(Houston, TX — Gail Delaughter, KUHF) Business leaders gathered in Houston this week to look at ways to position the region as the “Gateway to North America.” Harris County’s International Trade and Transportation Conference focused on how goods are transported from the Port of Houston by truck and rail, and what needs to be done…
(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 …
Leaders in Howard County, Maryland, and the unincorporated town of Columbia are trying to figure out whether something that seems to be working quite well in more urban areas can be part of the plan going forward in their neck of the woods — they’re exploring the potential of bike sharing. The two municipalities have…
(Houston, TX — Gail Delaughter, KUHF) The city of Houston has announced a proposed settlement with American Traffic Solutions, the company that operated the city’s contested and then canceled red light camera program. Houston voters rejected the plan in November 2010, and a legal battle erupted with ATS after the city turned off the cameras as the…
Today is the second anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti that killed more than 200,000 people, left 1.5 million homeless and destroyed much of the poor nation’s existing infrastructure. Here’s a visual tour of Port-au-Prince’s vehicles and public spaces, most are typical of what you’d see on a ride through town, festive “tap taps,” overloaded motorcycles, (including video!) and the return of public space to Port-au-Prince.
New York City — which has put street ratings online (in the winsomely named Daily Pothole) and promised real-time snow plow data — has now added street closure information to its toolbox.
The debate over how to fund transportation needs in Virginia seems to be never-ending, but there’s one idea gaining steam in Richmond that has both Republicans and Democrats in Virginia’s D.C. suburbs worried: “devolution.” Devolution is the term for having counties and cities take over maintenance of secondary roads, and the idea has been discussed…
Last year, commuters of all kinds came to terms with one fact: getting somewhere, anywhere, is harder than it used to be. Here in the Bay Area, drivers faced higher gas prices and bridge tolls. In the East Bay, AC Transit riders dealt with fewer bus lines and increased fares. San Francisco MUNI riders faced…
(Billings, MT – YPR) – Montana joined a handful of states in the crackdown on drunk driving in 2011. Federal and state officials have launched a drinking and driving awareness campaign during the holiday season. Impaired drivers pulled over by law enforcement in several states better be prepared to give blood – even if they…
(Washington, D.C. – WAMU) There was no shortage of transportation related news for D.C.-area residents to digest in 2011. Here’s a list of some of the biggest stories: The Rail-to-Dulles Kerfuffle Most residents and leaders in the D.C. region agree that extending Metrorail to Dulles International Airport is a good idea. But that doesn’t mean…
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