Senate Stimulus Action Leaves the Network Cold
Last week, the Streetsblog Network was tentatively hopeful about the way the stimulus package was shaping up in the House, as members of that body voted to approve an amendment from Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-NY, to add $3 billion for transit.
February 4, 2009
Can We Learn from China’s Stimulus?
As our own economic-recovery package moves through Congress, Streetsblog Network member Stimulus Bike looks at the massive stimulus spending on transportation being rolled out in China, which was analyzed in a recent New York Times article. Much of China's money is going to high-speed rail, according to the Times:
February 3, 2009
Changing Attitudes Toward Driving: It’s About the Law
Today's featured post on the Streetsblog Network comes from WalkBikeCT.
Looking at the European model for encouraging cycling and walking, it
argues that infrastructure can't do the job alone -- to change
attitudes toward driving will require changing the law:
February 2, 2009
Thinking Big: What About an Interstate Rail System?
With all the billions of dollars rolling around the headlines lately, it's not surprising that some of the Streetsblog Network members are thinking big. The Transport Politic, for instance, today presents a grand vision for an interstate rail system:
January 30, 2009
Onward to the Senate
Yesterday was a good day on Capitol Hill for the Streetsblog Network,
as an amendment to the stimulus bill allocating $3 billion for public
transit was passed by a voice vote on the floor of the House. Transbay Blog reminds us, though, that it's no time to rest on our laurels:
January 29, 2009
Stimulus and Outrage Around the Network
Much of the talk on the Streetsblog Network has been about the stimulus package that goes before the House of Representatives today, as members mobilize their readers in support of Rep. Jerry Nadler's amendment adding money for transit.
January 28, 2009
Call to Action: Win Back Stimulus Funding for Transit Service
There's a sense of urgency on the Streetsblog Network this morning. Transportation for America, using media reports of projected cuts to transit services across the country, has put together a map that dramatizes just how painful those cuts could be:
January 26, 2009
A New Day for Atlanta — and for Urbanism?
This week kicked off with what seemed like a foreordained convergence,
with the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday leading into the inauguration
of the nation's first African-American president. Today we have a post
from Streetsblog Network member Joe Urban
that makes more connections between King and Obama, by looking at
King's boyhood neighborhood, the historic Sweet Auburn district of
Atlanta:
January 23, 2009
Making the Connections on Stimulus Spending
Lots of news from the Streetsblog Network today, some good and some not so good.
January 22, 2009
The Work That Needs to Be Done
The first day of the Obama Administration is here at last. So it's time to get down to work, right?
January 21, 2009