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Ben Goldman

Ben Goldman is a freelance writer and city planner who is covering the federal transportation beat while Tanya Snyder is away.
bgoldman@streetsblog.org

Posts by Ben

• 2012

• Feb 22: House Bill Delayed, But Transit, Biking, and Walking Aren’t Safe Yet 0
• Feb 21: DOT Issues Voluntary Guidelines for Driver-Distracting Electronics Systems 9
• Feb 20: Transpo Bills Delayed in House and Senate as Congress Enters Recess 0
• Feb 16: Boxer Pessimistic on Senate Bill as Parliamentary Sabotage Rears Its Head 1
• Feb 16: LaHood Defends Spending War Savings on $476B Transportation Plan 0
• Feb 16: Today’s Headlines 0
• Feb 15: House Speaker John Boehner Will Delay Vote on House Transpo Bill 0
• Feb 15: Obama Takes a Stand, Threatens to Veto House Transpo Bill 4
• Feb 15: Today’s Headlines 0
• Feb 14: House Committee Set to Vote Tonight on Slew of Transpo Bill Amendments 1
• Feb 14: House Transpo Bill Doesn’t Have the Votes, So Republicans Split It in Three 1
• Feb 14: Today’s Headlines 0
• Feb 13: Obama Budget Proposes $476 Billion for Transportation Over Six Years 3
• Feb 10: Why the House Transportation Bill Hits Bus Riders Especially Hard 0
• Feb 10: Today’s Headlines 0
• Feb 09: Senate Transportation Bill Clears First Floor Vote, 85-11 2
• Feb 09: Six Lies the GOP Is Telling About the House Transportation Bill 6
• Feb 09: Today’s Headlines 0
• Feb 07: Baucus Adds Transit Tax Benefit to Senate Transpo Bill 0
• Feb 06: Schumer Amendment: Make Transit Tax Benefit Equal to Parking Benefit 0
• Feb 06: Rangel: House GOP Has No Idea Where Transit Funding Would Come From 1
• Feb 03: Who Still Likes the House Transpo Bill? Big Oil, Big Truck, and Big Box Retail 13
• Feb 03: Massive Coalition Opposes House GOP Attempt to Eviscerate Transit 12
• Feb 03: Today’s Headlines 0
• Feb 02: Senate Transit Bill Clears Committee With Unanimous Bipartisan Support 0
• Feb 02: House GOP Moves to Decimate Dedicated Transit Funding 6
• Feb 02: Amendment to Restore Bike/Ped Programs in House Transpo Bill Fails 7
• Feb 02: Today’s Headlines 0
• Feb 01: Three Drilling Bills Clear House Committee 0
• Feb 01: Now’s the Time to Make the House Bill Better for Walking, Biking, and Transit 2
• Jan 31: House Transportation Bill Officially Drops, Lands With a Thud 6
• Jan 31: Senate Transit Bill Would Let Federal Funds Support Transit Service 0
• Jan 30: Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Busts Myth That “Nobody Walks” in Rural America 1
• Jan 30: This Is Not a Drill: Highway Lobby Trying to Push Transpo Bill Thru Congress 0
• Jan 27: House Transportation Bill “a March of Horribles” 15
• Jan 27: Today’s Headlines 1
• Jan 26: Should the Feds Fund City Transpo Projects? Blumenauer and Shuster Discuss 2
• Jan 26: Transportation Bill Heats Up Again in Congress 1
• Jan 26: Today’s Headlines 0
• Jan 25: New Urbanists Release Principles for Sustainable Street Networks 7
• Jan 24: State Of The Union 2012: “An America That’s Built to Last” 0
• Jan 24: Is Doing Nothing a Politically Acceptable Way to Pay For Transportation? 3
• Jan 23: A Comic Take on The Sustainability of The Word “Sustainable” 0
• Jan 23: Virginia Bike Advocate Cries Foul Over Streetsblog’s Criticism of Eric Cantor 12
• Jan 23: Bike-Ped Traffic, Funding, and Fatalities All Inch Upward 4
• Jan 20: State of the Union 2012: What Will Obama Say About Transportation? 0
• Jan 20: Cold Climate Can’t Stop Minneapolis’s Surging Bike Rates 5
• Jan 20: Do Brookings and Heritage Agree on Public-Private Partnerships? 0
• Jan 20: Today’s Headlines 2
• Jan 19: Today’s Headlines 0
• Jan 18: Congress Reconvenes With Transportation Deadlines Fast Approaching 2
• Jan 18: Today’s Headlines 0
• Jan 13: Trains, Buses, Bikes, and Sandwiches… There Should Be an App For That 3
• Jan 13: Dislike? Mercedes-Benz Wants to Put Facebook in Your Dashboard 18
• Jan 12: Despite December Agreement, DC Streetcar Won’t “Buy America” After All 2
• Jan 12: APTA: How to Talk to a Detractor of High-Speed Rail 36
• Jan 12: Today’s Headlines 0
• Jan 11: Amtrak Chief Outlines “Aggressive” Plan for 2012 Investment 3
• Jan 11: Today’s Headlines 0
• Jan 10: Report Maps Out How New Transit Can Benefit Disadvantaged Communities 0
• Jan 06: Today’s Headlines 1
• Jan 05: Commuter Transit Tax Break Could Reclaim Parity With Parking in 2012 3
• Jan 05: Today’s Headlines 0
• Jan 03: In Iowa, GOP Candidates Ignore Transportation and Urban Issues 3
• Jan 03: When “Old and Blighted” Development Beats “Shiny and New” Suburbanism 2

• 2011

• Dec 22: Today’s Headlines 0
• Dec 21: Senate’s Changes to TIFIA Could Mean More Toll Roads, Less Transit 1
• Dec 21: TIGER III Will Boost Freight Transportation But Not Transform It 1
• Dec 20: Senate Fails to Extend Transit Commuter Tax Benefit 10
• Dec 20: Who Said It: “Let’s Be Really Bold… in Developing Maglev Trains” 3
• Dec 16: High-Speed Rail in California is Worrying Itself to Death 19
• Dec 16: Today’s Headlines 1
• Dec 15: Today’s Headlines 0
• Dec 14: Senators to Committee: Protect Transit Benefits Before It’s Too Late 2
• Dec 13: McCaskill-Collins: Tax Cuts With a Side of Infrastructure, but Hold the Transit 0
• Dec 09: 2010 Traffic Fatalities Could Fill 70 Jumbo Jets. And This Is Good News? 3
• Dec 01: Is the House Democrats’ New “Buy America” Jobs Bill Just a Political Ploy? 20
• Nov 29: What’s Lost When Transportation Enhancements Becomes “CMAQ-AA”? 4