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• 2009

• Nov 20: Carlyle Group’s New Infrastructure Public-Private Partnership: Donuts 0
• Nov 19: Pelosi: Passing a Wall Street Transport Tax Would Require Overseas Buy-in 0
• Nov 19: A Warning From America’s Cities: The Recession Has Only Just Begun to Hit 1
• Nov 19: ‘This Needs Attention’: Senators Seek Shot in the Arm on Transportation 1
• Nov 18: Streetsblog Capitol Hill Q&A: Four Questions For Rob Puentes 1
• Nov 18: Oil-Centric Houston to Experiment With (Coal-Powered) Electric Cars 1
• Nov 18: General Electric Inks High-Speed Rail Deal With Chinese Government 0
• Nov 17: Introducing the Samuelson Gas Tax Increase: A Penny Every Month 1
• Nov 16: Obama Administration’s Transit Safety Rules to Eventually Apply to Buses 0
• Nov 16: Feds Propose to Expand Opportunities for Biking and Walking to Transit 0
• Nov 16: Hesitation and Praise Greet Obama Administration’s Transit Safety Plan 1
• Nov 13: Coal-Burning Electric Utilities Still Commanding Dem Senators’ Attention 3
• Nov 12: Which is the Fastest-Rising U.S. Emissions Source: Transport or Electricity? 0
• Nov 12: Report: After MN Collapse, Bridge Repair Got Just 11% of D.C. Earmarks 2
• Nov 12: White House to Agencies: Prepare for Broad Spending Freeze or 5% Cut 0
• Nov 11: Senate to Take Up Mysterious ‘Jobs Bill’ — Is Infrastructure in the Mix? 0
• Nov 11: Meet the Obama Administration’s New Clean Energy Loan Man 0
• Nov 11: Chrysler: Taking Taxpayer Money and Running Away From Cleaner Cars 0
• Nov 10: Clinton’s Budget Director Backs Congestion Pricing, VMT Tax 1
• Nov 10: Grassley: ‘Two or Three Other’ Republicans Open to Climate Change Deal 0
• Nov 10: Why Urban Residents Have a Bone to Pick With Vitter and Bennett 3
• Nov 09: The Wall Street Transportation Tax: Predictably Unpopular On Wall Street 1
• Nov 09: New Report Maps the Gap Between Pedestrian Risks and Federal Safety Aid 4
• Nov 06: ‘The Concrete is Cracking’: Front-Loaded New Transport Bill Gains Steam 0
• Nov 05: How Important is a United Front on the Climate Bill? 1
• Nov 05: Boxer Okays Senate Climate Bill, Without Amendments or GOP 0
• Nov 04: Amtrak, Virginia Railway Express, and the Future of Privately Run Transit 0
• Nov 04: Congress Set to Double the Size of Sprawl-Centric Home Buyer’s Tax Credit 0
• Nov 04: Kerry: There’s a Narrow Window For GOP Cooperation on Pricing Pollution 0
• Nov 03: Senate Democrats Poke Holes in GOP’s Climate Change ‘Boycott’ 0
• Nov 03: Buffett’s Bet on Burlington: What Does it Mean for Transport and Energy? 2
• Nov 02: To Limit Distracted Driving, Congress Leans Toward a Carrot-Stick Combo 0
• Oct 29: Inhofe Blasts Transport Bill Inaction That Comes From His Own Party 0
• Oct 29: A Republican Returns to Congress With A Map to Transportation Reform 2
• Oct 28: Senior Dems Release New Distracted Driving Bill as LaHood Testifies 1
• Oct 28: Transportation Policy Becomes the Proverbial Tree Falling in the Forest 0
• Oct 28: Philly Mayor Tells Senate: Climate Bill Can Help Make Cities Greener 2
• Oct 27: Transport Policy Update: Senate to Pass 6-Month Extension This Week 0
• Oct 27: Feds Gambled More on Electric Cars in 6 Months Than Transit Gets All Year 5
• Oct 26: How Bus Transit Can Help the Auto Industry 0
• Oct 26: GOP Senators Protest Evaluating the Climate Impacts of Transport Projects 1
• Oct 26: Senate Climate Bill Triples the House’s Investments in Clean Transportation 0
