All Articles Tagged As: transportation

Toll Roads or Sales Taxes? (8/20/2008)

Most forms of transportation finance are regressive forms of taxation that burden the poor more than the rich ...> Full Article

Clean energy investments charge forward despite financial market turmoil (7/2/2008)

With end of cheap oil, renewables and energy efficiency attracts fast-growing interest; new investment surpasses $148 billion in 2007, a 60 percent rise from 2006 ...> Full Article

Rising diesel prices renew interest in fuel-saving technologies for heavy trucks (6/14/2008)

Diesel fuel prices approaching $5 a gallon - and the resulting economic impact on products transported by truck - have created renewed interest in fuel-saving technologies developed during the past decade ...> Full Article

Urban transportation: An emerging market (6/11/2008)

By 2025, more than two-thirds of the planet will be living in city regions ...> Full Article

Little changes can mean gas savings down the road (6/4/2008)

Summer driving season has started, and gas prices continue to climb faster than the temperature. ...> Full Article

Big changes loom if high gas prices hold, expert says (5/29/2008)

Americans' usual fuel-saving shortcuts could give way to dramatic changes affecting the nation's auto, housing and even job markets if gasoline prices stay at record highs nearing an average $4 a gallon nationwide ...> Full Article

Professor predicts the return of railroad (4/14/2008)

Investment activity points to future of travel, commerce ...> Full Article

Climate change will have a significant impact on transportation infrastructure and operations (3/12/2008)

While every mode of transportation in the U.S. will be affected as the climate changes, potentially the greatest impact on transportation systems will be flooding of roads, railways, transit systems, and airport runways in coastal areas because of rising sea levels and surges brought on by more intense storms, says a new report from the National Research Council. Though the impacts of climate change will vary by region, it is certain they will be widespread and costly in human and economic terms, and will require significant changes in the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of transportation systems. ...> Full Article

Study finds that maintenance, drivability of late-model vehicles not affected by 20 percent ethanol blend in fuel (3/9/2008)

The results of a 13-month study from the University of Minnesota show that E20 -- a blend of fuel containing 80 percent gasoline and 20 percent ethanol -- has no negative impact on the drivability and maintenance of late-model cars and trucks. ...> Full Article

Toll road privatization may result in indirect impacts (1/17/2008)

Privatizing toll roads in the U.S. may result in significant diversions of truck traffic from privatized toll roads to "free" roads, and may result in more crashes and increased costs associated with use of other roads, according to a new study. ...> Full Article