Issues & Modes / Transportation Technology
Federal funding for highways is stagnant and the Federal Aid Highway Program (FAHP) appears to be “shrinking by default.” Transportation infrastructure is not a top 10 public polling issue. Highway conditions have improved and there is little “inside the beltway” dialogue on transportation infrastructure. Meanwhile, popular discussion of mobility is more focused on new vehicle technology than on highway infrastructure.
Oct 25, 2014 | Carter TempletonBY STEVE LOCKWOOD Senior Vice President, Parsons Brinckerhoff A New Context for the FAHP? In the absence of Congressional action,...
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...
3D Printers: Changing Transportation As We Know It
Jun 25, 2014 | Carter TempletonBY BILL ANKNER Principal, Transportation Solutions President Obama’s shout out for 3D printing in his 2012 State of the Union[1]...
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...
Improving Transportation = Better Quality of Life for City Dwellers
Apr 24, 2014 | Carter TempletonBY RICHARD HARRIS Solution Director, Xerox Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) refers to a wide range of services that use...
Transportation and Technological Change: The Case of Autonomous Vehicles
Apr 24, 2014 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONThere is tremendous excitement in the transportation world about the idea of self-driving vehicles, also known as autonomous vehicles...
Three Ideas for Big City Departments of Transportation
Feb 24, 2014 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONThe United States is increasingly a metropolitan nation, with more of the population concentrating in urban areas. The largest of these...
Shared Use Mobility: The Next Big Thing in Transportation
Feb 24, 2014 | Carter TempletonBY LARRY FILLER Transportation Consultant and MARC OLIPHANT Regional Employee Transportation Coordinator at Naval District...
2013 Transportation Weekly Archive Index
Dec 31, 2013 | Jeff Davis2013 Transportation Weekly Archive Index January 2013 January 16, 2013 issue January 21, 2013 update ...
They Pay Farmers Not to Grow Crops, Don’t They?
Sep 16, 2013 | Richard MudgeDespite the odd title, this is an optimistic report. Before describing a breakthrough in how to reduce urban traffic congestion, let me...
Design-Build: Doing More With Existing Resources
May 26, 2013 | Carter TempletonBY RICHARD THOMAS, LCP Director, State & Local Legislative Affairs, Design-Build Institute of America Passing legislation in...
An Incomplete Agenda for the Nation’s Transportation System
Feb 26, 2013 | Carter TempletonBY ERIC PETERSON Transportation Policy Consultant, Former Deputy Administrator of the Research and Innovative Technology...