Georgetown Public Policy Review
Policy Shaping Our Future
by Matthew Butram Los Angeles is the classic example of a city fixed on car culture. Although it is the second-largest metropolitan area in the country, its public transportation system was ranked fourth in ridership in 2004 – lower than the significantly smaller Washington, and only barely edging out Boston.
by Matthew Butram Sep. 9, 2006 was an unhappy day for many advocates of urbanization in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C. Even as plans moved forward on the Washington Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s proposed extension out to Dulles International Airport (popularly referred to as the “Silver Line”), the federal government flexed its financial muscle and […]