Is this highway interchange in the Dubai desert a waste of land, or a clue to better highway design that reduces the chance of death or injury? I just saw this, and my first thought was “what a waste of land” and “why not just a normal intersection”? Then pondering…
Over the weekend California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a list of bills focusing on climate change issues, some of which would expand support for electric cars. I’ve seen some in the EV community applaud these moves, but I see a mixed bag of some things which might be useful and…
The Los Angeles area is infamous for sprawl, huge giga-highways, bad air conditions, and people stuck in gridlocked cars for hours at a time. The success of the automobile as a transportation method has led to, in the U.S., a massive system of highways, cities designed for the benefit of…
The U.S. is saddled with an extensive highway system and a car-dominated transportation landscape. Under current policies the federal Highway Trust Fund is the primary funding source for the Interstate Highway System, and it’s about to run out of money. The balance will go to $0 by July or August…
On Tuesday (Jan 8, 2013) Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell (a.k.a. “Governor Ultrasound”) proposed to eliminate the gasoline tax, raise sales taxes, raise some other taxes, in an effort to shore up Virginia’s transportation budget. In part the causative factor is the rise of fuel efficient hybrid and electric vehicles, and…
There are a pair of competing needs in America. One is for JOBS – the other is to transform the transportation system. Many are offering rehabilitation of the transportation system as the key to providing JOBS. The rush to create JOBS via infrastructure development could make us miss out on…
