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Fixing Our Compromised Interstates and Highways
Over on Strong Towns Chuck Marohn is running a five-part series on how to restructure transportation policy in his home state of Minnesota. Despite a different state/local government structure and different spheres of authority for the two states’ transportation departments, … Continue reading
The McDonnell Track Record: Incremental Improvement
by James A. Bacon Governor Bob McDonnell’s four-year term in office is drawing to a close. Sadly, it appears that the governor will be remembered mainly for his atrocious judgment in accepting more than $150,000 in gifts and loans from … Continue reading
Christmas at Bacon’s Rebellion!
Christmas time is here and with a few lapses all of you bloggers and commenters have been very good little boys and girls this year. So, here is what you can expect to find under the tree or in the … Continue reading
Virginia Congestion-Rating Methodology in the Works
by James A. Bacon In 2012 the General Assembly passed a bill sponsored by Del. James L. LeMunyon, R-Chantilly, that called for rating significant transportation projects on their ability to reduce congestion. The idea promptly disappeared into the labyrinth of … Continue reading
GOP Road Kill
Among the more interesting election results from Wednesday, Democrats trounced three Republican candidates for Albemarle County Board of Supervisors. The county split close to even in the gubernatorial and lieutenant governor’s races, indicating that the Democrats sweeping to power in … Continue reading
How Will McAuliffe Govern?
by James A. Bacon Terry McAuliffe, the governor-elect of Virginia, has a tough job ahead of him. Democrats picked up only one seat in the House of Delegates, leaving Republicans with 66 seats, or a veto-proof majority. Most likely, he … Continue reading
Posted in Electoral process, Environment, Labor and Workforce, Money in politics, Transportation
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The Road to Wealth Destruction Revisited
There’s an interesting new wrinkle in the never-ending debate over the Charlottesville Bypass, a project that has been stalled for a year or more while the Federal Highway Administration figures out whether to approve the project or send the Virginia … Continue reading
Posted in Land use & Development, Transportation
Subsidies As Usual for Mass Transit?
by James A. Bacon Glen Bottoms, executive director of the American Conservative Center for Public Transportation (ACCPT), takes exception to my recent post, “Eviscerating Rail Transit.” Although he doesn’t budge me from my main conclusion — that we need to … Continue reading
Developing Transportation ROI Metrics: Easier Said than Done
Calling for a “consumer-based transportation model,” House Speaker William J. Howell intends to submit a bill in the upcoming session of the General Assembly to base project funding decisions upon “specific, quantifiable and measurable metrics.” The hope is that money will start … Continue reading
How about a Road Realignment and Closure Commission?
by James A. Bacon Out in Brainerd, Minn., Chuck Marohn is still thinking outrageous thoughts about transportation. Indeed, some of his ideas are so beyond the pale that even I haven’t thought of them — and I pride myself for … Continue reading
Who Will Report the News? Weeklies, Monthlies and Blogs
In the last couple of days, I have come across two instances of excellent reporting on transportation and land use issues from obscure local publications. Both articles deserve exposure beyond their immediate circulation areas. In Chesterfield Monthly, Scott Bass writes … Continue reading
Posted in Land use & Development, Transportation
Six-Year Improvement Program: a Blueprint for Failure
by James A. Bacon With the adoption of the new Six-Year Improvement Program, the details of Governor Bob McDonnell’s transportation priorities plan are coming into clearer focus. There are some worthy elements to the plan but glaring deficiencies guarantee that … Continue reading
Posted in Government Finance, Infrastructure, Transportation
Dude! WaPo Columnist Ventures Look at Downstate Road Project!
Robert McCartney, a Washington Post columnist, has done a remarkable thing: He has taken a look at a transportation project outside the Washington region and decided he didn’t like what he saw. Not only is the Charlottesville Bypass ill conceived, … Continue reading
Bobbing and Weaving on the Northern Terminus
by James A. Bacon The Charlottesville Bypass pile-up keeps getting bigger… Last night some 300 Charlottesville-area residents packed a meeting at the Holiday Inn to view three design options for the southern terminus of the controversial, $244 million project. After … Continue reading
Damned with Faint Praise: Virginia Ranks Tops in South for Bicycle Friendliness
Virginia ranks 16th nationally in the just-published League of American Bicyclists’ “Bicycle Friendly States” ranking, and No. 1 in the South. The state of Washington took the top spot, with Colorado nailing down No. 2. Colorado cycling has come on … Continue reading
