Transportation links of the morning
2013-04-30 14:10:32.676977+00 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
A couple from Twitter this morning that I don't have the time to dig deep on right now:
BBC: 'Dutch roundabouts' could be seen in London next year, they've got an extra loop on the outside for bicycles. First blush seems kind of scary to have perpendicular traffic on the exits, but I'd like to see the safety and efficacy studies.
Business Week: The pampered world of congressional air travel. The whole piece is a bit overblown, but one thing leaped out:
At Washington’s Reagan National Airport, they have their own special parking spaces—right up close to the terminal—that they don’t even have to pay for. As Bloomberg Television’s Hans Nichols reports, this perk costs the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority $738,760 in foregone revenue. (The best part of this clip, though, is seeing Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky haul ass to get away from Bloomberg’s cameraman.)
Anyone who's read Shoup understands why free parking has a very very high cost...