The Norman Mineta I Knew
May 6, 2022 – Even in that first, and relatively brief, meeting his personal qualities came through so strongly – his directness, his humanity, his humor, and his humility.
May 6, 2022 – Even in that first, and relatively brief, meeting his personal qualities came through so strongly – his directness, his humanity, his humor, and his humility.
Much of the burden of wise decision-making will fall on state transportation agencies, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), and transit authorities. Many of which are not well structured to do the jobs we ask of them.
June 4, 2021 – The future of the federal surface transportation program is uncertain and clouded by an ever-widening range of parallel and perhaps conflicting actions and negotiations.
October 30, 2020 – Just as we cannot predict the post-pandemic future of office and related commercial uses, we cannot be certain of the nature of the transportation demands and facilities that will be necessary to enable and support those economic and social changes, and the altered urban growth patterns that are likely to emerge.
Nothing that the Trump Administration has done or is likely to do will do more to accelerate the pace of climate change than its new motor vehicle emissions rule.
October 17, 2019 – Policy making, planning, and decision-making tools that were designed for the past may not be appropriate for assessing and addressing current and projected capital and operational transportation and transportation-related issues. In February 2019 Eno Center for Transportation with support from Reason Foundation convened a three-day workshop at the Pocantico Conference Center to explore these questions of governance and institutional reform in the transportation sector. This week Eno released a report of the discussions at the Workshop to identify significant issues, areas of common concerns, and broad themes that emerged.
President Donald Trump has proclaimed November “Critical Infrastructure and Resilience Month.” He is right to recognize the key role that infrastructure plays in assuring the nation’s health, security and prosperity. However, much of our critical infrastructure—especially transportation systems in coastal areas—is anything but resilient. We can change that by facing up to climate threats and designing our infrastructure accordingly.
President Trump is wrong: Gutting air, water and land regulations won’t speed up most infrastructure construction.
Guest op-ed expressing the need for the consolidation of metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) in many areas.
Falling gasoline prices and rising vehicle miles traveled (VMT) over the past 12 months have stimulated discussion about what these recent trends foretell about economic impacts, life-style changes,and American travel patterns. There has, however, been less attention directed to the possible environmental impacts of these trends and what they might mean about global climate change.