Highways

Only in the last 10 years has map production evolved from the esoteric territory of cartographers and geographers to desktop computers. Today, even someone with limited geographic literacy and computer…

Much has been written about America’s love affair with the automobile. That’s why Nieman Reports is devoting the bulk of this edition to highways. What has been overlooked has been…

WASHINGTON—April 24, 1997. Steve Wellington of Mesa, Ariz., tells the Senate Commerce Committee how an 80,000-pound double trailer truck killed his eight-month pregnant wife, Cathy, and seriously injured four of…

Why Do Newspapers Get So Close to Politicians On the Federal Transportation Bill?

How a City Integrated Art Into Its Infrastructure

Is the Glass One-Quarter Full or Three-Quarters Empty?

In the months before Utah began rebuilding its major north-south interstate, a public relations firm chose “’Satch” to guide motorists through the coming years of highway turmoil. Named after the…

The Unappreciated World of Highway Finance

Roads triggered rage long before obscenities and gunfire encroached on the daily urban commute, especially in the vast and empty landscapes of the American West. Good roads are still rare…

In all the years that Al Foster has lived in northern Michigan, every one who knows the 69-year-old dairy farmer describes him as tough, respected and rational. Foster, the supervisor…