Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Policy

As Local Governments Innovate, State DOT Still Focused on Roads

By Noah Kazis | Jun 24, 2011 | 3 Comments

This map shows many of the projects in the region’s transportation improvement program, revealing the priorities of the area’s transportation agencies for the next five years. The New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC) has released a draft of its transportation improvement program, or TIP [PDF], providing a window into the investment priorities of the region’s […]

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Knowing Is Half the Battle: States Lack Data to Make Good Transpo Decisions

By Tanya Snyder | May 12, 2011 | No Comments

As attention turns to performance measures as a way to squeeze every last drop of value out of scarce transportation dollars, states are going to need to do a better job proving the efficiency and effectiveness of their programs. Trouble is, most states don’t even bother to collect the information they need to show what […]

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NACTO: Feds Already Greenlighting Bikeway Design Innovations

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 10, 2011 | No Comments

The National Association of City Transportation Officials’ Urban Bikeway Design Guide was 20 years in the making, and already it’s having an impact, says the organization’s Mia Birk. Bringing together transportation officials from 20 major cities to discuss progress on bikeway designs in the U.S. produced quite a few “aha moments,” said Birk. For one, […]

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Retired Military Leaders, Corporate CEOs: Driving Alone Aids Terrorists

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 10, 2011 | No Comments

What do the president of FedEx, the former Director of National Intelligence, and 19 other business and military leaders have in common? They’re urging the U.S. to adopt less oil-intensive transportation habits. They say our national security depends on it. Retired military officers have joined forces with business tycoons to form the Energy Security Leadership […]

Green Shoots at NYSDOT

By Noah Kazis | Feb 4, 2011 | No Comments

Though New York is the least car-dependent state in the country, the state DOT isn’t known for championing for the state’s millions of non-drivers. In some corners of the large and decentralized agency, however, progressive ideas have taken root and new programs are being developed. At yesterday’s Rudin Center conference on livability, two DOT officials […]

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How Obama Should Address Transportation in the State of the Union

By Deron Lovaas | Jan 19, 2011 | No Comments

Streetsblog Capitol Hill is pleased to publish this guest post from Deron Lovaas, Federal Transportation Policy Director for NRDC. The President got pulses racing in the transportation world with stirring speeches about infrastructure investment this past Labor Day and Columbus Day. And his economic advisers recently put out a thoughtful report [PDF] making the case […]

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