Government’s frenetic effort last spring to get stimulus funding out the door quickly to worthwhile projects that would put the greatest number of American’s to work continues to encounter setbacks, as local government leaders question state and county project priorities […]
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Recession provides a dramatic drop in traffic congestion acr…
The nationwide recession has provided a laboratory-style study of traffic congestion in America, which has dropped dramatically in 2009 according to INRIX, a traffic information provider based in Washington State. While the total number of vehicle miles traveled has reportedly […]
continue readingExecutive Director’s Blog
With Economic Stimulus stories saturating the news, it’s easy to lose track of other major legislative work in Washington this year, and one of the most important subjects under development at the moment is a new surface transportation bill. Here […]
continue readingTexas sprawl plan is poster child for stimulus ills
Readers of the New York Times last Monday may have been mystified by the page one story headlined, “Stimulus Ideals Conflict on the Texas Prairie” about a long-planned, 180-mile outer-beltway toll road that would stretch through seven Texas counties and […]
continue readingPaterson sends new Washington Administration a comprehensive…
Governor David A. Paterson has proposed a comprehensive economic recovery agenda intended to stake New York’s claim to its share of the massive infrastructure spending plan under development by the incoming Obama Administration. “No state has been more severely impacted […]
continue readingNew President committed to livability of cities
During his campaign, President-elect Barack Obama committed to strengthening the livability of cities. His Web site carries the following position statement: "Build More Livable and Sustainable Communities: Our communities will better serve all of their residents if we are able […]
continue readingCalifornia enacts law to slow increased emissions by encoura…
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed that state’s first-in-the-nation law to control greenhouse gas emissions by curbing sprawl. “This landmark bill takes California’s fight against global warming to a whole new level, and it creates a model that the rest […]
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