• Oct 23: Senate Signals 6-Month Delay for Transport Bill — But Will the House Agree? 0
• Oct 23: Obama: Climate Pessimism More Dangerous Than Climate Deniers 1
• Oct 22: Transit Creates As Many Jobs As Roads — But it Could Do Even Better 0
• Oct 22: The ‘Infrastructure Condo’ That Could Help Make High-Speed Rail Happen 8
• Oct 22: Seeking Stimulus Money For Bike Sharing, D.C. Looks Beyond Cutting CO2 2
• Oct 21: GOPers Re-Name the Climate Bill Again: Now It’s a ‘Gas Tax’! 1
• Oct 21: The Top 10 States for Energy Efficiency — And Some Surprising Achievers 0
• Oct 20: 16 Cities That Are Leading the Way in the Climate Change Fight 0
• Oct 20: The Political Climate That Makes Transportation Reform Run 0
• Oct 19: New Study Shows $56 Billion in Hidden Health Damage from Autos 0
• Oct 16: Transportation Allowances in the Climate Bill: A Tale of Two Modes 0
• Oct 16: Transport Debate Still Stalled As Oberstar Decries ‘Lack of Political Will’ 0
• Oct 15: The Oversight Gap in Team Obama’s High-Speed Rail Plan 0
• Oct 14: What Washington Can Do For — And Alongside — Metro Area Planners 0
• Oct 13: Obama Ally Breaks With White House on Timing of New Transport Bill 0
• Oct 09: How Congress Can Help Create Suburbia 2.0 0
• Oct 09: Bush DOT Chief Urges More Transport Tech Funding 2
• Oct 08: When $1 Billion Doesn’t Buy What it Used To — And When it Does 0
• Oct 08: Two More Senate Dems Back Plan to Devote Climate Money to Transit 0
• Oct 07: BART Signs Deal to Upgrade Transit Technology 0
• Oct 07: Obama’s Engaged With Transit More in 9 Months than Bush Did in 8 Years 0
• Oct 07: Team Obama Adviser: Here’s How to Make Sustainability Mainstream 0
• Oct 06: White House Urban Affairs Chief: Promising Words But Little Hint of a Plan 0
• Oct 06: Is a Bigger Transportation Bill — This Year — Back on the Table? 0
• Oct 05: LaHood: “If You Don’t Want an Automobile, You Don’t Have to Have One” 3
• Oct 05: The Dirty Secret of Coal Ash: It’s in Our Roads 3
• Oct 05: Congress’ Transport Impasse Hits States — and Not Just Their Road Funds 0
• Oct 02: Killing the Myth of the ‘More Shovel-Ready’ Road Stimulus, Part II 0
• Oct 01: Obama Bans Texting While Driving for Guv Workers — And There’s More 0
• Oct 01: GOP Blocks Plan to Use Bailout Fund to Preserve $8.7B in Transport Money 0
• Sep 30: Senate Passes One-Month Extension of Transport Law … For Now 0
• Sep 30: Senate Climate Bill Released With Much Fanfare, Little Focus on Transport 0
• Sep 29: Senate Climate Bill Leaks: The Good News and Bad News for Transport 0
• Sep 29: Report: Feds Subsidize Parking Six Times as Much as Transit 6
• Sep 24: Deja Vu: Congress Could Put Off Deal on Transport Bill Until Next Month 1
• Sep 22: Business Lobby to Senate: No, Stimulus Won’t Do Enough for Transport 0
• Sep 22: New Report: 10% Transit Growth Would Help Meet House Climate Target 0
• Sep 22: Oberstar’s 3-Month Transport Bill Extension Heading to House Floor 0
• Sep 21: Obama Administration Sends $100M in Stimulus Aid to 43 Transit Agencies 2
• Sep 18: Boxer Reminds Metrolink: Train Crew Members Shouldn’t Ride Solo 2
• Sep 18: High-Speed Rail Routes and the Looming Choice Among ‘Megaregions’ 2
• Sep 17: Oberstar to Back 3-Month Delay in Transport Bill As Soon As Next Week 1
• Sep 17: Pro-Tea Party Republican’s Angry Letter to D.C. Metro: Read it in Full 7
• Sep 17: Warner Scores a (Small) Win for White House’s Transportation Agenda 0
• Sep 16: Klobuchar & Webb: Dems’ Unlikely Opponents of Bike-Ped Investment 4
