Waterways today are engineered systems that are more orderly than natural rivers, but they are increasingly dumb.
Read MoreWaterways are misunderstood, but probably not for the reason you’re thinking.
Read MoreA proposed highway expansion in Missouri will not only bulldoze through key areas in and around downtown St. Louis, but it’s also going to cost $859 million. Let’s go over some better ways that money could be spent.
Read MoreThe New Jersey Turnpike Authority plans to spend $4.7 billion updating and widening an eight-mile section of the turnpike, in the hopes of relieving congestion. Here’s why it’s not going to help.
Read MorePortland and Oregon leaders shouldn’t commit to a $5-billion project without an investment grade analysis (IGA) of toll revenues.
Read MoreThe Oregon DOT has experienced massive cost overruns on all of its largest construction projects…and has systematically concealed and understated the frequency and scale of those cost overruns.
Read MoreWhen it comes to our places’ roads, we need to start asking: “How much is this gonna cost us?”
Read MoreLocal leaders in Ohio and Kentucky are gearing up to make a multi-billion dollar mistake on this bridge equivalent of a highway-widening project.
Read MoreTxDOT’s latest boondoggle: a highway expansion that threatens to cut right at the heart of downtown El Paso.
Read MoreWe’ve spent trillions fighting congestion so that it’s easy to drive everywhere. But we’re fighting a losing battle, and simultaneously losing our ability to walk anywhere.
Read MoreWhen it comes to transit mega project delays and overruns, there are typically two reactions: to trash the project mercilessly or unconditionally back it to the end. But there is a third option.
Read MoreThis small town in Maine is hoping to breathe life back into its Main Street…but is looking for solutions in all the wrong places.
Read MoreOur answer to this question is a pair of filters. If you can’t pass these filters, it’s a bad project.
Read MoreThere are major flaws in the accounting standards that shape municipal finance in American cities. But there’s an opportunity too: a chance to comment on—and perhaps change—those standards going forward.
Read MoreThink budget-busting infrastructure spending isn’t happening in YOUR city? Ask these two questions to find out.
Read MoreWichita is spending $45,000 to repave a road. While that might not seem like a lot, sometimes it’s the small projects that reveal where our city’s spending priorities are—and where they should be.
Read MoreThe way we design our cities guarantees a flood of congestion. And then we pour billions of dollars into highway expansion, only to worsen the problem we created in the first place.
Read MoreVeteran advocates for a sane and financially sustainable transportation policy in Washington State see a chance to turn crisis into opportunity. And they're hoping to get state leaders to see it too.
Read MoreThe Federal Highway Administration has a chart full of answers to that question you might find useful.
Read MoreWhere did we spend our money building transit in the U.S. in the last 10 years? And what did we get for it?
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