Opinion
Denser cities won’t rely on transit
No, buses and trains will never carry a sizable share of North Carolina travelers. We simply place too high value on automobility for that.
Opinion
Downtowns change, like it or not
Four years ago, communities in North Carolina and beyond were reeling from the COVID-induced Great Suppression. After spiking into double digits in April 2020, the state’s headline jobless rate was still a painful 7.3% by August, with some 376,000 fewer North Carolinians employed than on the eve of the pandemic. Central business districts of Raleigh,...
Opinion
Share the roads … and share the costs, too
Let me be clear, before I get too far into this piece, that I’m a big fan of good health. I try to eat right, I work out or run about every day, and, even at my advanced age, consider myself physically fit. I like bicycles, too, and I’m thinking about getting one. But they...
Opinion
Most People Prefer Automobility
For all the talk about New Urbanism, “multi-modal transportation,” and the like, automobility not only remains the default option but also has been increasing over time.
Opinion
The Price of Convenience
How many motorists would pay more than $1,000 a year for a faster commute from southern Wake County to the Research Triangle Park?
Opinion
Lack Of Realism On Transit
A couple of years of 10 percent jumps in bus riders only represent a few thousand people statewide. That doesn’t come close to eliminating the need for new road projects.
Opinion
When Worlds Collide
There is a fundamental conflict of visions in the debate about North Carolina’s transportation challenges. The opponents live in two different worlds.
Opinion
Best Route to Transportation Solution
According to a federal report, half of all commutes are suburb-to-suburb. Only 19 percent are what is misleadingly called the “traditional” suburb-to-downtown commute.
Opinion
The Little Engines That Couldn’t
Rail transit is a reasonable mode of transportation in communities with high-density central cores and old-fashioned commuting patterns. But not in NC.
Opinion
A New Look at Transit
LOS ANGELES, CA — In the San Francisco Chronicle, Reason's Robert Poole details how San Francisco and other metro areas can benefit from a breakthrough transit solution being developed in Houston: "Instead of building exclusive busways, transportation officials there are developing the virtual equivalent of exclusive busways.
