Transportation

Polis Admin Unveils Latest Electric Vehicle Policy, Avoids California-Style Gas Vehicle Ban 0
- December 9, 2022
The Polis administration appears to favor the carrot over the stick to encourage electric vehicle adoption. The administration on Thursday released its updated roadmap for encouraging the electrification of the state’s transportation sector, which includes a goal of “nearly 100% of light-duty vehicles being electric by 2050, 100% of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles being zero emissions,
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Study: Shoddy Public Charging Infrastructure Hampers EV Take-Up 0
- August 22, 2022
Policymakers at both the national and state levels are making a concerted effort to encourage the widespread adoption of electric vehicles among the general public. Here in Colorado, the Polis administration has set a goal of having 940,000 EVs on the road by 2030 as part of its plan to electrify the state’s transportation sector
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How The Colorado Transportation Bill Circumvents TABOR and Proposition 117 0
- May 17, 2021
Year-after-year, voters continue to send a message to Colorado politicians that they want a chance to vote on tax increases regardless of whether legislators call them “taxes” or “fees.” With this year’s transportation bill (SB 21-260), legislators have found multiple creative ways to disregard the will of the people. Their legal gymnastics to get around
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Getting serious about housing affordability 0
- June 26, 2018
Although many cities across the country are facing serious housing shortages, the efforts they are making to fix the problem are doomed to failure. Their so-called affordable housing programs address symptoms, not causes, and apply band-aid solutions when far different (but less costly) tools are needed. Median home prices in most American cities are less
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Mass transit is collapsing everywhere 0
- May 15, 2018
Nationwide transit ridership in March 2018 was 5.9 percent below March 2017, according to the latest data published by the Federal Transit Administration. Following three years of steady declines, these numbers present a dire picture of the nation’s transit industry. Ridership declined in all of the nation’s 38 largest urban areas (and the 39th, Providence,
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Is Federal Infrastructure Spending Unconstitutional?0
- April 3, 2018
So what was the understanding in 1787-90? I have pieced this together over many years. In a nutshell, here it is:
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