Issues & Modes / People & the Environment
Virginia’s Commitment to Transit Funding Creates a Wealth of New Projects Benefiting the Commonwealth
Apr 19, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONVirginia has a long history of commitment to mass transit. The Washington, D.C. region's Metro system, the result of a 1967 interstate...
1977 President Carter Handwritten Note to Sec. Adams Opposing New Subway Systems
Mar 24, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONMarch 24, 2015 This week’s ETW Document of the Week first came to light this week in 1977, when President Carter sent a...
1978 President Carter Meeting on Airline Deregulation Bill
Mar 03, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONMarch 3, 2015 This week’s ETW Document of the Week is a Carter Administration memo preparing the President for a meeting with the...
Houston has a shiny, new bus network
Mar 01, 2015 | Paul LewisOver the past decade, Houston has invested a significant amount of resources in public transit. Most notably a new 12.8-mile light rail...
Time for Autonomous Vehicles to Disrupt Transportation Planning
Dec 25, 2014 | Carter TempletonBY MARK McDOWELL Transportation Consultant Over the coming decades autonomous vehicles (AVs) will insinuate themselves into our...
Could Building a Canal In Nicaragua Be the Answer?
Nov 25, 2014 | Carter TempletonBY AARON J. GELLMAN Professor of Management and Strategy, Northwestern University In 2013, Chinese interests revealed their...
Myths Surrounding Devolution of Federal Transportation Programs
Nov 25, 2014 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONAs the lame-duck session of Congress approaches, there is nascent optimism within the transportation community that perhaps this could...
The Case of the Neglected Transit Bus
Oct 25, 2014 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONTomorrow Eno will release a new study looking at regional transit governance (Getting to the Route of It: The Role of Governance In...
A Lesson From Stockholm’s Sustainable Development: Identifying Crucial Tensions, Conflicts or Tradeoffs in Urban Sustainability Policies
Aug 25, 2014 | Carter TempletonBY AMY RADER OLSSON Director, KTH Center for a Sustainable Built Environment Urban challenges are indisputably complex—even...
Crude Oil by Rail: The Industry is Changing
Jul 25, 2014 | Carter TempletonBY STEVEN R. DITMEYER Adjunct Professor of Railway Management, Michigan State University An old adage says the railroad industry is...
Superstorm Sandy: Adaptation and Resilience in the Tolling Industry
Jul 25, 2014 | Carter TempletonBY PATRICK D. JONES Executive Director & CEO, International Bridge, Tunnel & Turnpike Association The International Bridge,...
Countdown to Mainstreaming of Self-Driving Vehicles
May 25, 2014 | Carter TempletonBY EVA LERNER-LAM President, Palisades Consulting Group, Inc. There is a lot of excitement today about the concept of so-called...