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Posts by Elana Schor

• 2010

• Jun 01: AFL-CIO Flexing Its Muscle for Senate Transit Operating Aid Bill 0
• May 28: Cyclists Laud LaHood’s Bike-Ped Advocacy 0
• May 27: Bipartisan Ped Safety Amendment Hitches a Ride on House Auto Bill 0
• May 26: New Report Examines the Media’s Role in the Gas Tax Debate 0
• May 25: Eight Senate Dems Offer $2B Plan for Emergency Transit Operating Aid 0
• May 25: Tracing the Fault Lines Between Public and Private Transit Operators 0
• May 24: Feds to Start Scoring Transportation Potential of Housing Grant Applicants 0
• May 21: Four House Republicans Join Dems in Hailing LaHood’s Support for Bike-Ped 0
• May 20: APHA Tallies ‘Hidden Health Costs’ of Transportation Status Quo 0
• May 20: Transit Industry and State DOTs Agree: Senate Climate Bill Needs ‘Rewrite’ 0
• May 18: Ford Foundation to Send $200M to Local Transit-Oriented Development 0
• May 17: Behind the Transport Industry’s Lament About the Senate Climate Bill 0
• May 13: Dems, Obama Pushing Back Against Car Dealers’ Consumer Loophole 0
• May 13: Specter of Gas Tax Lingers as Rendell, Villaraigosa Push Infrastructure Bank 0
• May 07: U.S. DOT Proposes Giving Minority-Owned Firms Greater Shot at Contracts 0
• May 07: Arizona Nixes Speed-Limit Enforcement Cameras 0
• May 06: LaHood Answers GOP Critic, Soothes Dem Skeptic of Sustainability Budget 0
• May 05: EPA Adopting ‘Fix-it-First’ Infrastructure Policy — For Water 0
• May 05: Expectations for High-Speed Rail Coming Down to Earth 0
• May 05: Senate Dems Unveil Auto Safety Legislation 0
• May 04: New Analysis: 59% of Road Stimulus Went to Repair, 33% to New Capacity 0
• May 03: Obama Administration to Award $775M for Bus Transit Upgrades 0
• May 03: Massachusetts Republican Cuts a Bike Version of Scott Brown ‘Truck’ Ad 0
• Apr 30: GAO: Economic Recovery Benefits of ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Are ‘Uncertain’ 0
• Apr 29: Dem and GOP Senators Seek More Long-Term Rail Vision From Obama Aides 0
• Apr 29: Is the ‘Road Gang’ Losing Power in Washington? 0
• Apr 28: On Emissions, CA Lawmaker Questions Whether CA Should Lead the Way 0
• Apr 28: New Report Takes on ‘Perverse Incentives’ to De-Emphasize Bridge Repair 0
• Apr 27: Federal Transit Security Inspections: A Once-Every-Three Years Affair 0
• Apr 26: U.S. DOT Releases Rules for ‘TIGER II’ Grants, Bringing HUD on Board 0
• Apr 22: U.S. DOT Admits Status Quo Untenable, Vows to Cut Transport Emissions 0
• Apr 22: New Report Tracks Urban Transit Emissions — Where Does Your City Rank? 0
• Apr 22: State DOTs Mark Earth Day by Pressing a More Road-Centric ‘Livability’ 0
• Apr 21: Transit Industry Asks Congress to Quadruple Annual Security Funding 0
• Apr 21: Obama Aide Defends Transit Safety Plan as Different from Rail Rules 0
• Apr 21: Kerry on Senate Climate Bill: Federal Gas Tax is Staying at 18.4 Cents 0
• Apr 20: Could L.A.’s Transit Plan Become a Winning Campaign Issue for Boxer? 0
• Apr 19: Obama Energy Aide: ‘We Probably Saw Peak Demand for Gas … in 2007′ 0
• Apr 19: Detroit Residents Press EPA for Stronger Air Pollution Monitoring 0
• Apr 19: Former U.S. DOT Chief on the Worst-Case Scenario: 4 Years of Extensions 0
• Apr 16: Congress Approves Repayment for U.S. DOT Workers Furloughed by Bunning 0
• Apr 16: ‘Gas Tax’ Sounding Like a Four-Letter Word to the White House and Senate 0
