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Brookings: LA More Walkable Than Most Cities

By Damien Newton | Dec 6, 2007 | 2 Comments

LAist reports on a Brookings Institute study ranking LA and the #12 city for walkability out of the top 30 US cities. LAist post: A recent Brookings Institute study finds that Los Angeles ranks 12th in a field survey of walkable urban places in the top 30 U.S. metropolitan areas. Washington DC came in 1st […]

Americans prefer Smart Growth to New Roads…

By Damien Newton | Oct 29, 2007 | No Comments

A new poll by Smart Growth America shows that nationwide the tide is turning against road widening projects and other forms of highway capacity enhancement. Just over one in five respondents thought that the best way to fight congestion was to add more lanes, while 3/4 of the respondents preferred more funding for transit and […]

FHWA: CA Will See Over Double Truck Traffic in 30 Years

By Damien Newton | Oct 18, 2007 | 2 Comments

In 2005, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign released a report showing that heavy truck traffic in New Jersey would grow by 80% by 2020. The report’s numbers were based on FHWA projections based on figures from 1998. Since 2005, the FHWA has updated their projections, so I’m not reporting projections based on figures from a decade […]