Posts about Phoenix
And...: A new park is helping revive downtown Phoenix. (NAC) ... Are Amtrak's new locomotives a bad deal? (Streetsblog) ... A group beat the heat by touring the abandoned streetcar tunnels under Dupont. (via DCist) (Comment)
Reality vs. formula for rail lines: Phoenix's new light rail system dramatically exceeded expectations. Transit opponents criticized the line before its building and still think it's too heavily subsidized, but fail to mention the money given to highways. (New York Times, Ben) ... The Overhead Wire notes that this is only the latest in a series of rail lines where the FTA formula underestimates ridership. That's a serious problem when the FTA formula determines which projects get funding and which don't; how many projects have localities scrapped entirely because they didn't meet the "cost-effectiveness index" but perhaps actually did? (Comment)
Head under la hood: US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood says that new freeway lanes in Phoenix will "help to reduce greenhouse gases in the area." Um, no. (Fast Lane) (Comment)
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- VDOT ignores own data, pushes widening I-66
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