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Wishful Thinking0
- April 10, 2012
Have American cities stopped growing at the urban fringe? Some people think so based on a trend of one or two years during the worst recession since the Great Depression. The Antiplanner’s loyal ally, Wendell Cox, doesn’t think so. Are Americans shifting in droves from from cars to public transit? Based on similar short-term evidence, […]
READ MORECold Feet on Rail Transit0
- April 9, 2012
The Virginia legislature appears to have rejected a plan to spend $300 million in state money on construction of the Dulles rail line. This is only about 10 percent of the money needed to finish the line to Dulles airport, but it will put a crimp in plans to do so. This is a line […]
READ MOREThe Post: Not Even Loans for High-Speed Rail0
- April 6, 2012
The Washington Post, the newspaper of record from our nation’s capital, is somewhat of a bellwether of public opinion on high-speed rail. Back in 2009, when Obama first proposed to build a high-speed rail network, Post editorial writers were all for it as a way of reducing congestion. In 2010, the paper published an op […]
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PolitiFact Gets the Facts Wrong0
- April 5, 2012
Charlie Hales is the Portland city commissioner who admitted that rail transit doesn’t lead to economic development, so he demanded that the city subsidize such development. Then, he persuaded the rest of the city council to build a streetcar line, subsidized development along that line, and proudly proclaimed that streetcars led to economic development. He […]
READ MOREBack in the Air Again0
- April 4, 2012
Today the Antiplanner is in Maryville, Tennessee, speaking to Maryville College students about transportation issues.
READ MOREBreaking Promises0
- April 2, 2012
The high-speed rail ballot measure that California voters approved in 2008 made two promises: first, that fares would cover operating costs; and second, that trains would carry passengers from Los Angeles to San Francisco in just two hours and forty minutes. The first promise will be hard to keep but no one will know for […]
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