How Should Planners Promote Livable Communities?Oct 08 2009 The contributors on the National Journal’s Transportation Experts Blog this week are debating how transportation improvements and transformations can make communities more livable. As one of the key goals of the Obama administration, livability is sure to be a hot topic for the next few years. Already, the administration has announced a partnership between the Departments… Will Anti-Tax Sentiment Stall Transportation Reform?Sep 29 2009 This week’s topic on the National Journal’s Tranportation Expert’s Blog wonders about the ability to increase the federal gas tax when anti-tax sentiment can be so passionate. ASCE’s Executive Director, Pat Natale says: The “Tea Party” protest that descended on the National Mall this month reminds us that any mention of a tax increase galvanizes a… Should we have a National Freight Policy?Sep 10 2009 That’s the question this week on the National Journal’s Transportation Experts Blog – ASCE’s answer is, yes, definitely! Freight today rarely travels by truck alone, and the transfer from one mode to the next often adds to costly delays and pollution from idling vehicles. The needs of our global economy demand that we start enhancing… Should We Toll Exisiting Interstates?Aug 20 2009 The question this week on the National Journal’s Transporation Experts Blog asks if states should be allowed to toll exisitng interstates. ASCE’s Executive Director Pat Natale says yes, but cautions that tolls won’t fix all our transportation woes. While it won’t be the ‘silver bullet’, we absolutely should consider tolling, even on existing interstate highways,… |
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