Virginia has a transportation problem. Traffic is badly clogged in both Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads and the primary funding mechanism in Virginia’s 2007 Transportation Bill was largely struck down by the Virginia Supreme Court in March. That was after the other funding mechanism in the bill, the abusive driver fees, had to be repealed [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Transportation’
May 11, 2008
Look at that, people are price sensitive
A couple of days ago I noted that DC Metro ridership is way up in this era of high gas prices. Today, in the New York Times, I see that it’s not just DC, but the entire country that’s seeing a mass transit boom. In the New York region ridership is up between 5 and [...]
May 6, 2008
Look at that, Mass Transit Works
Via Matt Yglesias I see that ridership on the DC Metro is the highest it’s ever been. This is despite the fact that Metro just instituted the biggest fare increase in history. DC is lucky. People who live in and around the city have a large, relatively efficient mass transit system that combine rail and [...]
