David Burwell
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Want a Green Recovery? Stimulate Green Transportation
The massive federal stimulus package -- expected to direct hundreds of billions to infrastructure projects over the next two years -- enters a critical phase this weekend as congressional leaders and the Obama team hammer out the bulk of the bill. For transportation policy, the options are clear: This bill can either perpetuate a system geared toward more driving, more pollution, and more dysfunction on our streets, or it can signal that the nation is turning the page on 1950s-style mobility, embracing green transportation, and placing greater value on the public realm.
December 19, 2008
Why Stimulus Money Should Go to Cities, Not States
I spoke earlier today to David Burwell, a co-founder of the Surface Transportation Policy Project who is currently a strategic consultant with the Transportation for America campaign, about how the stimulus package is shaping up for transportation projects, why it might go wrong, and what can be done to set it on the right track.
December 16, 2008
What Is “Mode-Neutral” Funding?
Different modes could be funded from the same pot, with allocations based on performance measures.
February 13, 2008
Bush Admin Wants to Rob Transit to Pay for Highways
Construction projects like these additions to San Antonio's I-410 may stop short without an infusion of cash.
February 8, 2008