ISSUE / Week of August 8, 2016
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August 10, 2016 Last week’s article gave a history of the concept of the “infrastructure bank” concept in the United States. Of the two major-party candidates for President in the fall...
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Federal Funding,Infrastructure BankAugust 10,2016 |Examples of National Infrastructure Bank Proposals
Dodd-Hagel 2007 – The I-Bank issues $60 billion in bonds with severable, tradable interest coupons. The I-Bank uses the proceeds of the bond sales as capital to make loans, loan guarantees, and...
California Town Builds Wide Coalition to Win Rural TIGER Grant
August 10, 2016 | Greg RogersAugust 10, 2016 Of the nine rural TIGER grants awarded at the end of last month, a streetscape project in the City of Live Oak, California stood out as a prime example of how a municipality can...
Metropolitan Planning: A History of Success, an Uncertain Future?
August 10, 2016 | Barry Seymour(Ed. Note: ETW first reported on this story the week of July 18, 2016. You can read the full story here) Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) provide a critical link in the chain of planning...
MPO Consolidation is Often Needed
August 10, 2016 | Emil Frankel(Ed. Note: ETW first reported on this story the week of July 18, 2016. You can read the full story here) Both Alex Bond, my colleague at the Eno Center for Transportation (Eno), and, in this...
Point/Counterpoint: DOT’s New MPO Consolidation Rule
August 10, 2016 | Jeff DavisAugust 10, 2016 This week, we inaugurate a new recurring feature in ETW where we publish a matched set of op-eds giving the pros and cons of a particular issue. On June 27, the U.S. Department...
Autonomous Vehicles: Can They Improve Safety and Accelerate Environmental Progress?
August 10, 2016 | Howard LearnerAre autonomous vehicles the “next big thing” to transform our transportation system? If so, how soon, and what are the consequences for both safety and environmental values? Federal oversight...
Making it on the November Ballot: Update on Transportation Measures Seeking Local Funding Sources
October 25, 2016 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONWhile all eyes are on the Presidential election this November, this year will also bring a flurry of transportation-related ballot measures as cities, states, and metropolitan areas seek expansions...