• Apr 15: Senate GOP Continues to Resist Sanctions-Based Distracted Driving Rules 0
• Apr 15: The Gas Tax: A Trip Back in Legislative Time … 0
• Apr 15: Feds’ Record on Transport Public-Private Partnerships Prompts Skepticism 0
• Apr 14: Two Cities Exploring ‘Innovative Transport Financing’ For New Rail Lines 0
• Apr 14: Gillibrand Offers $1B Plan Backing Up White House on Local Food Outlets 0
• Apr 13: New Report Maps Link Between Overseas Transit Attacks and Domestic Risk 0
• Apr 13: Planner Calls For ‘Fight’ Against High-Speed Rail Sharing Track With Freight 0
• Apr 12: Transport Contractors Urge White House to Revamp Enviro Review Rules 0
• Apr 09: Nevada Becomes Newest Battleground in Mileage Tax Debate 0
• Apr 09: New Analysis Tracks 40 Years of Changes in How Kids Get to School 0
• Apr 08: Feds Stepping Up Enforcement of Distracted Driving Laws in Two Cities 0
• Apr 08: Federal Energy Forecast: Gas Nearing $3/Gallon, Fuel Consumption Up 0
• Apr 08: Who’s Afraid of Federal Action on Climate Change? 0
• Apr 07: Coming Soon to Popular Transport Stimulus Programs: Local Funding 0
• Apr 06: Would the New Senate Fuel Tax Deal a Death Blow to the Transport Bill? 0
• Apr 05: 8 Senate Dems Join Industry in a Gas-Tax Warning to Climate Bill’s Authors 0
• Apr 05: What Happened to the Proposed ‘Transportation Tax’ on Wall Street? 0
• Apr 02: New Survey: 84% of Transit Agencies Facing Fare Hikes, Service Cuts 0
• Apr 01: Final Obama Fuel-Efficiency Rule Gives Breaks to Electric, Luxury Cars 0
• Apr 01: New Report: Congress Should Boost Truck Efficiency by Raising Gas Tax 0
• Apr 01: Could Gas-Tax Bond Pay for Next Transportation Bill 0
• Mar 31: Wall Street Swaps Haunting Cities: How Many Transit Agencies Hold Them? 0
• Mar 31: As Minneapolis Joins NACTO, Oberstar Backs Shift on Transit Operating Aid 0
• Mar 31: New Poll: Support For Transit Expansion Transcends Rural-Urban Divide 0
• Mar 30: ‘A Dozen or So’ Senators Delay Passage of Oberstar’s Highway Funding Fix 0
• Mar 29: Oberstar Stays Optimistic About New Transport Bill in 2010 0
• Mar 26: New Stimulus Data: Road Funds 77% Under Contract, Transit at 74% 0
• Mar 25: Boxer Aims to Put TIGER-Type Program in Next Federal Transport Bill 0
• Mar 25: Transport and the Tea Party: How Conservatives Talk About the Gas Tax 0
• Mar 25: Home Builders Net More Than $2.6B From Tax Break in Stimulus Law 0
• Mar 24: Bids For Federal Streetcar Aid Top Available Money by Nearly Tenfold 0
• Mar 24: Feds Begin Redefining ‘Affordable Housing’ to Include Transport Costs 0
• Mar 24: EPA Drops Data Before GOP Forces Shutdown of Transportation Hearing 0
• Mar 23: Transit Operating Aid Bill Doesn’t Fly With Major Transit Lobby 0
• Mar 22: Senate Health Bill Approved: What it Means for Transportation 0
• Mar 22: Inhofe: California is Dictating to Feds on Auto Fuel Efficiency 0
• Mar 19: Transit Industry Group Adds a Caveat to Its Stance on Operating Aid 0
• Mar 19: Transport Fix to Jobs Bill Would Take $192M From CA, Send $76M to TX 0
• Mar 19: Inhofe Questions Transit and Bike-Ped Investments in House Transport Bill 0
• Mar 18: McCaskill Asks LaHood to ‘Put an End to’ Transportation Earmarks 0
• Mar 17: As Geithner Touts Infrastructure, Skepticism Persists on $4B ‘I-Fund’ Plan 0
• Mar 17: Villaraigosa Steps Up Case for Federal Investment in “30/10″ Transit Plan 0
