$3 Billion More Well-spent on Transit
By Daniel Strauss - Jan 29th, 2009 at 11:30 amI’m giddy that Rep. Jerry Nadler’s amendment to restore $3 billion worth of public transit improvement and repair to the stimulus bill was passed. What’s…
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At Least Gillibrand is Good for Transit
By Daniel Strauss - Jan 28th, 2009 at 11:44 amGillibrand may not be as liberal as we’d all like, but she’s got the right idea where transit is concerned. Dana Goldstein writes:
After being…
Sensible Stimulus Spending
By Daniel Strauss - Jan 27th, 2009 at 10:01 amRyan Avent wrote a good description of the dangers of the fare hikes sweeping public transit systems across the country:
But the most important thing…
Not a Miracle
By Matt Zeitlin - Jan 16th, 2009 at 5:45 pmThe successful water landing of US Airways 1549 was certainly extraordinary. I had been under the impression that no plane of its type had ever…
Did Unions Save the Day in New York Yesterday?
By Jesse Singal - Jan 16th, 2009 at 2:22 pmFireDogLake’s emptywheel notes that just about everyone involved in the positive outcome of yesterday’s plane crash belonged to a union.
The pilot
is a former…
A Bit More on the Crash
By Jesse Singal - Jan 16th, 2009 at 1:49 pmFrom The New York Times:
For a moment after the water landing, it was a picture of eerie calm, the airplane floating on its belly…
Some Clarity on a Near-disaster
By Jesse Singal - Jan 15th, 2009 at 7:25 pmWhenever there’s an aviation incident, former pilot Patrick Smith’s writing for Salon should be the first place you go to find out what really happened.…
High-Speed Rails Aren’t a Short-term Answer
By Daniel Strauss - Jan 12th, 2009 at 10:28 amAmong the many points Matthew Yglesias hits on in this post about a high-speed rail stimulus, this one stuck out to me:
I will say…
The People On OUP’s Priorities
By Daniel Strauss - Dec 15th, 2008 at 5:00 pmEzra points to a suggestions page for what the Office of Urban Policy should do. It’s pretty interesting to see which projects people favor more…
Transit Stimulus
By Daniel Strauss - Dec 8th, 2008 at 3:33 pmMatthew Yglesias proposes a transit stimulus:
Mass transit ridership hits new record .
Of course mass transit systems generally receive a lot of funding from…
The Worst Idea on Infrastructure Spending Ever.
By Nick Sifuentes - Dec 4th, 2008 at 9:28 amThis article on Clusterstock is easily the stupidest thing I have seen on the Internet about infrastructure spending.
Every single sentence is replete with idiocy,…
Inside Transportation And Out
By Daniel Strauss - Dec 1st, 2008 at 10:07 amAthena writes in response to Kay’s post on high-speed rails:
I think both local transit and connecting transit are important to invest in, but I…
Is California’s High-speed Rail Initiative Elitist?
By Kay Steiger - Nov 24th, 2008 at 11:33 amLast week, Campus Progress ran a piece by Next American City urban leaders fellow Ben Adler that argued Proposition 1A, the ballot initiative that invests…
Green Lanes
By Daniel Strauss - Nov 21st, 2008 at 2:12 pmI’ve really been on an unusually large urbanism craze this week. Don’t get me wrong: I like it, I just don’t usually think about it…
Prioritize The Cities
By Daniel Strauss - Nov 11th, 2008 at 5:30 pmPresident-elect Obama has proposed an Office of Urban Planning, something I’m really excited about. America is no longer an agrarian society and the structure of…
