Appropiate Roads.

2050: The End of I-787? By 2050, the highway will reach it's end of life span, giving Albany a chance to think about it's future infrastructure. [October 5, 2010]

Arteries as Art II. More playing with the Census Street lines, this time thinner and without labels. [October 18, 2011]

Cities are for Two-Ton Steel Ants. Aerial pictures of the City of Albany prove the true purpose of our urban areas today. [January 22, 2011]

Four Lanes is Enough. Overly obese roads do not serve drivers or our transporation policy well. [December 29, 2010]

How NY State is Connected By Roads. An artistic look at the road systems surrounding the major cities of New York State, and various interconnections between different roads. [September 16, 2011]

State Office Campus: Childhood Dreams, Adult Nightmares. Reflecting back on what my views for the future once where, along with the long past visions of a state. [March 2, 2011]

The Race for (Automobile) Space. The late Mayor Erastus Corning II in 1969, had some stark words for our cities as we struggle for balance with the automobile. [February 20, 2011]

Where I Want to Drop A Rather Large Boulder. Many days I think it would be fun to drop a rather large, car size boulder on Albany's Circle Stack to see where it would roll. [May 11, 2011]

Automobile Industry.

Cloverleafs of the Capital Region. Several of the regions highways that form cloverleafs as artwork. [March 25, 2011]

Bicycles.

Make Albany More Bike Friendly. The city could do much to make it's roads more friendly to bikes and getting around without oil. [May 4, 2007]

Cars.

An 'Idle' Myth. Idling doesn't really consume that much fuel for the individual driver but it adds up. [June 8, 2010]

Cars are an Investment in Pleasure. Sure they aren't going to make you money, but they can make you happy. [May 8, 2011]

Does Living in a Rural Area Mean a Longer Commute in NY State? Despite popular wisdom and longer-distance commuting tendencies around State Capitol, most rural New Yorkers have relatively short, quick commutes. [October 16, 2011]

How Much Cleaner Our Cars Are Today. Despite the battles over emission controls over the years, cars are much cleaner today. [June 2, 2010]

Spending Most Our Lives in Cars. Most Americans have no idea how many hours of their lives are wasting driving their cars around. [January 27, 2011]

Table: Math of Gas Prices. Exactly how much does one mile of driving cost you for in gasoline in your car? [April 26, 2012]

When the Big Red-era Comes to An End. Higher fuel prices and climate change might mean in a decade fun toys like Big Red might be little more then a memory. [May 22, 2012]

Why I Love Automobiles So Much. They may be polluting and noisey, but they are the best way to escape our cities. [August 24, 2011]

Why I Will Never Own a Foreign Car. Foreign cars made mean your handing over money to foreign governments and to factories without worker representation. [January 4, 2011]

Why Not Make Electrically-Powered "Trolley" Cars and Trucks? It might make a lot of sense to use wires to deliver power rather then batteries to electric cars and trucks, and would not create weight limits. [April 15, 2011]

Energy.

Math of Toughening MPG Standards. Some tables of what the changes in MPG standards will mean for costs and efficency. [January 10, 2011]

Overemphasis on MPG. While we should care about MPG, but our livestyle choices are more important. [September 10, 2007]

Why I Really Don't Care Much About Gas Prices. Not driving to work regularly, the high cost of fuel doesn't effect me. [May 22, 2008]

Highway Design.

Abandoning Highways in NY State: Laws and Case Law. Laws and court cases relating to abandoning and closing off county and local highways. [May 6, 2011]

Adirondack Northway's Taken Forest Preserve Lands. Building the Adirondack Northway required the condemnation of 254 acres of state forest as seen on Google Maps. [March 15, 2010]

America's Freeway Exit Mentality . Many Americans seem to think that if a road doesn't have an exit to a town, it must not exist. [August 12, 2010]

Breakdown Lanes. Such lanes distract from senic beauty, encourage aggressive driving. [June 15, 2009]

Delaware Avenue Reconstruction Is Polluting the Hudson River. The expansion of non-porous imprinted medians between the sidewalk is troublesome. [December 31, 1969]

EarthCam: Lake Champlain Bridge Arch Lifting. A series of photos snapped by EarthCam as Champlain Bridge was lifted on Friday. [August 29, 2011]

NY Builds Remarkably Good Highways. Few state highways besides those in New York let you drive 55 MPH safely. [September 14, 2009]

Off-Street Urban Parking. There is a compelling case for all housing to include an off-street parking component. [May 9, 2011]

Some of NY's Most Overpowered Roads. Absurd roads that where built in hope or false beliefs of the politicians of 1960s and 1970s. [September 25, 2009]

Stoplights on Posts Are Safer. Overhead traffic lights keep people looking in the wrong place. [June 9, 2009]

There Needs to Be an Old Forge Bypass. An Old Forge Bypass would allow traffic to bypass this highly congested area. [August 5, 2010]

Public Transit.

A Fear of CDTA. I don't understand what's so terrible about riding the bus. [July 9, 2008]

CDTA Albany Route Restructuring Plan Comments. Comments are due today for the proposed CDTA Albany Bus Restructuring Plan. [July 21, 2011]

CDTA Should Extend STAR To Everyone. Creating a demand-response program for off-peak services makes a lot more sense then running empty buses. [January 7, 2011]

Comments on CDTA Bethlehem Transit Reorganization Plan. Public comments I plan to submit on the transit reorganization plan for Southern Suburbs. [January 25, 2011]

Public Transit Has Low Ridership Locally. Some low-income urban neighborhoods rely heavily on transit, however most areas are still highly automobile dependent. [October 20, 2011]

Road Construction.

One Year After the Lake Champlain Bridge Demolition. Observations on the ferry and replacement bridge construction at Crown Point. [December 27, 2010]

Paying My Respects to the Lake Champlain Bridge. Thousands came to witness sad and wintry end to the historic span across Lake Champlain. [December 29, 2009]

Safety.

Speed Cameras. There is much talk about redlight cameras, but not life-saving speed cameras. [October 26, 2009]

Thanks to Bus Drivers; Truck Drivers in the Snow. It's great that despite the inclement weather trucks continue to deliver, and bus drivers take us to work. [January 11, 2011]

Trains.

Youtube: Old Steam Locomotives. For something fun this Friday, I decided to pick out some old steam locomotive videos to watch. [February 25, 2011]