The Takeaway: 'This is Not Your Father's DOT': Transportation...
The federal government is on the verge of spending billions of dollars on highways and public transit projects, beginning in 2010. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood views this as a historic moment...
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LaHood: States Should Spend Faster
(Andrea Bernstein, Transportation Nation) President Barack Obama travels to Columbus , Ohio today to cut the ribbon on the 10,000th Recovery Act highway project. The move, clearly timed to emit some...
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Firm Backs Off after LaHood Lashes Out on Texting Campaign
(Washington, DC - Todd Zwillich, Transportation Nation) A Washington, DC, lobbying firm has nixed a campaign against federal distracted driving initiatives after Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood...
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Five flights had tarmac delays of more than three hours in May, the first full month with new, steep federal fines. (USA Today)California high-speed rail planners defend ridership estimates, as...
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Spotting a BlackBerry from 20 feet Away: Notes on Texting Ban Enforcement
(Houston, TX - Melissa Galvez, KUHF News Lab) For most drivers in Texas, it is legal to both talk on a cell phone and text while driving — except in school zones and certain cities. There are some who...
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The New Math of Tarmac Delays
The Department of Transportation levied heavy fines against airlines that leave passengers waiting on the tarmac for more than three hours, which led to a decrease in long tarmac delays -- but...
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First Steps for Obama's DOT, Seen Through a Bush Administration Lens
President George W. Bush speaks with US Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters in the Oval Office of the White House on September 27, 2007. The meeting was after a summer of long delays and flight...
View ArticleCity Employees to Share Zipcars with Weekend Renters
Many New Yorkers are familiar with car sharing services like Zipcar, and now city employees will be too. The city is testing out car sharing for part of it’s fleet and hoping the savings will follow....
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TIGER Grants: DOT and HUD Get Together
(Kate Hinds, Transportation Nation) As we reported earlier today, the United States Department of Transportation released the full list of transportation investment grants (known as TIGER II)--a pool...
View ArticleBrooklyn Residents, Cyclists Debate Park Slope Bike Lane
Park Slope residents and cycling advocates led two boisterous rallies on Thursday, over the future of a protected bike lane along Prospect Park West.More than 100 cyclists and bike lane supporters held...
View ArticleFourth Graders Educate New Yorkers About City Speed Limit
Are you smarter than a fourth grader? If you don't know what New York's speed limit is, the answer is probably "no."As part of a school education program, city transportation commissioner Janette...
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California to Feds: You Gonna Keep That High-Speed Rail Money?
(San Francisco–Casey Miner, KALW News) One of the biggest challenges facing California’s high-speed rail effort is the question of funding: Is there going to be enough of it, available over a long...
View ArticleDOT Adds Cameras to Express Bus Service Routes
Starting Monday, cameras will be watching out for the special bus lanes on First and Second Avenues in Manhattan. Drivers will now get a $115 ticket if a camera catches them driving in the bus...
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Norm Mineta, Former Sec. of Transportation, "Roads and Highways" top Transpo...
Norm Mineta in 2001. Image: Alex Plummer / FEMANorm Mineta served as Secretary of the Department of Transportation in both the Clinton and George W. Bush Administrations. Lately Mineta's been teaming...
View ArticleSurvey Shows Support for Park Slope Bike Lane
City Councilmember Brad Lander says a survey of some 3,000 Brooklyn residents finds, by a three to one margin, residents approve of a two-way protected bike lane along Prospect Park West. That support...
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California High-Speed Rail: All The Way to Bakersfield
(San Francisco–-Casey Miner, KALW News) Earlier today we reported that the Department of Transportation re-allocated $1.2 billion in high-speed rail money rejected by Ohio and Wisconsin. The largest...
View ArticleThe $128 Million Question: Where's the ARC Tunnel Letter?
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie stood up at a press conference on Thursday morning at the state house in Trenton and uttered what could have been a $128 million phrase.“The offer was a nice start,”...
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The $128 Million Question: Where's the ARC Tunnel Letter?
(New York - Jim O'Grady, WNYC) New Jersey Governor Chris Christie stood up at a press conference on Thursday morning at the state house in Trenton and uttered what could have been a $128 million...
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New Jersey Gets More Time to Come Up With $271 Million
(Kate Hinds, Transportation Nation) The Federal Transit Administration has told New Jersey it has two extra weeks to come up with the $271 million it owes on the ARC Tunnel project.Earlier this week,...
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DOT Contest: Design a Better Way for Cars to Talk With Each OTher
(Alex Goldmark, Transportation Nation) The technology research arm of the Department of Transportation launched a competition to spur new ideas on how cars should talk to each other to increase...
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Florida High-Speed Rail: Talks Ongoing, Gov. Remains Unconvinced
(Kate Hinds, Transportation Nation) With two days left to broker an agreement on high-speed rail in Florida, talks are ongoing -- but Governor Rick Scott remains unconvinced.The parties -- among them...
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More Tussles To Come Over 34th Street Redesign in Manhattan
34th Street in Manhattan. (Flckr creative commons / Photo by: 商店也很多的34街，和第五大道交叉的地方就是帝國大廈。)(New York, NY - Jim O'Grady, WNYC) Critics of the New York City Department of Transportation's plan to redesign...