• Sep 16: New Investigation Finds 2,100 Transport Lobbyists Working the System 0
• Sep 15: More on McCain’s Anti-Transit and Coburn’s Anti-Bike Amendments 0
• Sep 15: The New White House Fuel Efficiency Rule: Count the Loopholes 0
• Sep 14: Planetizen Unveils Its Top 100 Urban Thinkers 0
• Sep 14: Santa Cruz Non-Profit Now Offers Ride Insurance to Car-Free Commuters 3
• Sep 14: Oberstar Stands Firm on Transportation Bill, Gets Industry Backup 0
• Sep 14: McCain’s Transit Hit List: Get the Details 0
• Sep 11: Department of Energy Gets Basic Math Wrong in its Rail Analysis 0
• Sep 11: White House Tells Senate: Grants No Substitute For Infrastructure Bank 0
• Sep 10: The ‘Movie Ticket’ Theory of Transportation Pricing 0
• Sep 10: Did Oberstar Admit There Won’t Be a Transportation Bill This Year? 0
• Sep 10: Consensus on National Transport Goals Still Eludes Industry Pros 0
• Sep 09: How Much Would Most People Pay For a Shorter Commute? 4
• Sep 09: Dodd Stays at Helm of Transit Panel — But at a Cost to Climate Bill? 1
• Sep 08: Compromise or Concession: Congress Faces Tough Transport Choices 0
• Sep 03: Mmmm, This ‘Pork’ Sounds Tasty: Senators Serve Up Transit Aid 0
• Sep 03: Feds Still Forcing Transit Agencies to Bow to Private Charter Buses 0
• Sep 02: Killing the Myth of the ‘More Shovel-Ready’ Road Stimulus 0
• Sep 02: U.S. DOT to Stop Rewarding Transit Projects That Use Private Contracts 0
• Sep 01: ‘Clunkers’ Consequences: GM Sales Down, Ford Gas-Guzzlers Up 2
• Sep 01: New Poll: Public Supports Congestion Tolling Over Gas Tax Hike by 2 to 1 5
• Aug 31: EPA Chief Urges a More Urban Environmentalism to Fight Climate Change 1
• Aug 31: Senator Dukakis? What the Loss of Kennedy Could Mean for Transport Policy 0
• Aug 21: Know Your Transportation Lobbyists: The American Trucking Association 0
• Aug 20: Stimulus Spotlight: Oregon’s Solar Highway 0
• Aug 20: As “Cash for Clunkers” Sputters, a Privately Funded Spinoff Picks Up 1
• Aug 19: “Cash for Clunkers” Coming to a Close? 0
• Aug 19: Crunching June Stimulus Numbers: Roads Create Pricier Jobs Than Transit 0
• Aug 18: Transit Cuts Report Underscores Cities’ Congressional Influence Gap 1
• Aug 17: Tracking Transport Subsidies: As Tough as Following the Stimulus Money 0
• Aug 17: Could Ending the ‘War on Drugs’ Help Ease Urban Budget Crises? 0
• Aug 14: Could Electric-Car Tax Credits Become the Next “Cash for Clunkers”? 1
• Aug 14: Report: Boxer ‘Sympathetic to’ Backers of More Climate Money for Transit 1
• Aug 13: Obama Administration Touts Nation’s First All-Electronic Toll Road in N.C. 0
• Aug 12: Transport Construction Industry Mobilizes for Oberstar’s Bill 0
• Aug 12: Ed Glaeser’s Rail Fail 0
• Aug 11: A Progress Report on State-Level Oil Dependence 1
• Aug 11: Senate’s New DOT Spending Bill Eases One Transit Funding Barrier 3
• Aug 10: The Peculiar Federalism of Transit Safety: No National Standards Exist 2
• Aug 06: Senators Propose $4 Billion for Transit-Oriented Development Grants 2
• Aug 06: Audit Finds U.S. DOT’s Transit Record-Keeping ‘Unreliable,’ ‘Inaccurate’ 0
• Aug 05: Lobby Firm Behind Climate Forgeries Helped Kill Higher CAFE Standards 0
• Aug 05: Portland’s Transport Research Guru Headed to Obama Administration 0
• Aug 04: AP: Obama Administration Won’t Release Full Data on ‘Cash for Clunkers’ 1
• Aug 04: Following ‘Cash for Clunkers’ with ‘Riches for Rail’ 1
• Aug 04: LaHood to Convene Texting-While-Driving Summit 1
