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November 2009
Fri 20: Carlyle Group’s New Infrastructure Public-Private Partnership: Donuts 0
Thu 19: Pelosi: Passing a Wall Street Transport Tax Would Require Overseas Buy-in 0
Thu 19: A Warning From America’s Cities: The Recession Has Only Just Begun to Hit 1
Thu 19: ‘This Needs Attention’: Senators Seek Shot in the Arm on Transportation 1
Wed 18: Streetsblog Capitol Hill Q&A: Four Questions For Rob Puentes 1
Wed 18: Oil-Centric Houston to Experiment With (Coal-Powered) Electric Cars 1
Wed 18: General Electric Inks High-Speed Rail Deal With Chinese Government 0
Tue 17: Three GOP Senators Ask Reid to Call Up Six-Month Transport Bill Extension 0
Tue 17: Introducing the Samuelson Gas Tax Increase: A Penny Every Month 1
Mon 16: Obama Administration's Transit Safety Rules to Eventually Apply to Buses 0
Mon 16: Feds Propose to Expand Opportunities for Biking and Walking to Transit 0
Mon 16: Hesitation and Praise Greet Obama Administration's Transit Safety Plan 1
Fri 13: Coal-Burning Electric Utilities Still Commanding Dem Senators’ Attention 3
Thu 12: Report: After MN Collapse, Bridge Repair Got Just 11% of D.C. Earmarks 2
Thu 12: White House to Agencies: Prepare for Broad Spending Freeze or 5% Cut 0
Wed 11: Meet the Obama Administration's New Clean Energy Loan Man 0
Wed 11: Chrysler: Taking Taxpayer Money and Running Away From Cleaner Cars 0
Tue 10: Grassley: 'Two or Three Other' Republicans Open to Climate Change Deal 0
Tue 10: Why Urban Residents Have a Bone to Pick With Vitter and Bennett 3
Mon 9: The Wall Street Transportation Tax: Predictably Unpopular On Wall Street 1
Mon 9: New Report Maps the Gap Between Pedestrian Risks and Federal Safety Aid 4
Fri 6: 'The Concrete is Cracking': Front-Loaded New Transport Bill Gains Steam 0
Thu 5: How Important is a United Front on the Climate Bill? 1
Thu 5: Boxer Okays Senate Climate Bill, Without Amendments or GOP 0
Wed 4: Amtrak, Virginia Railway Express, and the Future of Privately Run Transit 0
Wed 4: Congress Set to Double the Size of Sprawl-Centric Home Buyer’s Tax Credit 0
Wed 4: Kerry: There’s a Narrow Window For GOP Cooperation on Pricing Pollution 0
Tue 3: Senate Democrats Poke Holes in GOP’s Climate Change ‘Boycott’ 0
Tue 3: Buffett’s Bet on Burlington: What Does it Mean for Transport and Energy? 2
Mon 2: To Limit Distracted Driving, Congress Leans Toward a Carrot-Stick Combo 0
Mon 2: Has the Government Been Bailing Out Sprawl? 0
October 2009
Thu 29: Inhofe Blasts Transport Bill Inaction That Comes From His Own Party 0
Thu 29: A Republican Returns to Congress With A Map to Transportation Reform 2
Wed 28: Senior Dems Release New Distracted Driving Bill as LaHood Testifies 1
Wed 28: Philly Mayor Tells Senate: Climate Bill Can Help Make Cities Greener 2
Tue 27: Transport Policy Update: Senate to Pass 6-Month Extension This Week 0
Tue 27: Advice for Policymakers: Time to Check Your Blind Spots 0
Tue 27: Feds Gambled More on Electric Cars in 6 Months Than Transit Gets All Year 5
Fri 23: Senate Signals 6-Month Delay for Transport Bill -- But Will the House Agree? 0
Fri 23: Obama: Climate Pessimism More Dangerous Than Climate Deniers 1
Thu 22: Transit Creates As Many Jobs As Roads -- But it Could Do Even Better 0
Thu 22: The 'Infrastructure Condo' That Could Help Make High-Speed Rail Happen 8
Thu 22: Seeking Stimulus Money For Bike Sharing, D.C. Looks Beyond Cutting CO2 2
Wed 21: The Top 10 States for Energy Efficiency -- And Some Surprising Achievers 0
Tue 20: 16 Cities That Are Leading the Way in the Climate Change Fight 0
Tue 20: The Political Climate That Makes Transportation Reform Run 0
Mon 19: New Study Shows $56 Billion in Hidden Health Damage from Autos 0
Fri 16: Transport Debate Still Stalled As Oberstar Decries 'Lack of Political Will' 0
