“Climate Change” Becomes “Clean Energy” (0)
6/16/10 •
The administration is no longer pressured to capitulate to drilling offshore to achieve a “climate change” bill, since there is no one who would be bold enough to push an offshore drilling platform in this context. The vernacular in this game is changing too. Erase “climate change” from your minds; It’s going to be “clean energy” all the way.
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Rethinking the “Use Tax” in Transportation (5)
9/29/09 •
In the United States, one can expect that in the future there will be a more direct correlation between transportation mode of choice and individual burden/cost. This means there will be a different and very direct price to fly, drive, bus, rail or bike it. The user will certainly weigh this price against available time and budget, then make choices accordingly. The biggest change will be in the cost to drive…and it may change the way you move forever.
Crystal Ball: How Will The BP Oil Spill Affect Transportation Reauthorization? (0)
5/06/10 •
If the Climate Bill is in danger, what happens to efforts to reformulate transportation funding policies in the next Transportation Re-authorization? Are they inextricably linked? Will it look different? How and Why? How long can we keep a band-aid on our transportation funding problems?
The True Cost of a Road (0)
1/15/10 •
Take a look at this video which illustrates the time-lapsed life-cycle of a roadway. When a decision is made to build a new road, it is a long-term commitment to an ever-expanding future budget for repair, renewal and rebuilding. As our network of roads expands (and ages), where is the needed money going to come from?
Disney’s 1958 Vision of the Future of U.S. Highways (1)
12/09/09 •
With a tone that is positively gooey with industrial-era optimism, this Disney-produced video clip explores the endless possibilities for personal mobility via future “roads.”
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