It’s been awhile since I’ve posted anything over at Bacon’s Rebellion. I read everything they post, and it’s definitely one of the best policy blogs in America. Other states should take note.
Jim Bacon muses on what’s wrong with the transportation budget after the Senate compromise:
Instead of feeding the driving ‘habit’ — the average Vehicle Miles Driven per licensed driver has increased 70 percent over the past 25 years — by continuously adding to capacity, it is clearer than ever that the Commonwealth must devise policies that enable people to drive less. In other words, it’s time to beginning managing transportation demand. And that means, above all else, changing the scattered, disconnected, low-density pattern of development that has prevailed in Virginia since the 1950s, and gotten increasingly worse with each passing decade.
Great post. Read it all!