Ben Ross
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Building Cloverleafs Won’t Inspire Americans to Pay More for Transportation
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This post by Ben Ross was originally posted at Dissent. The federal transportation fund is running out of money, threatening the country with potholes, stopped construction, and economic downturn. Congress, which has kept the program solvent with short-term patches for years, now finds itself unable to do more than buy a few months’ time. Mainstream opinion pins […]
Urbanism Author Ben Ross Book Excerpt and L.A. Event Tues 4/29
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Washington D.C. area transportation activist Ben Ross has a new book out entitled “Dead End: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American Urbanism.” Ross is the longtime president of Maryland’s Action Committee for Transit and a frequent contributor to Greater Greater Washington. Below is an excerpt from “Dead End” which focuses on the rise of […]