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dan-vock

Daniel C. Vock

Staff Writer

Dan is Governing’s transportation and infrastructure reporter. Dan developed a deep knowledge of government generally, and of states specifically, as a reporter for the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and for Stateline. He has a master’s degree in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois Springfield and a bachelor’s degree in English and German from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

The water crisis in Michigan highlighted major problems with not just federal regulations but the way localities enforce them. That's all likely to change soon.
The proposals could reshape several large U.S. cities for decades to come -- if they pass.
Washington, D.C., will be the first U.S. city to let a European company test its technology that replaces delivery drivers.
Smaller communities are increasingly adopting bike-sharing programs. But they look a lot different than those in big cities.
The Ohio capital beat out 77 other cities, including techie San Francisco, with its plans to use technology to solve transportation problems.
Sometimes the most efficient thing to do is to not do something.
Slow to build and expensive to operate, streetcars could be the most maligned mode of transportation in America. Still, cities keep building them.
States haven’t been the willing political partners President Obama once hoped they would be. He’s found some ways to work around that.
As the gas tax brings in less and less revenue, states are watching Oregon and California as they experiment with different ways to charge by mile.
Seattle’s struggle to attract riders reveals what makes a bike-share program thrive -- or in the Emerald City’s case, barely survive.