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A unique definition of dysfunction
The N&O opines today that the Wake County Board of Commissioners is “dysfunctional.” That is a strong charge; what, oh what, is the matter? It’s the Republicans, see. They have these “hidebound”...
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Rail Consensus Denialism
My newsletter explains what it is and why it now threatens Wake County. The main point is this: Six different transportation experts — some advocates for light rail, and some skeptics of it — have...
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How market forces are obsoleting central planners’ expensive light-rail dreams
Randal O’Toole writes in The Wall Street Journal today about the short-sighted folly of cities — such as Nashville, San Antonio, and Tampa — planning to drop billions of dollars into light rail to...
View ArticleCharting a New Course for Transportation Planning in North Carolina
Transportation planning in North Carolina took a wrong turn in 1987 when the General Assembly approved a controversial piece of legislation known as the Map Act. The Map Act gave the North Carolina...
View ArticleA Fork in the Road for Transportation Funding
Governments cannot realistically take enough money from citizens to pay for all the repairs and construction people say we need. The American Society of Civil Engineers estimated an unmet need of $1.1...
View ArticleThe End of the Road for the Map Act
At long last, the North Carolina General Assembly has finally repealed a controversial piece of legislation known as the Map Act. As I explained in a previous Legal Update: Transportation planning in...
View ArticleThe NCDOT budget is full of cracks, potholes, and detours
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has long had the worst budget in state government. The agency receives appropriations in a year, counts each dollar based on general purposes,...
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