If we can align the incentives of the players involved, we can build infrastructure that is actually necessary and while doing it quicker and at lower prices than we do now.
Read MoreThe condition on State Street is dangerous for anyone outside of a automobile. The city is well aware of this fact. Something must be done.
Read MoreCities need to be given the responsibility -- and the ability -- to fund their own local transportation improvements.
Read MoreThe case of Mats Järlström and the Oregon licensing board is an absolute embarrassment for the traffic engineering profession.
Read MoreWe're not as smart as we think we are.
Read MoreI'd like you to join with me and the many good people of Worcester as we mourn the passing of this amazing building.
Read MoreGovernment – particularly local government – needs to be about redundancy, not efficiency. We need spare parts. We need slack in the system.
Read MoreA brilliant application of Strong Towns thinking highlighted at the Strong Towns Summit.
Read MoreWe prepare for the Strong Towns Summit on Transportation this Friday and Saturday in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Read MoreAccording to their newest report, the American Society of Civil Engineers would have us believe that we're failing to act by not spending enough on infrastructure. This is false.
Read MoreAmerica's engineering profession is deluding itself. In their own propaganda echo chamber, they are blaming society for the messes they helped create and perpetuate.
Read MoreWe have collectively believed for so long that spending on infrastructure is the key to prosperity that we don't even bother to check if it really is.
Read MoreWe've spent trillions to save seconds in the first and last mile of each trip, and what we've gotten is the fake prosperity of a land use pattern that is bankrupting us.
Read MoreLet's not allow a simplistic reaction to direct funding of highways -- as opposed to our current indirect approach -- keep us from doing things that will help everyone, especially the poor.
Read MoreShreveport is overwhelmed -- except for a short period of time in a limited space -- with excess auto capacity, yet the I-49 Connector economic impact report cites a study of French cities to suggest more capacity is needed. C’est pas vrai.
Read MoreThe probability of the I-49 Inner City Connector creating 30,600 new jobs that would not have simply occurred somewhere else or are just being shifted from one now blighted place to the study area is precisely zero.
Read MoreBuilding a highway through the heart of Shreveport, LA will destroy a strong neighborhood at a high cost. We're going to explore that story this week and show what's wrong with the plan.
Read MoreStop obsessing over building new infrastructure and start putting your best minds in charge of maintenance.
Read MoreAn apples-to-apples comparison of traditional and auto-oriented development approaches.
Read MoreSmall maintenance projects focusing on below ground infrastructure in old, established neighborhoods have the greatest potential for positive returns.
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