Posts tagged Usdot
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Christmas Eve links: Transportation wishes and ill-advised gifts
Wanted: more downtown burrito options: Matthew Yglesias writes about the scarce options for good burritos in downtown DC. The only good places are on food carts or in alleys, which means that either retail rents on streets are too high, or we need more food carts and alley eateries. (DC is working on new cart vending regulations, to mixed reviews thus far.)… Keep reading…
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Looking under LaHood
Many advocates worry that Transportation Secretary nominee Ray LaHood doesn’t understand the link between transportation and climate change, and that perhaps Obama doesn’t either. Keep reading…
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LaHood?
Apparently retiring downstate Illinois Republican Congressman Ray LaHood will be Secretary of Transportation. Many observers were very surprised; high-speed rail advocates are worried; some bicyclists are tentatively pleased. Advocates, bloggers and journalists will have their hands full today learning all about LaHood and divining what, exactly, this means for Obama’s… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Progress and detours
Robocars are almost here: An autonomous VW built by Stanford managed to navigate a blockaded Eleventh Avenue in Manhattan during a demonstration, stopping at stop signs, avoiding other vehicles and pedestrians. How long until we have real autonomous vehicles on regular streets? Check out the video. Tip: Phil Lepanto. Keep reading…
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SecDOT?
OK, some urbanism posting after all. Keep reading…
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Oberstar tweaks transit’s federal funding formula
When the federal government decides which transit projects to fund, they use an arcane formula called the CEI, or Cost-Effectiveness Index. In theory, this tells which projects are the best and which aren’t, so that scarce transit funds (only 3% of federal transportation money goes to transit) can build the best projects. Keep reading…