticleWhere's Low Carbon Transport in Post-Copenhagen Pledges?
The transport sector is the fastest growing sector in terms of greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries, but many of these countries have no plans to address it in post-Copenhagen commitments....
View ArticleFood Trucks: Tasty, But Tricky
Food trucks like the Fojol Brothers' can enliven urban spaces, but regulators haven't figured out how to treat them yet. Photo by jsmjr on Flickr. Yesterday morning, Prince of Petworth pointed out the...
View ArticleNew PBS Documentary "Beyond the Motor City" Reveals America's Transportation...
Detroit is emblematic of American transportation history, with all its ups and downs (shown here is its abandoned but impressive Michigan Central Station). Can the city become a model for...
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