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TN Moving Stories: St. Paul Residents Welcome Light Rail -- Not...
Neighborhood residents hope that the Central Corridor light rail line will improve St. Paul -- without bringing any of the downsides of gentrification. (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)What can developing...
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LaHood Said to Reject Federal Loan To Dulles Metrorail Project
(Washington D.C. - WAMU) US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood met yesterday with the partners behind the faltering Dulles Metrorail project, a nearly $6 billion venture to build a new subway line out...
View ArticleSky Express May Have Defied Feds
The Sky Express Bus Company was shut down by the U.S. government last week after one of its buses turned over on a Virginia highway, killing four people and injuring more than 50 others. Transportation...
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US DOT Announces $1.6 Billion for Transit Projects
This just in from the DOT:To see what's getting funded in your area, click here.Full press release: U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $1.58 Billion for 27 Major Transit Projects Across...
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DOT Announces Largest Rail Rehab Loan Ever for Amtrak NE Corridor
This just in from the DOT.The federal government is loaning Amtrak more than half a billion dollars to buy 70 American-built, energy-efficient locomotives from Siemens. The loan is intended to help...
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Congress Clears FY 2012 Transpo Funding, Zeroes Out High-Speed Rail
Congress sent $18 billion in spending for the Department of Transportation to President Obama for a signature Thursday, boosting funds overall -- but zeroing out high speed rail.The bill funds DOT...
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42 Bike Share Docks for Lower Manhattan Revealed in Semi-Public Rollout
Slide showing the location of several planned bike share docks in Lower Manhattan. (Photo by Jim O'Grady)(New York, NY - WNYC) The New York City Department of Transportation continues to show community...
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NYC Mayor Bloomberg: No Date Yet for Bike Share Launch
Mayor Michael Bloomberg (center), flanked by Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro and Brooklyn City Council member Domenic Recchia at the New York Aquarium (photo by Arun Venugopal)[The Mayor...
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U.S. DOT Gives $60 Million to Clean Energy Transit Projects
This just in from the United States Department of Transportation: the feds are giving almost $60 million to transit projects that are especially eco-friendly. Looks like most of the money is for...
View ArticleTwo Ways Sequestration Could Mess Up Our Summer
Fleet Week hasn’t been cancelled. At least not yet.The uncertain fate of the annual event, which fills New York City’s streets with men in uniform, is just one small example of how the region could be...
View ArticleA Bid to Make Peace in the Food Truck Wars
The dramatic rise in the number of food trucks on city streets has led to lots of disputes over curbside real estate. Now, a bill before the City Council proposes to calm nerves by setting aside spaces...
View ArticleAnthony Foxx: Transportation Projects Are Economic Drivers
In a cordial Senate hearing that would seem to bode well for his confirmation, Anthony Foxx said that as secretary of transportation, he would prioritize safety, efficiency, and multi-modal...
View ArticleNew Ads School Clueless Pedestrians, Aggressive Drivers and Wrong-Way...
To ensure compliance with the rules of the road, the New York City Department of Transportation is mounting a public safety campaign to make sure New Yorkers are displaying situational awareness.Or as...
View ArticleNew Transportation Commissioner: "We Want an Urban Success Story"
"This is going to involve culture change and personal responsibility for all of us” says Polly Trottenberg, new NYC Department of Transportation Commissioner. She talks to Brian Lehrer about the...
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City Races To Fill Potholes
Before the sun rises in Canarsie, Brooklyn, a backhoe is already filling trailers with piping hot asphalt. The late freeze/thaw cycle this spring pushed back pothole filling season and now the city is...
View ArticleCentral Park Now Partially Car-Free
Sections of Central Park — East and West Drive north of 72nd Street — are now permanently closed to traffic. The four transverse roads, which cut across the park, remain open.But that hasn't stopped...
View ArticleColumbus, Ohio Wins U.S. Smart City Challenge
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. When the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) announced its Smart City Challenge, it was looking for a city that would greatly...
View ArticleBrooklyn Bridge Expansion and Transportation Department Updates
The Brooklyn Bridge promenade, which is used by around 10,000 pedestrians and 3,500 cyclists on a typical weekday, could be getting an expansion."It’s challenging to retrofit bridges," Polly...
View ArticleWATCH: Trump touts $1 trillion infrastructure plan at DOT
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says that, thanks to him, U.S. infrastructure will “once again be the envy of the world.” Trump is visiting the Department of Transportation’s headquarters to...
View ArticleTrump Rolls Back Numerous Transportation Safety Regulations
On a clear, dry June evening in 2015, cars and trucks rolled slowly in a herky-jerky backup ahead of an Interstate 75 construction zone in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Barreling toward them: an 18-ton...
View ArticleCan MTA Buses Have a Comeback?
Laura Bliss, staff writer at The Atlantic's CityLab, and John Surico, who covers New York City transit and infrastructure, discuss our outdated bus system and what can be done to fix it. Laura Bliss'...
View ArticleSurprise: Advocates Give MTA High Marks on Buses, Other City Agencies Failing
The Bus Turnaround Coalition has released its Bus Turnaround Campaign 2018 Progress Report, and a few city agencies are failing to make the grade. The New York Department of Transportation received a...
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