Mileage Fees Make Inroads in California and Michigan
Legislation to authorize a pilot program, authored by the chair of the California Senate Transportation Committee, Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, "gives the Publication Date: Mon, 05/19/2014
View ArticleMassachusetts Voters May Repeal Automatic Gas Tax Indexing
Many transportation policy experts advise that the federal and state gas taxes continually be adjusted for inflation, and many states, such as Kentucky, do just that.Publication Date: Tue, 07/22/2014
View ArticleSan Francisco's Housing Craze: More People Fewer Cars
We've read that driving has been declining and that Americans are owning fewer cars, particularly among Publication Date: Fri, 08/15/2014
View ArticleFive Reasons Why Peak Driving is Here to Stay
Are the signs of peak driving, i.e., peak vehicle miles traveled (VMT), here to stay or is it just an aberration and the metric will begin increasing, i.e., it is a 'lagging indicator'?Publication...
View ArticleSenators Build Suspense Regarding Gas Tax Replacement
You may have heard it here first, folks, thanks to Laing who follows what happens in Arkansas when Congress is on vacation.Publication Date: Wed, 08/20/2014
View ArticleAnother (Surprising) Toll Road Bankruptcy
Jon Hilkevitch, transportation reporter and "Getting Around" columnist for the Chicago Tribune, chalks the possible bankruptcy of the Publication Date: Sat, 09/20/2014
View ArticleWhy Millennials Drive Less: Many Possibilities, Few Answers
Emily Badger follows up on the growing body of evidence that Millennials are driving less to ask why that is. For instance: "Are millennial driving habits a byproduct of the weak economy?Publication...
View ArticleStruggling Toll Roads Make for Good Investments
Bankruptcy be damned—toll roads pay well!Publication Date: Wed, 10/22/2014
View ArticleThe Environmental Downside of Falling Oil Prices
The media has mostly written about the economic benefit brought by falling gas prices.Publication Date: Mon, 10/27/2014
View ArticleAuto Use Holds Steady in San Francisco
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency released the results of a survey indicating that the use of private cars in the city has changed hardly at all since 2012.Publication Date: Tue,...
View ArticleRevised Data Shows Vehicle Miles Traveled Increased in 2013
"According to Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) 'Highway Statistics,' an annual compilation of data from state Departments of Transportation, drivers traveled 2.99 trillion miles in 2013, the...
View ArticleHas Alternative Transportation Received Too Much Attention?
"This new series will look at the surprising history that explains why our commutes look the way they do," writes Stromberg Publication Date: Wed, 04/29/2015
View ArticleBlaming Millennials for Decaying Road Infrastructure
Millennials are not directly responsible for that pothole you may have just driven through - but their "driving and vehicle purchasing habits—or lack thereof—greatly contribute to the decreased...
View ArticleDemographic Changes Spell Trouble Ahead for Auto Industry
"Car dealers may be coming off of their biggest sales year ever, but the future for the auto industry looks murkier as the percentage of Americans with a driver’s license continuePublication Date: Tue,...
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April FHWA Report Shows Americans Continue to Drive More
Vehicle miles traveled (VMT) has been on the rise since 2013, and accelerated after gas prices began falling in July 2014, with Publication Date: Fri, 06/23/2017
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