$100 fill-ups unlikely to kill our suburbs - TheNewsTribune.com

July 10th, 2008
$100 fill-ups unlikely to kill our suburbs TheNewsTribune.com, WA - Jul 10, 2008 Sound Transit is counting on a changed mind-set among voters to boost a bus-and-rail tax package in the fall. Still others assert that $7 gas will kill the ...

Washington Policy Center Study on Light Rail

June 26th, 2008

You don’t need a hybrid to guzzle less

June 23rd, 2008
Driving an economy beater may help the planet in some small way, but most people are looking for a more fuel-efficient ride. Would you recognize one if the miles-per-gallon rating was staring you in the face? Probably not, according to two Duke University professors, Richard Larrick and Jack Soll, who published the results of a study in the latest Science.

It’s Official: The University of Washington Says We Have the Highest Gas Tax in the Nation

May 17th, 2008

Seattle goes gah-gah over choo-choos - Crosscut

May 13th, 2008
Seattle goes gah-gah over choo-choos Crosscut, WA - 22 hours ago But a leading critic of Sound Transit's Link light rail project offers metrics that suggest the environmental costs are much higher than those of more ...

Fuel-Friendly Autos, Not Rail

May 1st, 2008
This morning, the Seattle Times published the Antiplanner’s op ed about rail transit, energy, and greenhouse gases. But where did they get that deer-caught-in-the-headlights photo? The Oregonian published an abbreviated version of the same op ed (san photo) last week. Someone named Jake thinks he found a flaw in my study. As he points out in his [...]

The Case for Low-Capacity Transit

April 29th, 2008
Eugene, Oregon’s Lane Transit District (LTD) is facing the same problem that is no doubt confronting transit agencies all over the country. High gasoline prices are encouraging some people to leave their cars at home and take transit. But those same high fuel prices are threatening LTD’s finances and may force cuts in service. As noted [...]

Why the region is in such a twist about growth

April 25th, 2008
A successful region, such as ours on the shores of Puget Sound, must expect more people as the jobs and the attraction of coastal climates shift world populations toward us.

Whiff of cynicism lingers over Washington State’s call for road tolls to flight global warming

February 29th, 2008
Buried in the Seattle Times story about the road-toll initiative, however, is the most-likely explanation as to why legislators are backing it: The Washington State government needs a new source of money to compensate for falling revenues due to more fuel-efficient cars. Apparently the growth of state gas-tax revenue is slowing and, as vehicles become more fuel-efficient, officials are afraid tax collections won't keep up with their spending projections. So instead of allowing people to reap

Warning: Diversions Ahead

January 16th, 2008
The National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission has recommended a 40-cent-per-gallon increase in federal gas taxes. Supporters of the increase say it is necessary to replace aging bridges and roads. But U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters and Arizona Congressman Jeff Flake dissented, saying that there is plenty of money to repair roads [...]
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