Gasoline prices are on the rise. What can state and local officials do to help us get around without buying so many expensive gallons of gas?

Ah, the drive-in movie. A quintessential summer tradition. In 2004, Colorado-based New Belgium Brewery thought that everything about the drive-in was perfect—except the cars.

Check out this video about residents of Duluth, Minnesota who walk, bike, or take the bus instead of driving. If you’ve been there, you know it’s cold, snowy, and steep!

House Republican leaders were hit with a busload of criticism this winter when they announced a proposal to end a long-held practice of funding public transit projects using a portion of federal gas tax revenue.

After weeks of debate and months of work, the Senate voted 74-22 to pass a two-year transportation bill today—a big step in the right direction.

Yesterday, the U.S. Senate began its consideration of 30 mostly non-transportation-related amendments to the transportation bill, including amendments that would force the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline and kill science-based standards for incinerators and boilers that protect Americans from hazardous toxins.

The planned 15-mile Southwest Light Rail Line—expected to open in 2017—will include 18 stations between downtown Minneapolis and Eden Prairie, including stops in St. Louis Park, Hopkins, and Minnetonka. The project is next in line for development in the growing Twin Cities system of light rail and bus rapid transit lines. But to stay on track, the line needs state bonding this year.

4.11.12 // Learn more about the Southwest light rail project from public officials from Eden Prairie, Minnetonka, and Hopkins and why they think it’s so important.

A new poll commissioned by three area Chambers of Commerce shows that 61 percent of Minnesotans support funding the Southwest Light Rail with $25 million in bonding this year.

You may know about the flurry of action surrounding a new federal transportation bill that has consumed Washington over the last month. You may not know that this sudden urgency erupted 869 days after the current federal transportation bill officially expired.