Streetsblog Capitol Hill

Streetsblog Capitol Hill stories from Ben Fried

• 2010

• Feb 23: Want to Foster Walking, Biking and Transit? You Need Good Parking Policy 0

• 2009

• Dec 09: Message From Copenhagen: Climate Plan Must Include Walkable Urbanism 0
• Nov 20: When State DOTs Run Amok: $266M For Widening, Crumbs For Waterfront 0
• Nov 03: Streetfilms: Blumenauer Bikes New York City 0
• Sep 25: Can State DOTs Be Trained to Kick the Sprawl Habit? 1
• May 14: LaHood: NYC’s Congestion Pricing Money Still There for the Taking 12
• May 11: Boxer: Collect Fees on Driving Through ‘Honor System’ 9
• May 08: Stim Cash Gone Bad: Feds Fund Houston’s Highway to Nowhere 3
• Apr 30: Doomsday Across America 3
• Apr 24: Steven Chu Forced to Recant Belief in Higher Gas Prices 12
• Apr 22: Does the State Senate’s MTA Plan Pass Environmental Muster? 3
• Apr 17: Rail Across America 13
• Apr 15: Petition: Support a Climate Bill That Invests in Green Transportation 7
• Apr 14: Obama Falls Prey to Ribbon-Cutting Syndrome 7
• Mar 31: NYC Stim Projects Help Fund Big Bike-Ped Improvements 18
• Mar 30: Back to the Grid, Part 2: John Norquist on Reclaiming American Cities 2
• Mar 26: Back to the Grid: John Norquist on How to Fix National Transpo Policy 15
• Mar 24: AARP Joins Campaign to Reform National Transpo Policy 7
• Mar 19: U.S. DOT: We’re Looking to Build Communities 2
• Mar 12: National Complete Streets Bill Back in Play 2
• Mar 11: LaHood to Bike Advocates: U.S. DOT Will Be Your “Full Partner” 6
• Mar 05: Impromptu Shared Space Calms Soho Intersection 6
• Mar 04: One More Reason to Tear Down the Sheridan Expressway 8
• Feb 18: Hope Springs Eternal for American Transpo Policy 8
• Feb 18: Stimulus Bill Is a Step Forward for Pedestrians, Cyclists & Cities 4
• Feb 13: Tonight: PBS on Transit, States, and the Stimulus 6
• Feb 12: Final Stimulus Bill Slaps Transit Riders in the Face 24
• Feb 11: Wiki Wednesday: The Story of the Stimulus 1
• Feb 11: Stim Bill About to Enter Final Negotiations 3
• Feb 10: Cartoon Tuesday: Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back? 0
• Feb 10: Obama: The Days of “Building Sprawl Forever” Are Over 14
• Feb 10: Senate Approves Stimulus Bill — On to Conference Committee 0
• Feb 07: Stimulus Update: Senate Compromise Unlikely to Raid Transit Funds 7
• Feb 06: Urgent Action: Billions for Transit in Jeopardy 3
• Feb 06: Where Does Stimulus Cash Go From Here? TSTC Explains. 2
• Feb 04: Update on Stimulus Action in the Senate — Keep Up the Pressure 3
• Feb 04: Albany’s Transit Sins Come Back to Bite America 4
• Feb 04: Urgent Action: Oppose Highway Robbery in Senate Stim Bill 6
• Feb 03: Cartoon Tuesday: Political Suicide 0
• Feb 03: Republican Minority Blocks Murray Amendment 0
• Feb 03: Tell Your Senator to Support Transit and Green Jobs, Not Highways 1
• Jan 28: Wiki Wednesday: Better Stimulus Through Highway Removal 8
• Jan 28: Call This Morning to Boost Transit Funding in Stimulus Package 4
• Jan 27: House Nixes Funding for Transit Service. Where Is Schumer? 5
• Jan 21: Senate Set to Confirm LaHood as Transportation Secretary 1
• Jan 21: Watch the LaHood Confirmation Hearing Online 1
• Jan 16: Stimulus Draft, the Day After 5
• Jan 13: $2 Billion for Bicycling in Stimulus Package? 11
• Jan 09: Bloomberg to Obama: Stimulus Aid Should Go Directly to Cities 8
• Jan 09: Chicago Loses NYC’s Congestion Pricing Money 3
• Jan 07: Tell Congress: Don’t Waste Money on Highway Expansion 2
• Jan 06: Campaign Flashback: Obama an Admirer of Jane Jacobs 5