Thu 15: The Oversight Gap in Team Obama's High-Speed Rail Plan 0
Wed 14: What Washington Can Do For -- And Alongside -- Metro Area Planners 0
Tue 13: Congestion Pricing: Still Good For Basically Everyone 0
Tue 13: Obama Ally Breaks With White House on Timing of New Transport Bill 0
Fri 9: How Congress Can Help Create Suburbia 2.0 0
Fri 9: Bridging the Local-National Message Divide: The Climate Bill is the Answer 0
Fri 9: Bush DOT Chief Urges More Transport Tech Funding 2
Thu 8: When $1 Billion Doesn't Buy What it Used To -- And When it Does 0
Thu 8: Two More Senate Dems Back Plan to Devote Climate Money to Transit 0
Wed 7: Obama's Engaged With Transit More in 9 Months than Bush Did in 8 Years 0
Wed 7: Team Obama Adviser: Here's How to Make Sustainability Mainstream 0
Tue 6: White House Urban Affairs Chief: Promising Words But Little Hint of a Plan 0
Tue 6: Is a Bigger Transportation Bill -- This Year -- Back on the Table? 0
Mon 5: LaHood: "If You Don't Want an Automobile, You Don't Have to Have One" 3
Mon 5: The Dirty Secret of Coal Ash: It’s in Our Roads 3
Mon 5: Congress’ Transport Impasse Hits States — and Not Just Their Road Funds 0
Fri 2: Killing the Myth of the ‘More Shovel-Ready’ Road Stimulus, Part II 0
Thu 1: Obama Bans Texting While Driving for Guv Workers — And There’s More 0
Thu 1: GOP Blocks Plan to Use Bailout Fund to Preserve $8.7B in Transport Money 0
September 2009
Wed 30: Senate Climate Bill Released With Much Fanfare, Little Focus on Transport 0
Tue 29: Senate Climate Bill Leaks: The Good News and Bad News for Transport 0
Tue 29: Report: Feds Subsidize Parking Six Times as Much as Transit 6
Thu 24: Deja Vu: Congress Could Put Off Deal on Transport Bill Until Next Month 1
Tue 22: Business Lobby to Senate: No, Stimulus Won't Do Enough for Transport 0
Tue 22: New Report: 10% Transit Growth Would Help Meet House Climate Target 0
Tue 22: Oberstar's 3-Month Transport Bill Extension Heading to House Floor 0
Mon 21: Obama Administration Sends $100M in Stimulus Aid to 43 Transit Agencies 2
Fri 18: High-Speed Rail Routes and the Looming Choice Among 'Megaregions' 2
Thu 17: Pro-Tea Party Republican's Angry Letter to D.C. Metro: Read it in Full 7
Thu 17: Warner Scores a (Small) Win for White House's Transportation Agenda 0
Wed 16: Klobuchar & Webb: Dems' Unlikely Opponents of Bike-Ped Investment 4
Wed 16: New Investigation Finds 2,100 Transport Lobbyists Working the System 0
Tue 15: The New White House Fuel Efficiency Rule: Count the Loopholes 0
Mon 14: Planetizen Unveils Its Top 100 Urban Thinkers 0
Mon 14: Oberstar Stands Firm on Transportation Bill, Gets Industry Backup 0
Mon 14: McCain's Transit Hit List: Get the Details 0
Fri 11: Department of Energy Gets Basic Math Wrong in its Rail Analysis 0
Fri 11: White House Tells Senate: Grants No Substitute For Infrastructure Bank 0
Thu 10: The 'Movie Ticket' Theory of Transportation Pricing 0
Thu 10: Did Oberstar Admit There Won't Be a Transportation Bill This Year? 0
Thu 10: Consensus on National Transport Goals Still Eludes Industry Pros 0
Wed 9: What Should We Learn From Moses and Jacobs? 2
Wed 9: How Much Would Most People Pay For a Shorter Commute? 4
Wed 9: Dodd Stays at Helm of Transit Panel -- But at a Cost to Climate Bill? 1
Tue 8: Compromise or Concession: Congress Faces Tough Transport Choices 0
Thu 3: Mmmm, This 'Pork' Sounds Tasty: Senators Serve Up Transit Aid 0
Thu 3: Feds Still Forcing Transit Agencies to Bow to Private Charter Buses 0
Wed 2: Killing the Myth of the 'More Shovel-Ready' Road Stimulus 0
Wed 2: U.S. DOT to Stop Rewarding Transit Projects That Use Private Contracts 0
Wed 2: A Last Word on 'Cash for Clunkers' 2
Tue 1: 'Clunkers' Consequences: GM Sales Down, Ford Gas-Guzzlers Up 2
Tue 1: New Poll: Public Supports Congestion Tolling Over Gas Tax Hike by 2 to 1 5
August 2009
