In late January 2016, we ran our first #NoNewRoads campaign which included a member-exclusive webcast on highway spending and congestion with Todd Litman. That webcast is now available for all Strong Towns readers.
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How we choose to spend our money is a reflection of who we are. not just as individuals but as states. When Washington spends billions to build new roads and a pittance to create safe, accessible streets, that says something about the state's priorities.
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A conversation with Kevin Blanchard, former Public Works Director for the city of Lafayette, LA.
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5 steps to tackle transportation funding insolvency.
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A twisted look at the twisted federal transportation bill.
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Head over to our discussion forum to dive into a challenging question: Should we, as advocates for multiple transportation options, tolerate funding packages that mostly go toward new roads, but also provide minimal bike/walk/transit funding too?
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It is one thing to have the freedom to drive; quite another to have no other option. America has long passed the point of diminishing returns with our approach to funding transportation. That is why this week we are focusing on #NoNewRoads.
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For local governments, the Growth Ponzi Scheme has allowed national politicians to promise a free lunch while forcing those lower on the food chain to absorb the long term costs associated with hitting this quarter’s GDP targets.
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Tony Dutzik, Senior Policy Analyst with Frontier Group, joins the podcast to talk about a new report he co-authored: Who Pays for Roads? How the "Users Pay" Myt Gets in the Way of Solving America's Transportation Problems.
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The 10th Avenue Bridge is a local street with a local bridge that serves local traffic. Yet, in many cases, the general public narrative finds it necessary to criticize state legislators for not allocating money to support a project that has no state or regional significance. Herein lies the disconnect between how we think transportation financing works and how it actually works.
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Building our cities to cater to the needs of car traffic have produced lower levels of livability. There are good reasons to believe that throwing more money at the existing system of building and operating streets will do little to make city life better.
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For your viewing pleasure....the next generation of transit.
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Resist the impulse to try and smooth over these massive distortions our development pattern has created. Start seeking a way to find equilibrium on your own terms and in the least destructive way possible.
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The thinking exposed in the Cappuccino Congestion Index is just another one of the reasons we have a #NoNewRoads mantra and have opposed all efforts to spend more money on this broken system. Reform must come before more money. If we don't reform this system now, we're just going to blow the little remaining wealth we have hastening our own insolvency.
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Our audience growth continues to accelerate – we have doubled in size since November – and, as we continue to experience, Strong Towns readers and listeners don’t comprise a nice, clean demographic profile (one of the greatest compliments you all provide).
In short, I appreciate that I sometimes need to slow down and connect some dots. I’m going to try and do that today.
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A successful federally funded project to build handicap accessible street crossings.
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We're being asked to spend tens of billions by people who can't seem to be able to do second grade math.
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What does a #NoNewRoads approach look like when it turns into public policy? It would look a lot like a proposal being put forward by Idaho Democrats at their state legislature.
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Committing to spending billions on our current approach to transportation is not courageous; it is cowardly. It will take far more courage to stand up, admit that we don’t know what we’re doing – that we’ve actually had it wrong for some time – and chart a new course, one that uses real data and feedback (not politics) to discern spending priorities.
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The federal government, along with many states, is experiencing large shortfalls in their transportation budget. After two generations of highway construction, maintenance costs are mounting. Simultaneously, there is a push for alternatives to the automobile. How do we address this funding crisis?
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