Mike Chaney
@ForecastTravelTransportation planner & travel demand forecaster posting and RTing items I find interesting.
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"The growth in most rural counties is from the combination of two trends: a slowdown in the rate at which people had been leaving rural counties since 2020 & relatively steady in-migration from urban counties"
USPS change-of-address data: "Almost all rural counties (84%) saw less population loss from out-migration in the pandemic years than they had in 2017–18, & that decline continued through March 2023" ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/20…
The @TxDOT seeks feedback on a new statewide active #transportation plan; aiming to connect a statewide web of trails & paths to #transit services. AASHTO DTU: bit.ly/3wzMXPe bit.ly/3yiXOxs
The longstanding plan to connect #Texas' two largest cities with a bullet train #hsr has support from political leaders in the U.S. and Japan, where the high-speed technology was developed. #Amtrak continues to explore the idea. HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/infra…
In a shocking 9-0 decision, the US Supreme Court this morning ended California's post-Prop-13 era of insanely high fees on housing development. Now it's up to housing advocates to remake fee law in their own image. latimes.com/politics/story…
Not a very clear view but clear enough to know things are not good on I-40 and I-55 heading toward Memphis. No wrecks, just residual Eclipse traffic. Please be patient.
Federal Courts in both TX and KY have now ruled that FHWA lacks the statutory authority to impose a Biden administration greenhouse gas (GHG) performance mandate on state transportation departments. ARTBA CEO Dave Bauer issued the following statement:
16% of New Yorkers primarily work from home – but this goes up to 25% in Manhattan, and even higher in some neighborhoods (35% in Park Slope and 32% on the Upper East Side) NYC is actually a low WFH overall — Seattle, DC, SF, and even Charlotte have >30% wfh shares in 2022
Hard feelings at @HouGalvAreaCog : Regional transportation board drops proportional voting talk, jeopardizing Houston participation houstonchronicle.com/politics/houst…
Computer issues are disrupting Amtrak, NJ Transit, and SEPTA service on the Northeast Corridor. trains.com/trn/news-revie…
Video taken minutes after two #BART trains derailed outside #OrindaStation today. Minor injuries reported.
Nearly 10,000 rail cars are being held on both sides of the border. Union Pacific is doing everything possible to stage trains and work with customers to prevent congestion at the border. The longer this closure is in effect, the more difficult it will be for cross-border trade…
1/Today, @JakeSullivan46 was asked about the attacks in the #RedSea and the announced diversions of container lines - @Maersk @MSCCargo @HapagLloydAG? He left it to the companies to speak for themselves. The answer appears to be in an op-ed in @LloydsList
El Paso MPO (TPB) will hold a meeting on Friday October 20, 2023, at 9:30am Download the TPB Agenda: elpasompo.org/TPBMinutesandA……If you wish to participate on public Comment please call 915-212-0258 or email menriquez@elpasompo.org to sign up prior to the meeting #ElPasoMPO_TPB
Everyone blaming the homeless for the fire that took out I-10 in LA. How about the fact that there is a god damn palette storage under the bridge. How the hell was that allowed?
For Day 9 of #30DayMapChallenge: Hexagons, interactive 3D hexagonal binning of health care jobs across over 150k Census blocks in Texas using #rstats, deck.gl, and the {rdeck} package Data comes from the 2020 LODES dataset and the {lehdr} package by…
Yesterday, Houston voted resoundingly to either force H-GAC to switch to population-proportional representation, or see Houston exit the MPO altogether. Big implications for the future of regional planning in the metropolis. houstonchronicle.com/politics/houst…
Houston amends residential development requirements to promote walkability, affordable housing expansion houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/…
A new study of minimum lot size regulations finds that—in general—stricter rules reduce densities by 11%, increase home sizes by 4%, increase lot sizes by 28%, and raise housing prices by ~$30,000. Policymakers must reevaluate these mandates. nber.org/papers/w31710?…
Cargo truck operations at an El Paso, Texas, port of entry have been temporarily suspended as West Texas border agents shift to immigration duties amid an influx of migrants attempting to cross into the U.S. freightwaves.com/news/cbp-halts…
The number of people living in non-metro areas outgrew the urban population for the first time in 3 decades: “There’s a lot of resentment. There’s bumper stickers that say ‘Montana’s full’ or ‘Don’t California my Montana’” bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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