CTAG – Transportation Issues in the News
For our CTAG members and anyone else who might be interested, below are some recently published news stories, reports of various institutions, and other studies that we’ve noticed and think pertain to transportation issues our region is facing.
- Climate and Transportation
- “E.V.s Start With a Bigger Carbon Footprint. But That Doesn’t Last.” – October 19, 2022 – New York Times
- Review of recent studies and conclusions about the life-cylcle carbon impact of electric vehicles compared to internal combustion engine vehicles.
- “E.V.s Start With a Bigger Carbon Footprint. But That Doesn’t Last.” – October 19, 2022 – New York Times
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- “Can Portland be a Climate Leader Without Reducing Driving?” – April 21, 2022 – New York Times
- A look at how Portland, Oregon; despite notably large investments in transit, active transportation, and some changes to residential zoning; is still not on track to meet their GHG emission-reduction targets.
- “Can Portland be a Climate Leader Without Reducing Driving?” – April 21, 2022 – New York Times
- Freight Transportation
- “The Real Reason America Doesn’t Have Enough Truck Drivers” – Feb 9, 2022 – New York Times
- An issue that affects us regionally but is national (and even continental) in scope.
- “The Real Reason America Doesn’t Have Enough Truck Drivers” – Feb 9, 2022 – New York Times
- Land-use and Zoning
- “The Next Affordable City is Already too Expensive” – Feb 20, 2022 – The Seattle Times
- With growing attention paid to the connection between land-use and transportation, this look at national housing and migration trends uses Spokane, WA as a case study. Especially interesting in light of current deliberations in the WA state legislature about lifting restrictions on housing types, transit oriented development, and climate action.
- “The Next Affordable City is Already too Expensive” – Feb 20, 2022 – The Seattle Times
- Megaregional Planning
- “How California’s Bullet Train Went Off the Rails” – October 9, 2022 – The New York Times
- Lessons for Cascadia? An assessment of how politically motivated routing decisions may have steered plans for high-speed rail into unaffordable territory.
- “How California’s Bullet Train Went Off the Rails” – October 9, 2022 – The New York Times
- Transportation Studies
- I-5 Operations & Transportation Demand Management Analysis: Fairhaven (Exit 250) to Grandview Road (Exit 266) – September 1, 2020 – WSDOT
- A detailed study of congestion on I-5 through Bellingham, with recommended strategies including the use of ramp-metering and traveler information signage.
- I-5 Operations & Transportation Demand Management Analysis: Fairhaven (Exit 250) to Grandview Road (Exit 266) – September 1, 2020 – WSDOT