• Mar 16: Brown Offers Senate Plan For More Federal Operating Aid to Local Transit 0
• Mar 16: Environmental Group Offers Congress a Map to Cleaner Freight 0
• Mar 16: House and Senate Split on Approach to Obama’s Transit Safety Plan 0
• Mar 15: LaHood Reaches Out to Transit Industry, Lamenting ‘Lousy Economy’ 0
• Mar 12: Is 2010 the Year for Federal Bike Aid? The Answer: A Big ‘Maybe’ 0
• Mar 11: U.S. DOT Cagey on Funding New Transport Bill as Senators Seek Solutions 0
• Mar 11: New House Jobs Bill Dominated by Direct Aid to Cities 0
• Mar 10: Goldman Sachs: Yes, Build America Bonds Are Good for Transport — And Us 5
• Mar 10: Could Transport Bill Inaction Hurt the White House’s Sustainability Push? 0
• Mar 09: U.S. Transit Trips Hit 10.2B in 2009, With Light Rail Up in Nine Cities 0
• Mar 09: Study: Clean-Car Subsidies Alone Can’t Meet White House’s Climate Goals 0
• Mar 09: Dodd Vows to Pass Livability Bill Amid Skepticism From Rural Senators 0
• Mar 04: House Set to Pass Jobs Bill With Changes, Prompting Another Senate Vote 0
• Mar 04: LaHood Faces Off With GOP Senator Over High-Speed Rail, Livability 1
• Mar 04: Moody’s Gifts Fossil-Fuel States With Positive Credit Outlook 1
• Mar 03: Senate Starts Work on New Transport Bill, With House Version as a Guide 0
• Mar 03: New Dem Campaign Brands Stimulus Critics as ‘Highway Hypocrites’ 0
• Mar 02: TCS: Disputed Transport Provision in Jobs Bill Rewarded Political Clout 0
• Mar 02: Transportation Filibuster Update: Bunning Won’t Yield to Fellow GOPer 0
• Mar 01: Could a New Kind of Fuel Tax Help Break the Senate Climate Deadlock? 0
• Mar 01: Federal Transportation Law Expired Over the Weekend: What’s Next? 1
• Feb 26: LaHood Backs Feingold’s Plan to Cancel Unspent Transport Earmarks 0
• Feb 26: The Big Question: What is the Purpose of Federal Transportation Spending? 0
• Feb 26: Deja Vu Again: One-Man Senate Filibuster Imperils Federal Transport Law 0
• Feb 24: Little-Known Provision in Senate Jobs Bill Could Spark House Resistance 0
• Feb 23: Obama Adviser: If EPA is Blocked on Emissions, Forget About CAFE Deal 3
• Feb 23: House Lawmakers Hail Transportation Stimulus — But Add Three Caveats 0
• Feb 22: U.S. DOT Offers Sample Distracted Driving Bill — With a Potential Loophole 1
• Feb 22: The Upside of GOP ‘Hypocrisy’ on Transportation Stimulus Grants 0
• Feb 19: New Analysis: Major Cities Still Shortchanged by Transportation Stimulus 0
• Feb 18: 17 Democrats Urge Reid: Don’t Forget Infrastructure in Your Jobs Push 0
• Feb 18: A Day After Their TIGER Win, Freight Railroads Carve Out More Turf 3
• Feb 17: Road and Transit Groups Join Boxer to Push for Senate Jobs Bill 0
• Feb 17: Who Lost Out in the Bid for a Piece of TIGER Transportation Stimulus? 0
• Feb 17: Freight Rail, Streetcars Are Tops in Stimulus’ TIGER Chase 0
• Feb 16: Study: Even in Car-Centric Atlanta, Transport Reform is Health Reform 1
• Feb 16: What’s Wrong With America’s Ambivalence About Crumbling Infrastructure? 1
• Feb 12: White House: Transit Inflation Outstripping Private Transportation 1
• Feb 12: White House Economic Report Touts TIGER, High-Speed Rail, Transit 0
• Feb 11: Bipartisan Senate Jobs Bill Has Highway Trust Fund Rescue But No TIGER 0
• Feb 11: D.C., VA, MD to Apply for Federal Aid as Snow Eats Into Transport Budgets 0
• Feb 10: AASHTO Stimulus Report Omits Jobs Data Comparing Transit With Roads 1
