Happy new year! It’s certainly a great new year when you wake up to an editorial by the New York Times sharply calling on President Obama...
Archive for category: Transportation Policy & Funding
12.102008March 25, 2015
David Brooks: What is Up With Obama’s Infrastructure Plan?
David Brooks of the New York Times poses an interesting question: where is the creativity in Obama’s infrastructure plan? As Brooks notes, “Barack Obama has...
12.102008March 25, 2015
Demand for Transit Rises, and Service May Shrink? Really?
Gas prices dropping. Unemployment rising. And still Americans rode subways, buses and commuter railroads in record numbers in the third quarter of this year in...
11.262008March 25, 2015
Member Meeting on 2009 Legislative Session
Thanks to our members for another energetic member meeting! Thirty people came to meet each other and offer ideas and opinions about transit, bicycling, walking,...
11.262008March 25, 2015
Election Impact: State Elected Officials
Unfortunately, several Minnesota legislators who provided critical leadership for an expanded transit system will not return to the State Capitol. Of the six Republicans who...
11.262008March 25, 2015
Election Impact: Transportation Referenda
On Election Day, many U.S. voters didn't only pick new elected officials. They decided whether to raise their taxes to pay for new rail lines...
11.262008March 25, 2015
Election Impact: Obama Presidency
America’s new president has spent his life in large, urban areas including Honolulu, Los Angeles, New York City, Boston, Chicago, and Washington D.C. He also...
11.262008April 17, 2015
Minneapolis Considering Sweeping Changes to Parking Requirements
Minneapolis is in the midst of the most sweeping overhaul of its off-street parking requirements since the 1960s. The proposed changes include lower minimums and...
09.232008April 14, 2015
Speak Up: Metropolitan Council 2030 Transportation Policy Plan
The Metropolitan Council just released its draft 2030 Transportation Policy Plan (TPP). This important document, prepared every four years, guides the region’s planning and investment...