Mon 31: EPA Chief Urges a More Urban Environmentalism to Fight Climate Change 1
Mon 31: Senator Dukakis? What the Loss of Kennedy Could Mean for Transport Policy 0
Fri 28: Toward a Positive Argument for High-Speed Rail 1
Thu 27: The Power of Transit-Oriented Development 1
Thu 20: As “Cash for Clunkers” Sputters, a Privately Funded Spinoff Picks Up 1
Wed 19: Crunching June Stimulus Numbers: Roads Create Pricier Jobs Than Transit 0
Tue 18: Transit Cuts Report Underscores Cities' Congressional Influence Gap 1
Mon 17: Tracking Transport Subsidies: As Tough as Following the Stimulus Money 0
Mon 17: Could Ending the ‘War on Drugs’ Help Ease Urban Budget Crises? 0
Fri 14: Could Electric-Car Tax Credits Become the Next "Cash for Clunkers"? 1
Fri 14: Report: Boxer 'Sympathetic to' Backers of More Climate Money for Transit 1
Thu 13: Obama Administration Touts Nation's First All-Electronic Toll Road in N.C. 0
Wed 12: Transport Construction Industry Mobilizes for Oberstar's Bill 0
Wed 12: Ed Glaeser's Rail Fail 0
Tue 11: A Progress Report on State-Level Oil Dependence 1
Tue 11: Senate's New DOT Spending Bill Eases One Transit Funding Barrier 3
Mon 10: The Peculiar Federalism of Transit Safety: No National Standards Exist 2
Thu 6: Senators Propose $4 Billion for Transit-Oriented Development Grants 2
Thu 6: Audit Finds U.S. DOT's Transit Record-Keeping 'Unreliable,' 'Inaccurate' 0
Wed 5: Lobby Firm Behind Climate Forgeries Helped Kill Higher CAFE Standards 0
Wed 5: Portland's Transport Research Guru Headed to Obama Administration 0
Tue 4: AP: Obama Administration Won’t Release Full Data on ‘Cash for Clunkers’ 1
Tue 4: Following ‘Cash for Clunkers’ with ‘Riches for Rail’ 1
Tue 4: LaHood to Convene Texting-While-Driving Summit 1
Mon 3: Separating Fact from Fiction on “Cash for Clunkers” 1
Mon 3: Bailout Recipient Citigroup Gets Contract to Run 'Cash for Clunkers' 0
July 2009
Fri 31: House Quickly Sends $2 Billion More to 'Cash for Clunkers' 5
Thu 30: McCain & Coburn: Let’s Make Roads Safer — by Slashing Safety Money 2
Thu 30: Senate Debating House's $7B Trust Fund Fix, With 4 GOP Amendments 0
Wed 29: Senate Panel Backs $1.2B for High-Speed Rail, $1.2B Extra for Highways 0
Wed 29: Four Senators Propose Pushing States to Ban Texting While Driving 1
Wed 29: Your Burger or Your Car (And More Fun with False Dichotomies) 7
Tue 28: How Soon Will Cutting Transportation Emissions Save Money? 0
Tue 28: Oberstar to White House: On Emissions, Back Up Your Words With Action 0
Mon 27: Make-or-Break Week for Transportation Begins on the Hill 0
Mon 27: From the Dept. of Mixed Messages: LaHood Touts 'Cash for Clunkers' 1
Thu 23: Lawmakers Pitch Transport Funding Ideas, From VMT to Freight Taxes 0
Wed 22: Cardin & Carper Bullish on Transit’s Prospects in Senate Climate Bill 0
Tue 21: Government Still Taking Hands-Off Approach to Cell Phoning While Driving 1
Tue 21: Senate Agrees on $26.8 Billion Highway Trust Fund Rescue 1
Mon 20: Know Your Road Lobbyists: The American Highway Users Alliance 1
Fri 17: Transportation Reform Is Health Reform 0
Fri 17: Five Down, Five to Go: Plan Linking Transit to Climate Bill Wins Sponsors 0
Thu 16: Team Obama's Transportation Chain of Command: "A Bit Complicated" 0
Wed 15: White House Staying Quiet for Now on Transit's Role in Climate Bill 1
Wed 15: Understanding Washington's Metro Crash 1
Wed 15: Lawmakers Cross Party Lines on Transpo Funding as Debate Rages 0
Tue 14: Voinovich Joins House Dems in Saying No to Transpo Funding Stopgap 0
Mon 13: Transit Outsourcing Booms — But Are There Safety Trade-offs? 8
Fri 10: Bachmann Says Walking and Biking Have Nothing to Do With Public Health 4
Thu 9: Top 20 Metro Areas Get 28% of Road Stimulus, 61% of Transit Stimulus 0
Thu 9: Boxer Delays Senate Climate Bill Until September 2
