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Cities to highways: I wish I knew how to quit you
Over the last sixty years or so, we’ve learned a lot about how cities work in an automobile-driven age. The lessons differ from city to city, and they’re rarely one-size-fits-all. But one nugget of wisdom we have been able to apply generally, from cities like Boston and Detroit and San Francisco and New York and […]
Will we see light rail in Pinellas County?
August 14, 2012
Back in 2010, Hillsborough County residents defeated a referendum that would have given the go-ahead to financing and building a light rail system between the city of Tampa and its outlying suburbs. Here on the other side of the bay, we may be gearing up for our own referendum on the subject, with an actual […]
Is freeway demolition the answer to Detroit’s problems?
August 8, 2012
Detroit experienced a huge decline in population between 2000 and 2010, losing something like 20% of its residents and going from a city of nearly a million to a city of 713,000. So why do they need a highway system designed for a much bigger city? Since its population peak in 1950, every single Census […]
Problem streets, part one: the “alternate route”
May 9, 2012
There’s a problem street in my neighborhood. It’s a quiet street, lined with banyan trees, ninety-year-old bungalows and small apartment buildings. It’s a bit wider than most streets in the neighborhood, but it’s not even busy enough for a yellow line between the two lanes. It goes right past the small lake that is the […]
The irony of Detroit
April 23, 2012
I hate cars. I’m all too aware that I’m in the minority with that sentiment, and that generally speaking, people love their cars. And I know cars have a major role to play in America’s transportation system. I can accept that. Still – speaking only for myself here – if I could go the rest […]
“It’s so clear that we just don’t see eye to eye”
April 16, 2012
The Wall Street Journal does not like the new highway bill. Oh no they do not, and one reason is that it seems to acknowledge the existence of non-highway-related transportation modes … you know, like transit. The Journal is no fan of transit, presumably because people from New Jersey or (shudder) Staten Island can theoretically […]
Bridging the revenue gap
April 13, 2012
In the time since my last post (sorry, it’s been a busy couple of weeks for me), the Rick Scott administration has floated the idea of turning the Howard Frankland bridge – a stretch of I-275 that connects Tampa to central Pinellas County – into a toll road. For those of you who live elsewhere, […]
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