Neal Peirce (citistates.com)

I’d spend more time criticizing the Times editorial page if I hadn’t stopped paying much attention to it.  Still, I have to applaud them for continuing to carry Neal Peirce on their op-ed page.  He’s a nationally syndicated columnist who continues to churn out forward thinking pieces on transit and land use.

In yesterday’s column, Peirce tells us that USDOT and HUD are going to work together to consolidate transportation and land use policies.  As someone who’s been in several large organization, I’ll say that kind of cross-agency coordination almost never happens, and these are two subjects that deserve to go together.  We’ll see what comes of it, but it’s a very promising sign.  Check out the whole column.