If history is a guide, President Joe Biden’s $1.3 trillion investment may not fund nearly as much transportation as it would in much of the rest of the world.
As growing cities like Dallas, Austin and Atlanta sprawl, they often invest in high-cost transit and highway projects that ignore their residents’ immediate needs.
The “builder president” launched several “Infrastructure Weeks.” But when federal dollars never arrived, states and cities rallied to make progress where they could.
A proposed payroll tax on the Portland ballot invests in Black and Brown communities. But corporations like Nike that say they support racial equity oppose it.
A new report from the National Association of City Transportation Officials shows big gains for e-scooters before the pandemic — and signs that the micromobility boom could go on.
