Showing posts with label highways. Show all posts
Showing posts with label highways. Show all posts
Thursday, September 17, 2020

Utrecht destroys street, restores canal as Pinocchio sings "I've Got No Strings."

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Automobile supremacy has taken a hit in Utrecht, Netherlands, and while this is a victory, it reminds us that Americans by and large disp...
Monday, April 25, 2016

"On a main street, that which looks like 'vehicle delay' to a traffic engineer looks like economic activity and success to a local merchant."

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What it looks like to Jeff Gahan is complete and utter  incomprehension. Tell the Feds: Don’t Turn City Streets Into Highways , by Ang...
Sunday, March 27, 2016

"Highway engineers dominated the decision-making. They were trained to design without much consideration for how a highway might impact urban fabric."

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If we retained the public transportation infrastructure we possessed 100 years ago, Bulldog fans could have taken the train to Indianapol...
Wednesday, January 20, 2016

"Study: States wasting billions on highways."

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In New Albany, the builders, pavers and excavators tithe back to the politicians who funded them with public money. Gee, you don't thi...
Thursday, May 14, 2015

"Debunking the Myth That Only Drivers Pay for Roads."

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The author writes, "The point is that America is an increasingly (and, now, majority) multimodal place, with a transportation network t...
Monday, March 30, 2015

Marohn on transportation funding: "Facing the Unknown with Courage."

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My guess is that Irv Stumler disagrees, although it might just be a case for mood stabilizers. When presumed "pillars" view cit...
Wednesday, December 03, 2014

"The Indiana Toll Road and the Dark Side of Privately Financed Highways."

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The legacy of Saint Daniels stretches on, and on, and on ... The Indiana Toll Road and the Dark Side of Privately Financed Highways b...