Category Archives: Transportation

How to Mislead with Transit Data

Posted on April 25, 2014 by matt ohern

Nearly all major newspapers around the country on March 10th proclaimed this news: the use of public transit last year reached its highest level since 1956. The somewhat breathless New York Times story read like a news release from the … Continue reading →

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Value-Added Tolling: Getting to "Yes" on Interstate Tolling

Posted on April 10, 2014 by matt ohern

The Interstate highway system is wearing out. Over the next two decades, nearly all of its 47,000 miles will have to be rebuilt, to make it serviceable for another 50+ years. In addition, several hundred major interchanges are horrible bottlenecks … Continue reading →

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Value-Added Tolling: Getting to "Yes" on Interstate Tolling

Posted on April 10, 2014 by matt ohern

The Interstate highway system is wearing out. Over the next two decades, nearly all of its 47,000 miles will have to be rebuilt, to make it serviceable for another 50+ years. In addition, several hundred major interchanges are horrible bottlenecks … Continue reading →

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Elevated Managed Lanes Might Work Here in Virginia

Posted on March 27, 2014 by matt ohern

(Publisher’s note: This article bring all sorts of ideas to mind on where double decking roads might work here in Virginia. Two quick suggestions in Northern Virginia would be Route 66 inside the Beltway and Route 1 in Alexandria and … Continue reading →

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America’s (and Virginia’s) Road-Maintenance Deficit

Posted on March 13, 2014 by matt ohern

State transportation departments across the country are spending billions of dollars to build new roads and highways even as they fail to maintain the road networks they already have, according to a new report by Smart Growth America and Taxpayers … Continue reading →

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