In the past, bicyclists wanting to cross Central Park had two legal choices: ride a couple of extra miles around the loop, or use the more direct — but narrow and often dangerous — transverses used by vehicles. Until now. Shortly before New Year’s, the New York City Parks Department and the Central Park Conservancy…
The U.S. Transportation Secretary, Ray LaHood, still wants to connect 80 percent of Americans to high speed rail by 2036. That’s the goal that President Barack Obama laid out in last year’s state of the union. But since then, the governors of Florida and Ohio followed Wisconsin’s governor in halting their states’ projects, and congress…
President Obama began 2011 arguing in lofty terms for building 21st century infrastructure. He ended it pleading for the maintenance of our 20th century roads and bridges. Transportation Nation analyzed the number of times he mentioned various infrastructure-related words over the course of the year. As the chart shows, he shifted from regularly mentioning ambitious,…
Virginia Tech has just released a study of casual users of Washington, DC’s bike share system, and the numbers on African American usage are startlingly low. The study, based on 400 surveys of those who buy either 24-hour or 5-day passes, shows that just 5 percent of such users are “black/African American.” Caucasians represent 78…
(Orlando, Fla.) Congressman John Mica says he will unveil next Tuesday a major five-year transportation bill to allow more public private partnerships to expand the capacity of Interstate Highways. Locally Mica, who Chairs the U.S. House Transportation Committee, says that means creating new tolled lanes on Interstate 4. ”What I’d like to do is double the …
It’s not often that Transportation Nation receives musical fan email. We’re more used to getting missives from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics or press releases from elected officials. (Or emails from publicists asking “are you a SERIAL RELATIONSHIP KILLER? How to stop the sabotage!” or offering to teach us “how to winterize your dog” —…
(Orlando, Florida) State and local officials joined supporters of Central Florida’s commuter train SunRail to break ground on the project in Altamonte Springs Friday. Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer Buddy reflected the positive mood surrounding the $1.2 billion project. “It’s a historic day for all of Central Florida, it ushers in a new era of transportation…
We took KALW’s news magazine, Crosscurrents, on the road and devoted an entire show to life on two wheels in the SF Bay Area. Our intrepid (and very fit) executive news editor, Ben Trefny, hosted the show while riding 23 miles all over San Francisco. You can listen to the whole show here: In it,…
Ray LaHood’s gloomy prognosis for a long-term surface transportation bill has set off a flurry of activity on Capitol Hill. New York State legislators are frustrated by the State DOT’s lack of information on funding major infrastructure projects. Hoboken and Jersey City may collaborate on a bike share system. And: when it comes to buying cars, women do their homework — and they generally get better deals than men.
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