Wed 8: Lawmakers Aim to Bring 'Sustainable Communities' From Talk to Action 0
Tue 7: Senate Starts Climate Push With Nods to Jobs, Energy, and Transportation 0
Mon 6: New Report on Old Roads Uses Old Assumptions 0
Wed 1: Cities See Population Gains -- But What About Political Power? 3
June 2009
Tue 30: EPA Okays Stronger Auto Emissions Standards Now in CA, 13 Other States 0
Tue 30: Lawmakers Investigating the Resignation of Amtrak's In-House Watchdog 0
Mon 29: Report: States Used $6.6B in Stimulus Cash on New Roads, Not Repair 0
Mon 29: House Climate Bill on Green Transpo: It’s Better Than You Thought! 2
Fri 26: The Wall Street Tax Shelter That Crashed Your Local Transit Agency 0
Wed 24: Your Unlikely Reasonable Voice of the Day 1
Wed 24: The High-Speed Rail Numbers Game: Is $13 Billion and 110 MPH Enough? 7
Wed 24: House Dems Agree: Climate Bill Can Help Pay for Greener Transportation 0
Tue 23: Flashback: Does the Government Owe Transportation $21 Billion? 1
Mon 22: Wonk Alert: Download Oberstar’s Transportation Bill in Full 0
Mon 22: New Report Quantifies Benefits of Adding Smarth Growth to Climate Bill 0
Mon 22: Today's Headlines 0
Fri 19: House GOPers Propose Filling Trust Fund With Stimulus Money 0
Thu 18: House Transpo Leaders United — in Frustration With the White House 1
Thu 18: Oberstar’s New Transportation Bill: Get The Highlights 0
Wed 17: Senator Boxer Likes LaHood's 18-Month Highway Trust Extension Plan 1
Wed 17: LaHood Asks for 18-Month Extension of Four-Year-Old Transpo Law 0
Wed 17: U.S. Dot Clocks High-Speed Rail at 110 MPH, Give or Take 4
Tue 16: WHO Report Highlights Global Health Risk of Traffic 0
Tue 16: GOP's New Attack on Health Care Reform Bill: It Promotes Walking! 4
Tue 16: Report: Cities Not Getting Their Share of Stimulus Transpo Money 0
Mon 15: AARP Sends Its Transportation Priorities to Congress 0
Mon 15: Oberstar to Release Transportation Outline Wednesday 0
Fri 12: Congress Agrees to Keep Transit Operating Aid in War Bill 1
Fri 12: We're Not Just Driving Less, We're Also Flying Less 5
Thu 11: Rep Carnahan Steps up Push for Federal Help With Transit Operations 0
Wed 10: When Will Oberstar’s Transportation Bill Drop? Place Your Bets Now 0
Tue 9: Lawmakers Push for Federal Help With Transit Operating: Read the Letter 0
Tue 9: GOP-ers and Dems Agree: Feds Need to Get Their Transpo Act Together 0
Tue 9: Introducing Streetsblog Capitol Hill 0
Mon 8: House to Vote This Week on Weak ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Plan 1
Thu 4: LaHood Vows to Avert Federal Transpo Bankruptcy and Pay For It 0
Thu 4: Transit Planners to Congress: Please Figure Out How to Fund Us 0
Wed 3: LaHood, Biden Meet with Governors on High-Speed Rail 0
Tue 2: Obama's Highway Chief: Wishy-Washy on Emissions? 0
Tue 2: Bush Transpo Secretary's Biggest Disappointment: Bush 1
Mon 1: Solve the Congestion Crisis And Win $50,000 5
May 2009
Fri 29: Polly Trottenberg Tapped for Senior U.S. DOT Spot 0
Fri 29: Sotomayor's Eminent Domain Stance: What Does It Mean for Cities? 4
Thu 28: Obama Keeps Roads Out of National Forests — For Now 1
Thu 28: Flashback: Obama Once Led Push for 'Complete Streets' 0
Wed 27: Why Buy More Trains if You Can't Afford to Run Them? 3
Tue 26: Infrastructure Bank Plan Gaining Attention and Momentum 2
Thu 21: Senator Takes Hybrid Hummer on a Semi-Wild Ride 1
Wed 20: Portland Congressman to George Will: Let's Debate 3
Wed 20: Transportation 'Expert': Long Commutes Are a Status Symbol 3
Tue 19: The Long, Ugly Road to a Federal Transportation Plan 0
Mon 18: Obama's Energy Secretary Reclaims His Bicycle, For a Day 1
Mon 18: Will: Government Shouldn't Interfere -- Except to Benefit Big Highways 2
Fri 15: Congressional Climate Bill Includes ‘Complete Streets’ But Not CLEAN TEA 2
Fri 15: National Geographic Reveals the World's Transit Superstars 5