[SButtonZ button="digg"] A look at a car-free suburb in Germany — street parking, driveways, and garages are banned, and more than half of residents sold their autos before moving there. (NYT) At a DC ceremony with Ed Rendell and others, Read more ›

[SButtonZ button="digg"] Many mayors across the country are hopping mad at their state governors for taking a big bite out of the stimulus funds they say should have gone directly to them. (WSJ) We need to invest in water infrastructure. Read more ›

[SButtonZ button="digg"] America’s future belongs to “economic mega regions,” argues Richard Florida — and high speed rail will be key in tying those together. (Atlantic) Expect urban property booms in high speed rail hubs, but also in smaller towns along Read more ›

New York passes a hastily written, not-very-satisfying-to-anyone MTA bailout bill. It doesn’t raise enough money and nobody knows how to collect the money it does raise. (Second Ave Sagas, NYT) Government official are generally still ambivalent about the idea of Read more ›

Good rail connections on the east coast explain why its second-tier cities are doing better than those in the midwest, says Richard Florida. (Atlantic) A new report from the Urban Land Institute finds that we’ve reached a tipping point with Read more ›

What is “astonishing” about Ray LaHood, says the Times, “is how limited his transportation résumé is, [and] how little excitement he exudes on the subject.” (NYT) House transportation honcho Jim Oberstar say that news reports that he has embraced a Read more ›