• Feb 10: The Gas Tax Versus a VMT Tax: Is ‘All of the Above’ an Option? 15
• Feb 09: First Lady Launches Childhood Obesity Push With Nod to Biking & Walking 1
• Feb 09: New Report Maps a High-Speed Rail Link For Every Major U.S. City 0
• Feb 08: Report: White House Budget Office Helped Weaken EPA Pollution Rule 0
• Feb 08: EPA and HUD Make Big Investments in Sustainable Development 0
• Feb 08: A Vow to ‘Bring Republicans to the Table’ for a New Transport Bill 0
• Feb 05: TIGER Grant Winners to be Announced By February 17 1
• Feb 04: Two Troubling Transportation Numbers for the Obama Administration 0
• Feb 04: Senate Dems to Call Up Jobs Bill Monday … With Transport Details TBA 0
• Feb 03: White House Pitches $400M for Healthier Neighborhood Food Outlets 1
• Feb 02: A Modest Proposal: Ask Developers to Help Pay For Better Transport 0
• Feb 02: How Can Transit Backers Sway Conservatives? Oberstar Joins the Debate 0
• Feb 02: U.S. DOT Names the Transit Projects Set for Federal Funding 0
• Feb 01: LaHood Talks Budget: “Very Bright” Future for Infrastructure Fund 1
• Feb 01: The White House Transportation Budget: What’s In Line for the Axe? 0
• Feb 01: White House Budget Includes $530M for Local Sustainability, $1B for HSR 0
• Jan 29: Biden Says High-Speed Rail Money Ignored Politics — Was He Right? 0
• Jan 29: The Urbanist Case Against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac 0
• Jan 28: White House Awards $2.3B for California High-Speed Rail 6
• Jan 28: A Bike-Ped State of the Union: 9.6% of Trips, 1.2% of Federal Funding 4
• Jan 28: New Report Links Homeowners’ Auto Dependence With Foreclosure Risk 1
• Jan 28: Obama Taps High-Speed Rail Winners: Florida, California, Illinois and More 3
• Jan 27: Transit Riders Launch Grassroots Lobbying Push in Dire Political Climate 0
• Jan 26: Oakland’s Stimulus Flap: A Shot Across the Bow for Transport Equity? 0
• Jan 26: Senate Weighs $14B for Roads, $7.5B for Transit in Jobs Bill 0
• Jan 26: Democrats Learning to Love the I-Word — But Will Words Bring Action? 0
• Jan 25: EPA Strengthens Nitrogen Dioxide Rules for First Time in 35 Years 0
• Jan 25: In Texas, One Newspaper Laments the Highway Lanes Not Built 2
• Jan 22: Obama Previews His New Budget’s Urban Policy Moves 0
• Jan 22: Feds on New Miami HOT Lanes: Good for Transit 6
• Jan 22: Defining the ‘Public’ in Public-Private Partnerships 0
• Jan 21: What if America’s Urban Economies Were National Ones? 3
• Jan 21: How Will Obama’s Sustainability Team Spend Its $150M? A Preview 0
• Jan 21: U.S. DOT Previews How New Transit Rules Could Define ‘Livability’ 1
• Jan 21: A Common Thread in the Home Buyer’s Tax Credit and ‘Cash for Clunkers’ 1
• Jan 20: Dodd and DeLauro Vow to Get Infrastructure Bank Done This Year 0
• Jan 20: The MA Senate Race: Consequences for Transport and Climate Policy 2
• Jan 19: Obama Quietly Gets Federal Agencies Involved in Transport Planning 0
• Jan 19: CBO Echoes Obama’s Candor on the Pitfalls of ‘Shovel-Readiness’ 0
• Jan 15: Could a Green Bank Hitch a Ride on the Jobs Bill? 0
• Jan 15: Enviro Group Sees State DOTs’ Transport Predictions — and Raises Them 0
• Jan 14: EPA Air Chief: We Need to Do More to Reduce VMT 2
• Jan 14: LaHood Wants More TIGER Aid in the Congressional Jobs Bill 0
• Jan 13: Big Transit News: Bush-Era Rule Tossed, Enviro Benefits on the Table 2
• Jan 13: State DOTs: We Back National Transport Goals — If We Get to Write Them 0
