As commercial vacancies increase, cities are feeling the pain of lower tax revenues. read more...

I just wanted to acknowledge all of the efforts that the staff at Metro put out during the recent snow storm.  I know there have been some issues recently with tracking problems but it seems to me that they did a magnificent job of gearing up for and operating through one of the bigger storms ...

It may not come as a surprise but the biggest consumers of in-vehicle gadgets are men. Things like satellite radio and GPS navigation systems continue to be at the top of the accessory want lists. Now, AAMI, a big auto insurer in Australia, has done a study on the impact of these devices. The Austra...

This is a guest blog by Greg Lennes of Las Cruces about SB 249, the SunCal TIDD sponsored by Sen. Linda Lopez, which passed the NM Senate last Thursday by a vote of 29-9. Greg also sent this message to all members of the New Mexico House. Our State Senate has failed New Mexicans. As Ben Franklin onc...

A recent study by a Seattle company seems to indicate that things are not so bad on Washington area roads. Those good folks probably need to spend less time in front of their computer screens and less time in their local coffee shops and more time actually driving around here if they want to get the...

It’s hard not to call it hypocrisy but reading Lena Sun’s article in the Washington Post on Sunday was a real eye-opener. I mean, how in the world can people who sit on the board of directors admit that they never or rarely make use of the nation’s second-largest transit system? How can they m...

For many years I attended the meetings of Metro's various committees and of the full board. Frankly I found it to be great theatre to watch some of the truly skilled actors of the board and from the agency do battle. There were always a few that were better prepared than the others or those who ...

Florida State Legislators (just like some Hillsborough County Commissioners) are working to “streamline� — i.e. deregulate — the development industry. State lawmakers want to make it cheaper & easier for developers to build more subdivisions and strip malls, apparently ignorant of the wi...

Believe it or not there are a number of transit systems that are in the same or worse condition than our own. Many of them have cancelled service despite the loud cries of protest from riders and potential and wanna be riders. Every state, city and local jurisdiction is having to make some tough cho...

The proposed action by the District to require drivers to clear snow and ice from hoods, roofs and trunks of cars is a good one. Although an article in the Examiner says that the District would be first to have such a law, there actually are a number of laws around the country that address the issue...