Grush Hour

We are moving toward 2 billion cars on the planet, but the gap between what is known about congestion management among transport economists, urbanologists and traffic managers vs what is understood and accepted by politicians, journalists and drivers keeps a solution at bay. Not only the planet, but even the utility of the automobile is now threatened by political inaction.

2009/03/10

The NSTIF Commission Report and Video

The full report, executive summary and video recording of the release are all here.

The direct Finance Commission resource is here.

The tool the Commission used to weight funding options is here.

Over at the
National Journal, Lisa Caruso hosted an interesting discussion during the week after.
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