We Need an Ambitious Transpo Bill. So How Are We Going to Pay for It?
Yesterday, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a hearing about the future of national surface transportation. This much isn't in doubt: Current policies need a major overhaul. What to change and, especially, how to pay for it are very much in question.
April 29, 2009
What’s Wrong With SAFETEA-LU — and Why the Next Bill Must Be Better
Editor’s note: This year’s reauthorization of the federal transportation funding bill will be one of the most important opportunities in history for the nation’s advocates of livable streets, sustainable transportation and smart growth. But it’s going to be a complicated process. We’d like to demystify it for you, and to that end we’ll be featuring regular posts from Yonah Freemark, an independent researcher currently working in
France on comparative urban development as part of a Gordon Grand
Fellowship from Yale University. He is also the author of Streetsblog Network member blog The Transport Politic.
April 27, 2009