A bill to increase penalties for people driving slow in the fast lane has passed the House transportation committee and continues along the jammed-packed legislative highway. A driver deemed as impeding the flow of traffic would face a fine of $200. The House version would also set aside $50,000 in nonrecurring funds to teach people about...
Joe Coletti on N.C.'s crazy "stimulus" projects; Randal O'Toole on addressing gridlock; Mona Moon on status of state's health plan; Christopher Wolfe on subsidiarity and our system of government; John Hood on continuing pressure to raise taxes.
Becki Gray on Senate budget and other issues; Jim Trogdon and Joe Coletti on road congestion relief; legislators on delinquent corporate taxpayers; Robert Murphy on government interference in markets; Jay Schalin on Teach for America.
The North Carolina Board of Transportation seems poised to approve a promising initiative to address traffic congestion in the fast-growing urban regions of the state.
RALEIGH — Light rail isn't the solution to traffic congestion in the Triangle, according to a new report published by the John Locke Foundation. Instead, there are several immediate, common-sense, and far less-costly solutions available to Triangle leaders, the report says.
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