Ryan Holeywell

Recent Articles

• The "Metropolitan Revolution" and the Changing Role of Cities
• Jun 18, 2013
• Why cities and their leaders could wind up mattering more than Washington.

• Don't Get Too Excited About State Surpluses
• Jun 13, 2013
• A new report forecasts that most states will end the fiscal year in the black. But it may be too early to celebrate.

• Some Furious over Faster Speed Limits
• Jun 7, 2013
• In the last few months, lawmakers in four states have voted to increase speed limits. Studies show doing so doesn't cause more accidents, but critics say it makes them more severe.
• 30 Comments

• LaHood: Expect "Big" Announcement from Obama on Transportation Funding
• Jun 4, 2013
• Transportation stakeholders have become increasingly vocal in recent years over the disconnect between the president's lofty rhetoric about the need to invest and his lack of serious policy proposals on the matter.
• 2 Comments

• Why do Lieutenant Governors Keep Quitting?
• Jun 2, 2013
• Three lieutenant governors -- in Florida, Massachusetts and Nebraska -- have resigned in the last four months.

• 2 Men Responsible for Bringing Businesses to Detroit
• Jun 1, 2013
• Civic leaders say the automakers will continue to play a major role in the local economy, but Detroit must diversify.

• 10 People Who Could Help Save Detroit
• May 31, 2013
• Meet ten people who will play a critical role in rebuilding the Motor City, a place abandoned by its residents, plagued with high crime, stuck with the nation’s highest unemployment rate, and under the state’s control.
• 32 Comments

• Pennsylvania County Launches Infrastructure Bank
• May 30, 2013
• Dauphin County's program is the first county infrastructure bank in Pennsylvania, and one of the first in the country.
• 5 Comments

• A New Kind of Bike Share
• May 27, 2013
• As New York City rolls out its bike-share program, Hoboken, N.J., is debuting its own that could offer a new way cities -- both large and small -- can encourage bicycling.

• Collapse Not Example of Crumbling Infrastructure
• May 24, 2013
• The Washington bridge that collapsed and sent two cars into the river may have been too small for today's traffic, but experts say it wasn't an investment issue.
• 6 Comments

• Amtrak CEO Joe Boardman to Stay On
• May 23, 2013
• The move comes at a time when Congress is preparing to develop its long-term passenger rail bill.

• Transportation Nominee Foxx Sails Through Easy Hearing
• May 22, 2013
• The Charlotte mayor didn't face many hardball questions from senators.

• Rail Subcommittee Questions Value of Amtrak's Long-Haul Routes
• May 21, 2013
• As passenger rail legislation expires this fall, those money-losing routes could be in the cross hairs of House Republicans.
• 3 Comments

• Rail Subcommittee Questions Value of Amtrak's Long-Haul Routes
• May 21, 2013
• As passenger rail legislation expires this fall, those money-losing routes could be in the cross hairs of House Republicans.
• 3 Comments

• The Next Stop in Public Transit Advertising: Audio
• May 20, 2013
• In an effort to increase revenue, transit agencies are working to find new twists to old advertising methods.