Commentary

Transportation News Links

The American Dream Coalition has distributed another set of links to new materials and news articles on transportation:

Congestion, Safety & Driverless Cars (Podcast) — Randal O’Toole, Cato Institute
Privatizing Rest Stops Allows States to Serve Motorists and Increase Revenues — Ron Utt, Heritage

Tolled expressway touted as traffic solution — Cape Coral Daily Breeze, Florida

No Transportation Superprojects? No Problem — Autopia

Obama administration calls for federal regulation of rail lines — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

White House pushes rail safety standards that would affect DART — Dallas Morning News

Pollution from rail feared — Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Transit Agencies Favor Expensive Utopian Schemes Because It Validates Egos and Expands the Agency
— Outcomes, Not Intentions

South Davis light rail long on ideas, short of cash — Salt Lake Tribune

Sacramento Light Rail Expansion Gets $38 Million in House Bill — News10-ABC, California

Muni stabbing suspect is charged in 5th attack — San Jose Mercury News

Light Rail Confuses Drivers, Causes Crashes — KPHO-5, Phoenix

Sacramento light-rail train hits car; 1 injured — Sacramento Bee

Madison County Commission outlaws speed humps and speed tables — Al.com, Alabama