• Aug 03: Separating Fact from Fiction on “Cash for Clunkers” 1
• Aug 03: Bailout Recipient Citigroup Gets Contract to Run ‘Cash for Clunkers’ 0
• Jul 31: House Quickly Sends $2 Billion More to ‘Cash for Clunkers’ 5
• Jul 30: McCain & Coburn: Let’s Make Roads Safer — by Slashing Safety Money 2
• Jul 30: Senate Debating House’s $7B Trust Fund Fix, With 4 GOP Amendments 0
• Jul 29: Senate Panel Backs $1.2B for High-Speed Rail, $1.2B Extra for Highways 0
• Jul 29: Four Senators Propose Pushing States to Ban Texting While Driving 1
• Jul 29: Your Burger or Your Car (And More Fun with False Dichotomies) 7
• Jul 28: How Soon Will Cutting Transportation Emissions Save Money? 0
• Jul 28: Oberstar to White House: On Emissions, Back Up Your Words With Action 0
• Jul 27: Make-or-Break Week for Transportation Begins on the Hill 0
• Jul 27: From the Dept. of Mixed Messages: LaHood Touts ‘Cash for Clunkers’ 1
• Jul 23: Lawmakers Pitch Transport Funding Ideas, From VMT to Freight Taxes 0
• Jul 22: Cardin & Carper Bullish on Transit’s Prospects in Senate Climate Bill 0
• Jul 21: Government Still Taking Hands-Off Approach to Cell Phoning While Driving 1
• Jul 21: Senate Agrees on $26.8 Billion Highway Trust Fund Rescue 1
• Jul 20: Know Your Road Lobbyists: The American Highway Users Alliance 1
• Jul 17: Transportation Reform Is Health Reform 0
• Jul 17: Five Down, Five to Go: Plan Linking Transit to Climate Bill Wins Sponsors 0
• Jul 16: Team Obama’s Transportation Chain of Command: “A Bit Complicated” 0
• Jul 15: White House Staying Quiet for Now on Transit’s Role in Climate Bill 1
• Jul 15: Lawmakers Cross Party Lines on Transpo Funding as Debate Rages 0
• Jul 14: Voinovich Joins House Dems in Saying No to Transpo Funding Stopgap 0
• Jul 13: Obama Talks Urban Policy as LaHood Seeks More Urban Transpo Money 0
• Jul 13: Transit Outsourcing Booms — But Are There Safety Trade-offs? 8
• Jul 10: Bachmann Says Walking and Biking Have Nothing to Do With Public Health 4
• Jul 09: Did Pelosi Just Side With Oberstar Over Obama on the Transpo Bill? 0
• Jul 09: Top 20 Metro Areas Get 28% of Road Stimulus, 61% of Transit Stimulus 0
• Jul 09: Boxer Delays Senate Climate Bill Until September 2
• Jul 08: Lawmakers Aim to Bring ‘Sustainable Communities’ From Talk to Action 0
• Jul 07: Senate Starts Climate Push With Nods to Jobs, Energy, and Transportation 0
• Jul 06: New Report on Old Roads Uses Old Assumptions 0
• Jul 02: Obama Administration’s Transportation Goals: Read Them Here 0
• Jul 01: Cities See Population Gains — But What About Political Power? 3
• Jun 30: EPA Okays Stronger Auto Emissions Standards Now in CA, 13 Other States 0
• Jun 30: Lawmakers Investigating the Resignation of Amtrak’s In-House Watchdog 0
• Jun 29: Report: States Used $6.6B in Stimulus Cash on New Roads, Not Repair 0
• Jun 29: House Climate Bill on Green Transpo: It’s Better Than You Thought! 2
• Jun 26: How Much Operating Aid is Your Local Transit Agency Getting? 0
• Jun 26: The Wall Street Tax Shelter That Crashed Your Local Transit Agency 0
• Jun 25: Boxer and Inhofe Agree: Transportation Policy Reform Can Wait 2
• Jun 24: Senate Poised to Move on Climate Bill 0
• Jun 24: Your Unlikely Reasonable Voice of the Day 1
• Jun 24: The High-Speed Rail Numbers Game: Is $13 Billion and 110 MPH Enough? 7
• Jun 24: House Dems Agree: Climate Bill Can Help Pay for Greener Transportation 0
• Jun 23: Sen Boxer Seeks Rail Safety Funds after DC Crash 0
