An exhibit at the National Building Museum reveals the untold chapter of America’s love affair with automobiles.
Governing, December 2009
Archive for the 'Transportation' Category
The Oddly Fascinating History of Parking Garages
December 1, 2009Tysons Corner, Reimagined
November 1, 2009Can the iconic super-suburb break from its traffic-clogged past?
Governing, November 2009
Won’t Cyclists Behave?
October 1, 2009When commuting by bike in D.C., you’ll notice two things. There are an awful lot of bicyclists on the road. And almost none of them obeys any traffic laws whatsoever.
Governing, October 2009
The Great White Right-of-Way
June 1, 2009Cul-de-sacked
May 1, 2009Is the icon of suburban street design bound for extinction?
Governing, May 2009
A Gentler Jackhammer
April 1, 2009How New York’s noise code created a quieter way to cut concrete.
Governing, April 2009
Bike-Sharing Shortfall
October 1, 2008I really do want to like bike sharing. But the way D.C. set up the nation’s first such program makes no sense.
Governing, October 2008
Toll Roads For Sale (and everything else)
January 1, 2007State and local governments are unloading toll roads, parking garages, lotteries and other assets. Are they getting a sweet deal or is it a sellout?
Governing, January 2007
Plus: My interviews with the Treasurer of New Jersey, the CFO of Chicago and the CFO of Harris County, Texas.
The 24-Hour Rush Hour
December 1, 2006
How rush hour turned into “rush day.”
Governing, December 2006
L.A. Banks on Buses
May 1, 2006It's not 'rail lite,' say defenders of the city's new busway, one of a growing number of BRT programs across the nation.
Planning, May 2006
Faster Than a Speeding Turtle
February 1, 2006
New high-tech tools can make buses a lot more efficient than they used to be. Will that be enough to satisfy riders?
Governing, February 2006
Rethinking the Urban Speedway
October 1, 2005
For decades, highway engineers focused on designing wider, straighter, faster roads. Now, moving traffic quickly is no longer the sole goal.
Governing, October 2005
My Interview on Colorado Public Radio
June 9, 2005I was interviewed today on Colorado Matters, regarding my recent Governing article on highway HOT lanes.
Listen to the interview here.
A Bridge Too Many?
September 1, 2004Louisville’s fight to ease traffic has been long, bitter—and very American.
Preservation, September/October 2004
S’mores on the Green Line
August 11, 2001At Greenbelt Park, go camping…by Metro.
Washington Post, August 22, 2001
