Chicago Resident's Views Both Reinforce and Surprise Earlier this month, the New York Times and the Kaiser Family Foundation conducted a survey of 1,123 Chicago residents aged 18 and over, randomly selected, to gather information of their current views toward their...
Transportation
Midwestern College Students & Staff Show Support for Intercity Rail Passenger Service
Recent Survey Reveals Evidence of Untapped Demand for Passenger Rail The Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission recently conducted a survey of students, staff, and faculty at 30 Midwestern colleges and universities. The institutions reside in nine states, and...
Infrastructure Digest: Investments and Policy in Our Cities and States
MuniNet Guide provides some of the more notable news stories relating to state and local infrastructure investments, involving transportation, environmental sustainability, energy, and economic development. High-Speed Rail Board to Weigh in on Revised...
Texas Transportation Commission Issues $615 Million in Highway Improvement Bonds
Featured Municipal Bond in the Market, Week of 04/18/2016 The Texas Transportation Commission is scheduled to issue a $615 million bond, backed by the full faith and credit of the State of Texas, the week of April 18, 2016. The Commission has issued and preliminary...
Slow Descent: How Economic and Regulatory Factors Are Changing the Regional Airline Industry and the Potential Effect on the Nation’s Airports
by Peter Stettler Over the past ten to 15 years the major domestic network airlines have relied on regional airline partners to efficiently serve smaller and mid-sized airports across the nation. Lately the advantages of the regional airline model have begun to wane...
Worth the Walk: Investments in Active Transportation Infrastructure Provide Local Economic Benefits.
by Jeffrey L Garceau Residents of many major cities have become accustomed to seeing bicycle lanes on their streets and bicycle sharing services popping up in their neighborhoods, in an attempt to accommodate and foster non-motorized travel. People with concerns about...
Laboratories of Democracy: Oregon’s Mileage-Tax
by Jeffrey L Garceau In 2006, MuniNet Guide featured an article on a pilot program in Oregon testing an alternative means of taxing drivers for using Oregon’s roads. The participants had a global positioning device installed in their car, which determined the mileage...
Tri-State Transportation under the Spotlight, in More Ways than One
Market Outlook Call it the “Sneaky Muni Rally.” If last year saw a perfect storm of negative technical and fundamental factors, the situation seems to have reversed in the new year, at least thus far. Since the holidays, building on the firmer tone in Treasuries and...
Bus Rapid Transit Heads into the Fast Lane in Chicago
The Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) recently released a report entitled, “Chicago’s New Route to Opportunity,” a two-pronged call to action based on over a year’s worth of research on bus rapid transit systems. The MPC recommendation not only calls for investment...