• Jun 23: Flashback: Does the Government Owe Transportation $21 Billion? 1
• Jun 22: Wonk Alert: Download Oberstar’s Transportation Bill in Full 0
• Jun 22: New Report Quantifies Benefits of Adding Smarth Growth to Climate Bill 0
• Jun 19: House GOPers Propose Filling Trust Fund With Stimulus Money 0
• Jun 19: A National Infrastructure Bank By Any Other Name … 0
• Jun 18: House Transpo Leaders United — in Frustration With the White House 1
• Jun 18: Oberstar’s New Transportation Bill: Get The Highlights 0
• Jun 17: Senator Boxer Likes LaHood’s 18-Month Highway Trust Extension Plan 1
• Jun 17: LaHood Asks for 18-Month Extension of Four-Year-Old Transpo Law 0
• Jun 17: U.S. Dot Clocks High-Speed Rail at 110 MPH, Give or Take 4
• Jun 16: WHO Report Highlights Global Health Risk of Traffic 0
• Jun 16: GOP’s New Attack on Health Care Reform Bill: It Promotes Walking! 4
• Jun 16: Report: Cities Not Getting Their Share of Stimulus Transpo Money 0
• Jun 15: AARP Sends Its Transportation Priorities to Congress 0
• Jun 15: Oberstar to Release Transportation Outline Wednesday 0
• Jun 12: Congress Agrees to Keep Transit Operating Aid in War Bill 1
• Jun 12: We’re Not Just Driving Less, We’re Also Flying Less 5
• Jun 11: Rep Carnahan Steps up Push for Federal Help With Transit Operations 0
• Jun 10: When Will Oberstar’s Transportation Bill Drop? Place Your Bets Now 0
• Jun 09: Lawmakers Push for Federal Help With Transit Operating: Read the Letter 0
• Jun 09: GOP-ers and Dems Agree: Feds Need to Get Their Transpo Act Together 0
• Jun 08: House to Vote This Week on Weak ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Plan 1
• Jun 04: LaHood Vows to Avert Federal Transpo Bankruptcy and Pay For It 0
• Jun 04: Transit Planners to Congress: Please Figure Out How to Fund Us 0
• Jun 03: LaHood, Biden Meet with Governors on High-Speed Rail 0
• Jun 02: Obama’s Highway Chief: Wishy-Washy on Emissions? 0
• Jun 02: Bush Transpo Secretary’s Biggest Disappointment: Bush 1
• Jun 01: Solve the Congestion Crisis And Win $50,000 5
• May 29: Polly Trottenberg Tapped for Senior U.S. DOT Spot 0
• May 29: Sotomayor’s Eminent Domain Stance: What Does It Mean for Cities? 4
• May 28: Obama Keeps Roads Out of National Forests — For Now 1
• May 28: Flashback: Obama Once Led Push for ‘Complete Streets’ 0
• May 27: Why Buy More Trains if You Can’t Afford to Run Them? 3
• May 26: Infrastructure Bank Plan Gaining Attention and Momentum 2
• May 22: Recovery.org Tracks The Stimulus Faster Than The Guys Spending It 0
• May 21: LaHood: ‘About Everything We Do Around Here is Government Intrusion’ 0
• May 21: Senator Takes Hybrid Hummer on a Semi-Wild Ride 1
• May 20: Portland Congressman to George Will: Let’s Debate 3
• May 20: Transportation ‘Expert’: Long Commutes Are a Status Symbol 3
• May 19: The Long, Ugly Road to a Federal Transportation Plan 0
• May 18: Congress Reluctant to Shine Light on Transportation Earmarks 3
• May 18: Obama’s Energy Secretary Reclaims His Bicycle, For a Day 1
• May 18: Will: Government Shouldn’t Interfere — Except to Benefit Big Highways 2
• May 15: Congressional Climate Bill Includes ‘Complete Streets’ But Not CLEAN TEA 2
• May 15: National Geographic Reveals the World’s Transit Superstars 5
• May 14: Who Cares About the Highway Trust Fund? 0
• May 13: Senators Hear From Obama’s Transit Chief-in-Waiting 0
• May 13: Less Than One Percent of Transpo Stimulus Money Paid Out So Far 0
• May 12: A Federal Transportation Bill is Coming… But When? 0