Who could have guessed that AVs would become traffic generating personal vehicles? It is wild to think that the manufacturers would want to sell more vehicles.
It was impossible to predict that this incredibly obvious thing would happen.
@cityobservatory.bsky.social and I will keep quote tweeting each other. These things are so predictable and have been predicted...publicly...in writing.
Remember last year when Members of Congress and local leaders were upset about the Administration taking federal transpo grants away? Two weeks ago, all but one R and one D on House T&I voted to reward the Admin with more funds. Local groups cheered. t4america.org/2025/03/14/u...
@smartgrowthusa.bsky.social's Community Connectors program equips small and mid-sized communities to remove or repair the damage caused by divisive arterial highways and other dangerous roads. Applications are due by July 17 by 11:59 p.m.
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People talk about bringing tech into transportation but too often not in the easiest and most obvious ways. This is a good discussion about using tech for better, more effective bridge inspections. techbullion.com/how-ai-iot-a...
Gas Tax Holiday Calculator: See How Much You’d Save at the Pump bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/ga...
This conversation between me and @clmarohn.bsky.social digs into the gap between what the federal transportation program claims to do and what it actually delivers — and whether there's any version of federal involvement worth keeping.
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This is what leaders do if they actually want safe streets.
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Engineering education programs may not be properly preparing engineers for these new challenges, sometimes leaving them to learn on the job in environments that can be mired in old ways of thinking.
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SAVE THE DATE: Pls join me and @bethosborne.bsky.social @smartgrowthusa.bsky.social for an in-depth discussion next Friday, June 19th at 2 pm Eastern about the newly released Dangerous by Design 2026 Report. Log in to your YouTube account to participate in the live chat youtube.com/live/2rhzPT8...
A leaked policy memo from leadership at USDOT will add a new layer of extra-legal review of all awarded competitive grant projects without fully signed federal funding obligations, calling for bicycle...
Listen to The Strong Towns Podcast - Starve the Beast: Rethinking the Federal Role in Transportation by Strong Towns on Podcast Addict. Beth Osborne has watched the same story play out five times: a n...
How much relief would a gas tax suspension provide for drivers at the pump, and how would that relief compare to the recent increase in prices? BPC created a gas tax calculator to help drivers see the...bipartisanpolicy.org
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In Jersey City, Mayor James Solomon will install 100 quick-build safety measures, giving a new meaning to the term, "Safety first."
There’s a version of infrastructure that most people still picture when the word comes up: a crew pouring concrete, an inspector tapping on a bridge beam with a hammer, a clipboard with a checklist. T...
techbullion.com
Modern state DOTs and their engineers are grappling with a different set of challenges than they did in the 20th century. Some are shifting to managing travel demand and limiting vehicle-miles travele...
Robotaxis are grabbing headlines, but autonomous vehicles that are owned, not shared, could dominate our self-driven future.
That would be very bad news for cities, the environment, and anyone in a human-driven car.
Me, in @bloomberg.com 🧵 (Gift Link)
As Beth writes, this has been incredibly obvious for years. Here are the 13 propositions we wrote about travel demand, pricing, AVs, and congestion in 2017. See if they aren't just as valid as today:
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David Zipper
City Observatory
Right now, self-driving cars are used only for shared fleets of autonomous robotaxis. What happens when anyone can buy their own?
