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Escapades on Lebanon’s North Yungas Road
Submitted by wajdighoussoub on Wed, 03/06/2013 - 4:06pmThis road offers a classical example of urban planning gone wrong and a real life illustration of the intricate relationship between the evolution of road infrastructure and that of society as a whole.
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How Road Subsidies Might Cause Transit Subsidies
Submitted by MLewyn on Wed, 07/04/2012 - 11:36amA recent article by Josh Barro admits that cars are subsidized through road spending, but argues that roads are less subsidized per capita because so much of car-related spending is private.
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Three-cornered politics
Submitted by MLewyn on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 1:47pmIn metro Atlanta, the Sierra Club is allying with Tea Party activists to fight a one-cent sales tax increase designed to raise additional funds for both roads and transit, primarily because of concerns about increased funding for sprawl-creating expressways.
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Takin' It to the Streets, Part III
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Tue, 05/03/2011 - 1:36pmArmed with a speed gun and a working knowledge of what it takes to make streets safe, CNU's Heather Smith recently set out on downtown Chicago to check the speeds of mid-morning traffic. This episode finds Smith braving the wide-open terrain of Wacker Dr., where "there's very little in the way of ge... read more »
Takin' It to the Streets, Part II: "The Slow Down on State St."
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Tue, 04/12/2011 - 2:00amArmed with a speed gun and a working knowledge of what it takes to make streets safe, CNU's Heather Smith recently set out on downtown Chicago to check the speeds of mid-morning traffic. Journey with Smith along State St., where the built environment informs a slowing effect on all its moving pa... read more »
Saving Lives Through Good Street Design
Submitted by Heather Smith on Fri, 04/08/2011 - 1:02pmLast week's post from Ben Schulman, "Roads Aren't the Problem.
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Takin' It to the Streets, Part I: "Not Too Deadly"
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Wed, 04/06/2011 - 10:39amArmed with a speed gun and a working knowledge of what it takes to make streets safe, CNU's Heather Smith recently set out on downtown Chicago to check the speeds of mid-morning traffic. Follow along as Smith catalogs the speed of westbound traffic on Chicago's Adams St.
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Roads Aren't the Problem. It's Hidden Cost and Design.
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Fri, 04/01/2011 - 11:00amLet's get certain things out of the way. As much as it may pain some to hear, roads are not the problem. Some esteemed writers have even posited that "yes, we do need to build more roads." It's a loaded statement, out-of-vogue in current urbanist circles, no matter what type of data may back up ... read more »
The Myth of the Gas Tax
Submitted by Carl.Beien on Tue, 07/15/2008 - 11:15amThis study from the Texas DOT or TxDOT seeks to challenge the idea that the gas tax pays the entire cost of roads. The methodology they employ is pretty interesting.
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Governing.com; King of the Road
Submitted by carterburn on Wed, 04/02/2008 - 12:35pmIn the April Transportation column of Governing.com Alex Marshall discuses and criticizes the tendencies of certain Conservative and Libertarian think tanks.
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