• 2008

• Dec 15: Obama and Biden Plan Whistle-Stop Inauguration Tour 1
• Dec 12: Sprawlsville Steps Back From the Edge 7
• Nov 17: Gehl-O-Rama: City Agencies Take Lessons From Copenhagen 1
• Nov 13: Urbama Admin? Prez-Elect ‘The Real Deal’ Says Metro Policy Guru 2
• Nov 07: Reason to Like Rahm Emanuel as White House Chief of Staff 1
• Nov 05: Ped-Bike Mockery Flops for 7-Term House Incumbent 10
• Nov 04: Election Anxiety Open Thread 6
• Oct 28: If Gridlock Sam Was President… 2
• Oct 16: The Build for America Plan: Invest in Transportation, Create Jobs 12
• Oct 14: Ask the Candidates to Talk Transportation at Tomorrow’s Debate 2
• Oct 10: PBS Exposes the Joys of Transit 12
• Oct 10: James Oberstar on the Future of U.S. Transportation Funding 1
• Oct 07: Amtrak Bill Clears the Way for Bike-Friendly Trains 13
• Sep 30: Cartoon Tuesday: Who’s Gonna Keep You Supplied, Man? 0
• Sep 26: Streetfilms: Interview With the Transportation Engineer 5
• Sep 22: America’s Least Wanted Highways 17
• Aug 15: Transit Stimulus Bill Needs Co-Sponsors in Senate 5
• Aug 07: A Citywide Prescription for Livable Streets 2
• Aug 07: Obama’s Energy Platform Has a (Small) Livable Cities Plank 10
• Aug 05: Neal Peirce: Cities and Suburbs Must Collaborate to Expand Transit 3
• Aug 04: Hillary Clinton Introduces Senate Version of Transit Relief Bill 16
• Jul 31: House Bill Makes Connection Between Transit Funding and Gas Price Relief 2
• Jul 31: Measuring the Value of Livable Streets 2
• Jul 28: The Biggest Fare Hike Factor? It Could Be MTA Debt 8
• Jul 25: Plan for Grand Street Cycle Track Features New Design Treatment 33
• Jul 23: How to Ease Pain at the Pump Without Deepening Oil Dependence 8
• Jul 23: Weiner Invokes Jane Jacobs, Endorses “Alternative Modes” 6
• Jul 22: Cartoon Tuesday: Drilling Deeper 0
• Jul 22: McCain: Drilling Is the Cure for What Ails U.S. 3
• Jul 17: Cities Stake Claim to Being America’s ‘Best Places to Live’ 5
• Jul 16: Rising Fuel Costs and Ridership Strain Local Transit Systems Nationwide 18
• Jul 15: Cartoon Tuesday: Outmoded 0
• Jul 01: Cartoon Tuesday: The Modern-Day Midnight Ride 0
• Jun 17: Obama Calls for Investment in Regional Intercity Rail 13
• Jun 16: Obama: I’ll Boost Funds for Bike-Ped Projects If Elected 10
• Jun 09: Eyes on the Street, Presidential Campaign Edition 23
• Jun 06: Wanted: Ex-Drivers Eager to Talk About Switching Modes 0
• Jun 06: National Transit Union Proposes a Smart Fuel Subsidy 29
• Jun 03: Cartoon Tuesday: Mode Switch 2
• May 27: National Poll: Americans Expect Gas Prices to Rise More 20
• May 23: Alabama Students Walk to School to Protest Gas Prices 17
• May 23: Urge Congress to Support Amtrak and Passenger Rail 22
• May 16: Trucks Gone Green? 14
• May 12: Historic Town Chooses to “Retain Its Charm” By Enabling Sprawl 23
• May 09: Northern Virginia Locked In to Congested Roads 11
• May 08: Mixed Messages From Critic of NY Gas Tax Holiday 8
• May 07: Delaware Senator Dares to Utter the Word “Transit” 18
• May 02: How Much Would You Actually Save With a Gas Tax “Holiday”? 21
• Mar 27: Pro-Pricing PAC Puts Pols on Notice 18
• Mar 05: Earl Blumenauer Kicks Off 2008 Bike Summit 5
• Feb 25: Is Big Environment Ready to Say America Is Hooked on Cars? 12
• Feb 14: Pint-Sized Parks Make Safer Streets and Cleaner Rivers 16
• Feb 13: What Is “Mode-Neutral” Funding? 16
• Jan 18: Bloomberg Touches on Safe Streets, Pricing in State of the City 5
• Jan 10: Weiner and Wylde Square Off in Pricing Forum 25