Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Policy

What Should We Learn From Moses and Jacobs?

By Ryan Avent | Sep 9, 2009 | 13 Comments

There is probably no more beloved figure in urbanism than Jane Jacobs, who fought to preserve some of New York City’s most treasured neighborhoods and who gave urbanists some of the field’s fundamental texts. As Ed Glaeser notes in the New Republic this week, Jacobs died in 2006 "a cherished, almost saintly figure," while her […]

New Poll: Public Supports Congestion Tolling Over Gas Tax Hike by 2 to 1

By Elana Schor | Sep 1, 2009 | 11 Comments

Graphic: HNTB The puzzle of how to pay for new federal investments in transportation is the single greatest stumbling block facing members of Congress — should a gas tax increase be combined with a vehicle miles traveled (VMT) tax? How about a national infrastructure bank that leverages private capital? A poll released today by the […]

Tuesday: City Council Candidates for District 39 Debate Livable Streets

By Ben Fried | Aug 17, 2009 | 10 Comments

In Democrat-dominated New York City, much of the electoral action happens on primary day. This year’s primaries are fast approaching: Voters go to the polls on September 15, four weeks from tomorrow. Contests for City Council seats, the Manhattan District Attorney’s job, borough presidencies, Public Advocate, and City Comptroller will by and large be decided […]

Portland’s Transport Research Guru Headed to Obama Administration

By Elana Schor | Aug 5, 2009 | 1 Comment

The U.S. DOT is expected to announce today that it has tapped Robert Bertini, a Portland State University professor who headed Oregon’s state-wide transport research effort, as the No. 2 at the Research and Innovative Technology Administration — the government’s home for stats on all things transportation. Robert Bertini. Photo: Oregonian Bertini’s hiring is an […]

STAA Tuned: Transpo Bill Leaves Funding Question Hanging

By Ryan Avent | Jun 23, 2009 | 1 Comment

We now have in our hands the 775-page Surface Transportation Authorization Act, which was released yesterday by James Oberstar (D-MN), chairman of the House transportation committee. It is, in many ways, a remarkable bill — a blueprint for how transportation planning and infrastructure construction might undergo a significant shift away from the mindsets that have […]

LaHood Vows to Avert Federal Transpo Bankruptcy and Pay For It

By Elana Schor | Jun 4, 2009 | 5 Comments

The Obama administration is working on a plan to fill the shortfall in the nation’s highway trust fund by August without adding to the federal deficit, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told Congress today. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (Photo: HillBuzz) The circumstances behind the trust fund’s financial troubles are well-known: a nationwide decline in driving coupled […]

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