By Aaron Mehta, iWatch News reporter A veteran transportation lobbyist is ho...
By Aaron Mehta, iWatch News reporter A veteran transportation lobbyist is ho...
Once a big idea is vetted -- whether in an authoritarian or democratic way -- what assures its success? Most particularly, what if, from Day One, the vision pushes comfort zones of the achievable; politically, legally or monetarily?
Two investigations show the governor has wasted excess tax dollars on high-priced consultants to replace cheaper engineers that were lost to budget cuts and has proposed to spend billions on highway boondoggles that make no sense for Wisconsin.
Today we got a first look at the draft legislation to reauthorize our federal transportation programs. And it's great news for our transportation infrastructure nationwide.
Since 1970, taxpayers have spent some $500 billion subsidizing transit, including building rail transit lines in more than 20 urban areas. Yet the number of transit trips taken by the average urban resident has remained virtually unchanged.
Given the mobility challenge older and disabled riders face, they should be the city's fiercest supporters of the rapid public transit solutions like the Wilshire BRT will provide.
By slashing programs like Pell Grants and YouthBuild, the Ryan budget would knock the legs out from under the next generation, denying them the skills and tools they need to be the leaders of tomorrow.
Whether it's living in communities that offer employment opportunities or having access to good public transit, one of the smartest things we can do to help families burdened by high prices at the gas pump is to help them get from where they live to where they work.
What often gets lost in the national conversation is that the best way for the whole country to weather a rise in gas prices is to use more alternative transportation.
If the United States ignores an opportunity to reshape its economic geography with high-speed trains, it's likely to get left behind.
It is important to all Angelenos that Metro choose the best location for the Wilshire subway station in Century City. And along comes a campaign of lies and half-truths to hold up the train.
When we ensure our transportation investments connect us to opportunity rather than isolating and dividing us, we help forge the commitment to community that made America possible.
What if a zoning code is no longer cohesive, or impedes rather than accomplishes societal goals? Let's remember to reassess -- with simplicity in mind -- and recall the first principles of shelter and the wheel.
As individuals, we each have options to drive less that can make our families safer.
Every April 22, we are reminded to do something good for the planet. The rest of the year, our relationship with Mother Earth might better resembl...
With a wave of new governors and legislators hitting statehouses across the nation fresh from the midterm elections, some states are choosing to opt out of federal funds for high-speed rail.
On Friday, for the first time, Arizona's State Transportation Board approved a state rail plan which includes connecting the major metropolitan areas of Phoenix and Tucson by passenger rail.
Not that long ago, it seemed Americans had decided, for economic, national security, and environmental reasons, we were going to be enthusiastic participants in the green revolution. But the pendulum has clearly swung in the other direction.
Today, a rare thing happened in the United States Senate. A major bill was unveiled aiming to invest in America's infrastructure.
High speed rail makes sense. By refusing to invest in it when they have the chance, Governors Scott and Walker are keeping their states at the mercy of gas prices.