COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE By David Edmondson* Project Director: Marc Scribner** Interest in passenger rail around the United States has increased in recent years. With their ability to bypass congested freeways and crawling city streets, new passenger rail lines on existing rights-of-way is one way to offer mass transit in metropolitan areas. Yet even if the […]
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Thursday, June 13th, 2013Cleveland, OH: Rails to Trails
Monday, June 10th, 2013The inspiring true story of how a humble rail-trail has helped Cleveland bounce back from the Rust Belt doldrums… It’s wonderful to see the fruits of our labors – we are inspired to keep helping America’s communities reap the benefits of bike- and walkability! –Rails-to-Trails Conservancy on Facebook
View this complete post...NYC: Improbable Journey – The Story of New York’s High Line
Thursday, June 6th, 2013How CSX helped turn an abandoned rail line in the heart of Manhattan’s Meatpacking District into one of the country’s most unique parks. –HowTomorrowMoves on YouTube.
View this complete post...Roseville, CA: Union Pacific Mechanics Keep Locomotives Operable For Emissions Reduction Experiment
Tuesday, June 4th, 2013Union Pacific Mechanics Keep Locomotives Operable For Emissions Reduction Experiment from 3BL Media on Vimeo. Comstock’s Magazine features a slide show of Union Pacific’s J.R. Davis Yard in Roseville, Calif., and the mechanics that maintain a series of experimental locomotives that are testing advanced emissions reduction technology in Union Pacific freight locomotives: 3bl.me/pvek6a
View this complete post...Freight Research in Urban Transportation Planning
Monday, June 3rd, 2013
NATIONAL COOPERATIVE FREIGHT RESEARCH PROGRAM Current State of Knowledge of Urban Freight Flows and Their Impacts Introduction This section summarizes data on truck and van traffic and its impacts on metropolitan areas. First, a brief review of land use trends relevant to freight supply and demand in metropolitan areas provides some context. Second, the limited […]
View this complete post...Why Should California’s High Speed Rail Start in San Joaquin Valley?
Wednesday, May 29th, 2013No matter whom you ask—state or local elected leader, economic developer, community member–someone has an opinion on the California high speed rail project. Approved by voters in November of 2008, it has now become one of the most talked about infrastructure projects in the state. In July, Governor Jerry Brown signed a construction financing bill […]
View this complete post...Analysis of Railroad Energy Efficiency in the United States
Monday, May 20th, 2013
UPPER GREAT PLAINS TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE Introduction The fuel efficiency of freight transportation is a critical issue in the United States in light of the price volatility of fuels and America’s dependence upon foreign sources of petroleum. Moreover, fuel efficiency is important to environmental policy. The burning of fossil fuels for transportation purposes results in the […]
View this complete post...Federal Funding: Don’t Read This, It Is Too Depressing
Friday, May 3rd, 2013
Transportation Issues Daily
We know federal transportation funding is in bad shape. But the updated numbers from CBO are just downright depressing. The numbers were provided by the Congressional Budget Office during last week’s House Budget Committee.
California High Speed Rail: An Updated Due Diligence Report
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
REASON FOUNDATION
Reason Foundation’s 2008 report, The California High Speed Rail Proposal: A Due Diligence Report, warned that plans by the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA or Authority) issued prior to and during 2008 were inaccurate, misleading and not in compliance with California statutes.
Denver, CO: RTD Pena Rail Bridge Construction
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013As part of the construction of the RTD FasTracks East Rail Line, Denver Transit Partners construction crews set the girders over westbound (outbound) Peña Boulevard on Saturday, Mar. 23, 2013. On Monday, Mar. 25, 2013, DTP crews set the girders within the Peña Boulevard median. The girders were placed over eastbound Peña Boulevard on Saturday, […]
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