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Old Plans, Current Debate: Would A Second Beltway Work Today?
This map from the early 1960s shows all the highways planned for construction by the end of the century. Some were actually built. Others, like the second Beltway, weren't.(Washington D.C. - David...
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New Loop Around Memphis Moves Ahead
(Matt Dellinger, Transportation Nation) In late June, the Mississippi DOT broke ground on another small piece of I-269 -- a new, wide loop a few miles to the north around Memphis, Tennessee. The outer...
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Maryland To Offer Preferential Funding For Smart Growth
New home construction, in Urbana, Maryland (photo by Sebastian Pires via Flickr)(Sabri Ben-Achour--Washington, DC, WAMU) The rate of land consumption in Maryland is three times the rate of population...
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Maryland County Explores Bikeshare in the 'Burbs
Columbia's pathways (photo: Jonathan Wilson)Leaders in Howard County, Maryland, and the unincorporated town of Columbia are trying to figure out whether something that seems to be working quite well...
View ArticleShould Virginia Build Another Highway? Study for "Outer Beltway" Released
Plans for a major highway in Northern Virginia are taking shape. Officials say the billion-dollar road would spur growth, but opponents say that premise is flawed.The Virginia Office of Intermodal...
View ArticleChanges in Suburbia
Leigh Gallagher, Assistant Managing Editor of Fortune Magazine and author of The End of Suburbs: Where the American Dream is Moving (Portfolio, 2013), explains why since the recession more Americans...
View ArticleThe Self-Driving Car Sales Pitch
We've been told that the self-driving car is just around the corner. If we only wait a year or two, Silicon Valley's latest triumph will begin to usher the American street, highway, and city into a...
View ArticleUnderstanding Rights in Transit
The lion's share of our transit-oriented program this week has centered on the personal car and its infrastructure. This is no accident. The car speeds, stalls, thrills and kills us — all because we...
View ArticleThe Self-Driving Car Sales Pitch
We've been told that the self-driving car is just around the corner. If we only wait a year or two, Silicon Valley's latest triumph will begin to usher the American street, highway, and city into a...
View ArticleUnderstanding Rights in Transit
The lion's share of our transit-oriented program this week has centered on the personal car and its infrastructure. This is no accident. The car speeds, stalls, thrills and kills us — all because we...
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