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NJ Gov Christie: “Chewed Away” Shore Road Will Be Rebuilt
A coastal Jersey roadway ravaged by Sandy will take two years and over $215 million to repair. Aerial photographs of the Mantoloking Bridge and Route 35, before and after Sandy (image by NASA Goddard...
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Virginia House and Senate Negotiators Strike Transportation Funding Deal
Virginia capitol building (photo by Thruhike98 via flickr) In a final attempt to reach a compromise on measures to raise substantial new revenues for transportation before the scheduled adjournment of...
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New York Gets Usage-Based Car Insurance
Allstate's DriveWise device (image from Allstate) Cheaper car insurance rates can now be yours, New Yorkers — if you drive fewer miles more safely, and agree to attach an electronic monitoring device...
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Maryland’s Senate President Wants Gas Tax Hike
(photo by Martin Di Caro) (Matt Bush, Washington, D.C. – WAMU) Maryland Senate President Mike Miller wants to impose a sales tax on gasoline, as well as allow counties that rely on mass transit, like...
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To Continue Plowing or Throw in the Towel: That is Connecticut’s Question
(Neena Satija – CT Mirror) When the city threatened to tow all the cars on my street after the blizzard, I went into full-on panic mode. I paid a guy with a snow plow thirty bucks to dig out my car....
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Car Share Parking Attracts an Unlikely Foe in San Francisco
(photo by Guerilla Features/Jason Tester via flickr) (San Francisco — KALW) San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors recently passed an ordinance to allow residential developers to add more parking spots...
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“It’s Not Perfect” but Virginia House Reaches Compromise on Transpo Funding
Six roller coaster weeks after Governor Bob McDonnell proposed a major transportation funding overhaul, the Virginia House of Delegates has approved a compromise measure to raise $3.5 billion over five...
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GM Will Offer 4G Broadband in Most Vehicles Starting in 2014
(Paul Eisenstein, The Detroit Bureau) General Motors will partner with AT&T to offer embedded 4G Internet access in “most” of the vehicles it sells in the U.S. and Canada starting next year, the...
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Report Finds 10 Most Dangerous Roads in NYC Area for Pedestrians, “Arterial”...
Nassau County Pedestrian Fatalities, 2009-2011 Fourteen pedestrians died along Hempstead Turnpike in Nassau County, NY from 2009 through 2011. That’s almost one fatality for each mile of road, a morbid...
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Fung Wah’s Bus Fleet Ordered Off the Road
Permitted? It's complicated. The entire passenger fleet of Chinatown bus company Fung Wah has been ordered off the road for an immediate safety inspection. This news comes a day after the Massachusetts...
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VIDEO: Light Sculpture to Brighten the Bay Bridge
(Cy Musiker – San Francisco, KQED) The San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge is having its moment. The new eastern span opens in the fall. And on March 5, artist Leo Villareal will unveil the Bay Lights, a...
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Washington State Admits Bridge Problems Result Of Design Flaw
The first new bridge pontoon on its way to Lake Washington in 2012. (Flickr photo/WSDOT) (Derek Wang – Seattle, KUOW) Washington Secretary of Transportation Paula Hammond said Tuesday that cracks in...
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Anatomy of a Water Main Break
A water main break rages under the South Millvale Bridge in Bloomfield in January. (Photo courtesy of PWSA) (Larkin Page-Jacobs, Pittsburgh, WESA) You know it’s winter in Pittsburgh when your car is...
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City of Alexandria Joins Homeowner Battle Against Location of I-95 Ramp
Outside the Overlook community in Alexandria (photo by Martin Di Caro) (Washington, D.C. – WAMU) For the first time since they began fighting the construction of a highway ramp near their homes, a...
View ArticleChristie Gets to Whiz Thru the Lincoln Tunnel. And He Wants You to Know It.
Governor Christie gets to speed through traffic, and he wants you to know. Earlier this week, Christie’s press office sent out a clip of the Governor, joking with second graders. Kind of the warm...
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A Deadly Mix: Students, Trucks, and a Missing Crossing Guard in Harlem
A police officer directs traffic at 117th Street and First Ave a day after six-year old Amar Diarrassouba was fatally struck by a truck there. The normal crossing guard has been suspended. Parents held...
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Harlem Has History of Child Pedestrian Danger
Most children who have died in traffic in Manhattan since 2009 have been hit within seven blocks of PS 155 (Photo by Alex Goldmark) Listen: If you do not see flash audio player please install the...
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Census: New York, Maryland, and New Jersey Have Most Long-Distance Commuters
(New York, NY — John Keefe, WNYC) Do you travel at least 90 minutes and 50 miles to work every day? The U.S. Census Bureau calls you a “mega-commuter” — and you’re not alone. According to the census,...
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D.C. Considering Lifting Mandatory Parking Minimums
(photo by vpickering via flickr) The District of Columbia’s Office of Planning is considering a proposal to potentially reduce the supply of available parking spaces in some neighborhoods as new...
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California is Least Improved in Highway Conditions
The I-880 freeway in Oakland, Calif. (photo by Julie Caine) California has the worst track record in improving its highways, while spending twice the national average per mile. That’s according to a...
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