Video infographic about how we can reduce traffic in Los Angeles. Created by Mono: Mono-1.com www.good.is/ – GOODMagazine on YouTube
View this complete post...Archive for the ‘Congestion’ Category
GOOD Attacks: A Traffic Infographic
Friday, March 9th, 2012New York, NY: East Side Access Project Update 2
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012The latest in a series of videos about the progress being made in the MTA/LIRR East Side Access (ESA) project. When completed, ESA will reduce commuting times by as much as 40 minutes a day for about 160,000 customers who currently travel to Penn Station and then must take a subway, bus or walk to […]
View this complete post...A Lost Opportunity to Influence the Debate
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012Innovation NewsBriefsVol. 23, No. 7 The President’s FY 2013 budget submission offered the Administration a rare opportunity to rise above partisanship and influence the ongoing transportation reauthorization debate in a positive way. It provided a chance for the White House and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to assume a constructive role in mediating what could turn […]
View this complete post...Guest on The Infra Blog: Jarrett Walker, Author, “Human Transit – How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives”
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Jarrett Walker is an international consultant in public transit network design and policy. He has been a full-time consultant since 1991 and has led numerous major planning projects in North America, Australia, and New Zealand. He currently serves as a Principal Consultant with MRCagney based in Australia. He provides expert advice to clients worldwide Born […]
View this complete post...Congestion in America A Growing Challenge to U.S. Energy Security
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
SECURING AMERICA’S FUTURE ENERGY
In February 2011, the Energy Security Leadership Council released a report entitled Transportation Policies for America’s Future. The report examined the challenges facing the U.S. transportation system in the 21st century and provided a vision and accompanying recommendations for a more efficient, analytically thorough, and market-driven approach to national transportation policy. Most importantly, it emphasized the crucial interaction between transportation policy decisions and the energy security challenge posed by U.S. oil dependence.
2012 Pocket Guide to Transportation
Monday, January 30th, 2012
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration produces the Pocket Guide to Transportation as a compact resource that provides snapshots of the U.S. transportation system and highlights major transportation trends.
Biking and Walking in the United States: 2012 Benchmarking Report
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
ALLIANCE FOR BIKING AND WALKING
Government officials working to promote bicycling and walking need data to evaluate their efforts. In order to improve something, there must be a means to measure it. The Alliance for Biking & Walking’s Benchmarking Project is an ongoing effort to collect and analyze data on bicycling and walking in all 50 states and the 51 largest cities. This is the third biennial BenchmarkingReport. The first report was published in 2007, the second in 2010, and the next report is scheduled for January 2014.
Salt Lake County, UT: Mountain View Corridor Winter 2012 Progress Update
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012In Salt Lake County, construction of the Mountain View Corridor is about halfway complete. View the video to see just how far we’ve come. Crews are on schedule to complete initial construction of the Mountain View Corridor by the end of 2012. – UtahDOT on YouTube
View this complete post...Merced, CA: G Street Underpass Construction Time Lapse
Monday, December 19th, 2011Merced California G Street Underpass Construction Photo Time Lapse – CityOfMerced on YouTube
View this complete post...Crashes Vs. Congestion Report
Friday, November 25th, 2011
CAMBRIDGE SYSTEMATICS
When American motorists talk about transportation problems, they generally key in on traffic. Snarled highways, epic commutes, and gridlocked business and commercial districts mar our suburban existence, weighing heavily upon our elected leaders, our policymakers, and our families. Yet a more costly problem needs to be addressed on America’s roads: motor vehicle crashes. In 2009, traffic crashes killed 33,808 people in the United States – about 93 deaths per day, and nearly four every hour.
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