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Transportation
173 published works
Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
DOT Partially Extends Compliance Date for HazCom and Labeling of Lithium Cells and Batteries
By Ilana R. Morady and Craig B. Simonsen On August 6, 2014, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published a final rule modifying the requirements governing the transportation…
Truck & Bus Accident Lawyer Blog
Passage of 2015 Spending Bill Results in Suspension of Key Hours of Service Rules
On December 16, 2014, President Obama signed Congress’ $1.1 trillion spending bill for the 2015 fiscal year. The spending bill included the “Collins Amendment,” which was introduced by Maine Senator…
PropertyProf Blog
More Bad News for Bikeshare
The New York Times details the struggles of PBSC Urban Solutions, a company that (used to) operate bike share programs and build bike share bikes:“That bike, nobody can argue with…
Land Use Prof Blog
Future of Toll Roads in the U.S.
On Friday, The Diane Rehm Show spent a whole hour discussing the future of toll roads in the U.S. Here is the link. Here is the blurb:Toll road mileage is…
PropertyProf Blog
Bike Lanes Speed Up Traffic?
At least in New York (the full story has some nice graphics):Since 2007, New York City has added 31 miles of protected bike lanes — that is, lanes protected by a…
From the Ground Up
Have Reports of the Death of the Automobile Been Greatly Exaggerated?
Is the family car destined to become a thing of the past? Adherents of Smart Growth have been scanning the horizon for the last 15 years, keenly attuned to any trends…
Land Use Prof Blog
Life after LOS: California nears a new era of transportation planning
Level of Service (LOS) determinations are a hallmark of transportation planning nationwide and, moreover, often a key reference point for discussion in highly-contested land use projects. Now, California is contemplating…
Land Use Prof Blog
New GAO Report: Length of Development Process, Cost Estimates, and Ridership Forecasts for Capital-Investment Grant Projects
Overshadowed by the EPA's release of climate change regs today was a new GAO report that will be of interest to land use folks. The report, entitled Length of Development Process,…
The Right Coast
The way we board airplanes makes absolutely no sense – Vox
Jason Steffen, a physicist who got interested in plane boarding while stuck in line at the Seattle airport and subsequently conducted much of the research in this area, came up with…
The Right Coast
Bus crash: Tears, prayers, fears as students, parents await word – latimes.com
At high schools across Southern California, there was fear, prayers and anxiety as students, teachers and parents awaited word on the fate of teenagers on the bus that crashed in…