• Jan 13: Bailout Beneficiary Wells Fargo Loses Transit Tax-Shelter Lawsuit 0
• Jan 12: Pelosi: Gas Tax Hike Doesn’t Have Majority Support in Congress 1
• Jan 12: Baltimore Rolls Out Free, Fully Funded Downtown Bus Service 1
• Jan 11: White House and Congress Take Issue With AP’s Transport Stimulus Claims 0
• Jan 11: Should a Climate Bill Even Try to Fight Sprawl? 1
• Jan 11: Obama Administration Working on Its Own Six-Year Transportation Bill 0
• Jan 08: Does Transit-Oriented Development Work Even Without Transit? 0
• Jan 07: Transport Economist Challenges Claim That ‘VMT Causes Growth’ 3
• Jan 07: The U.S. Transportation Financing Crisis: A Snapshot From the States 1
• Jan 06: New Report Finds American Auto Fleet Shrinking 4
• Jan 06: Dodd and Dorgan Retiring: The Consequences For Transportation Policy 0
• Jan 05: Environmental Reviews: Helpful (and Hurtful) to Many Ideologies 4
• Jan 05: Transit Fare Inflation Hitting Health Insurance-Like Levels? 4
• Jan 04: Economic Downturn Hits Transit Ridership — But Not in These Cities 1
• Jan 04: A Step Towards Pricing of Pollution? 11 States Back Low-Carbon Fuel Rules 0

• 2009

• Dec 17: Transit Jobs Nearly Twice as Cheap to Create as Roads — By Congress’ Math 1
• Dec 17: Senate Climate Bill Invests Big in Transit, Reaps Big Deficit Reduction 0
• Dec 16: LaHood Visits The Daily Show to Talk Transportation 0
• Dec 15: New Report: Minority-Owned Businesses Left Out of Transport Stimulus 1
• Dec 15: The Footnote to All Those Complaints About Tax Cuts as Stimulus 0
• Dec 15: On the Pitfalls and Benefits of National Transit Safety Standards 0
• Dec 14: Bus vs. Rail: Transit’s Quiet Culture Clash? 3
• Dec 11: ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Backer Sutton Steps it Up for Ohio Transit 5
• Dec 11: Congressional Black Caucus Calls for Bypassing States on New Jobs Bill 1
• Dec 09: McCain & Coburn: Inadvertent Transportation Reformers? 0
• Dec 09: House and Senate Agree on $2.5B for High-Speed Rail — And More 0
• Dec 09: NY’s Sadik-Khan Joins Blumenauer, Byrne for “Cities for Cycling” Launch 3
• Dec 08: White House Backs $50B For ‘Merit-Based Infrastructure Investment’ 0
• Dec 08: White House Unveils Transit Safety Bill to Cautious Praise on the Hill 0
• Dec 08: Wall Street Bailout Money For Infrastructure? Maybe Not 0
• Dec 07: NY and CA: How Did They Spend Transportation Stimulus Money? 1
• Dec 07: EPA Makes it Official: Emissions Threaten Public Health 2
• Dec 07: Rendell: National Infrastructure Bank Could Move as Part of New Jobs Bill 0
• Dec 04: Conservative Tea Party Movement Targets Florida Rail Plan 2
• Dec 04: Report: Road Funding From Non-Road Users Doubled in 25 Years 7
• Dec 03: Streetsblog Capitol Hill Q&A: Blumenauer Talks Economic Recovery 0
• Dec 02: Who Wants to Buy a New Locomotive? General Electric Hopes Amtrak Does 5
• Dec 02: Why Deficit Politics Matter in the Infrastructure Debate 0
• Dec 01: The Missed Opportunity For an Urban Stimulus: Mayors ‘Were Ignored’ 1
• Nov 30: LaHood to Congress: It’s Time to Talk About a Gas Tax Increase 0
• Nov 30: Climate’s 17 Undecided Dems Got $2.3M From Transport & Electric Lobbies 0
• 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: Three GOP Senators Ask Reid to Call Up Six-Month Transport Bill Extension 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 4
• 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