North Carolina policymakers have set firmer priorities within the state’s transportation budget, initiated new user-funded projects, and redirected gas taxes to their proper use of constructing or maintaining roads.
Experts agree the Triangle is ill-suited for light-rail transit, though the enlightened promoters of a World Class Community won't let reality stop them from pursuing their dreams.
According to two recent national studies, North Carolina has made substantial progress in the management of our highway system.
RALEIGH — When you drive over uneven pavement or hit a pothole on a North Carolina road, you might wonder whether drivers in other states face better or worse driving conditions. Dr. David Hartgen of The Hartgen Group, emeritus professor of transportation studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, addresses that topic in a recent report. It’s titled “Are Highways Crumbling?” Hartgen prepared it in cooperation with the Reason Foundation, a California-based libertarian think tank. Hartgen discussed his findings with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
Even a dog of a proposed rail line will be virtually impossible to kill.
Fixed-rail transit is the transportation equivalent of kudzu: You can't kill it.
Fixed-rail transit is the transportation equivalent of kudzu: You can't kill it.
Wake County leaders need to think twice before wasting taxpayers’ dollars on a transit system that would ignore the region's real transportation needs.
You read that right. North Carolina’s urban interstates are among the most congested in the United States.
North Carolina has a weak economy, a corrupt political class, and a host of other challenges. But not all the recent news is bad.
CHARLOTTE — David Hartgen, the emeritus professor of transportation studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte who did the study, said transportation planners need to look more at commuting by suburban residents instead of focusing on access to downtown business districts.
