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2010
Jun 02: Signing Off — But Stay Tuned 19
Jun 02: Today’s Headlines 0
Jun 01: AFL-CIO Flexing Its Muscle for Senate Transit Operating Aid Bill 2
Jun 01: Today’s Headlines 0
May 28: Cyclists Laud LaHood’s Bike-Ped Advocacy 1
May 28: Today’s Headlines 0
May 27: Bipartisan Ped Safety Amendment Hitches a Ride on House Auto Bill 5
May 27: Today’s Headlines 0
May 26: New Report Examines the Media’s Role in the Gas Tax Debate 6
May 26: Today’s Headlines 1
May 25: Eight Senate Dems Offer $2B Plan for Emergency Transit Operating Aid 5
May 25: Tracing the Fault Lines Between Public and Private Transit Operators 7
May 25: Today’s Headlines 0
May 24: Feds to Start Scoring Transportation Potential of Housing Grant Applicants 2
May 24: Today’s Headlines 0
May 21: On Bike to Work Day, U.S. DOT and Cycling Advocates Eye New Moves 5
May 21: Four House Republicans Join Dems in Hailing LaHood’s Support for Bike-Ped 1
May 21: Today’s Headlines 0
May 20: Blumenauer to Celebrate Bike to Work Day Despite Delay in PA Ave. Lane 2
May 20: APHA Tallies ‘Hidden Health Costs’ of Transportation Status Quo 3
May 20: Today’s Headlines 0
May 19: Transit Industry and State DOTs Agree: Senate Climate Bill Needs ‘Rewrite’ 5
May 19: Today’s Headlines 0
May 18: Transit Industry to Join State DOTs in Blasting Senate Climate Bill 5
May 18: Transportation Moving Votes in Harman’s L.A. Congressional Race 3
May 18: Ford Foundation to Send $200M to Metropolitan Development 1
May 18: Today’s Headlines 0
May 17: U.S. DOT Holding Five Public Meetings on Its National Rail Plan 0
May 17: Behind the Transport Industry’s Lament About the Senate Climate Bill 0
May 17: Today’s Headlines 0
May 14: Today’s Headlines 0
May 13: Dems, Obama Pushing Back Against Car Dealers’ Consumer Loophole 2
May 13: Specter of Gas Tax Lingers as Rendell, Villaraigosa Push Infrastructure Bank 2
May 13: Today’s Headlines 1
May 12: Senate Climate Bill Would Send $6B-Plus to Cleaner Transportation 6
May 12: State DOT Official, Rail Exec Talk High-Speed Rail Infighting, Bureaucracy 1
May 12: Today’s Headlines 0
May 11: Senate Climate Bill to Feature Transport Carbon Cap — But No Trading 0
May 11: High-Speed Rail Lobbying Campaign Revives the “$4B” Rallying Cry 5
May 11: First Lady’s Childhood Obesity Task Force Calls For Transportation Reform 4
May 11: Today’s Headlines 0
May 10: Shock or Yawn? Virginia’s GOP Governor Backs Highway User Fees 13
May 10: White House Proposes Lowering Barriers to Rail, Airline Unionizing 0
May 10: Obama Administration Helps Jump-Start Two New D.C. Housing Upgrades 0
May 10: Today’s Headlines 0
May 07: U.S. DOT Proposes Giving Minority-Owned Firms Greater Shot at Contracts 1
May 07: Arizona Nixes Speed-Limit Enforcement Cameras 7
May 07: Today’s Headlines 0
May 06: Centers for Disease Control: Transportation Reform is Health Reform 5
May 06: LaHood Answers GOP Critic, Soothes Dem Skeptic of Sustainability Budget 7
May 06: Today’s Headlines 0
May 05: DeLauro Pushes Alternative to ‘Disappointing’ White House I-Fund 0
May 05: EPA Adopting ‘Fix-it-First’ Infrastructure Policy — For Water 2
May 05: Expectations for High-Speed Rail Coming Down to Earth 14
May 05: Today’s Headlines 0
May 04: Senate Dems Unveil Auto Safety Legislation 3
May 04: New Analysis: 59% of Road Stimulus Went to Repair, 33% to New Capacity 4
May 04: Today’s Headlines 1
May 03: Obama Administration to Award $775M for Bus Transit Upgrades 0
May 03: Alabama ‘English-Only’ Ad Raises Specter of Lost Federal Transport Money 3
May 03: Massachusetts Republican Cuts a Bike Version of Scott Brown ‘Truck’ Ad 16
May 03: Today’s Headlines 1
Apr 30: Long-Shot NY Congressional Candidate Runs Against High-Speed Rail 0
Apr 30: GAO: Economic Recovery Benefits of ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Are ‘Uncertain’ 4
Apr 30: Today’s Headlines 0
Apr 29: RITA Speaks: What Technology Can Do for Transportation Safety 0
Apr 29: Dem and GOP Senators Seek More Long-Term Rail Vision From Obama Aides 1
Apr 29: Is the ‘Road Gang’ Losing Power in Washington? 5
Apr 29: Today’s Headlines 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 2
Apr 28: Today’s Headlines 0
Apr 27: House & Senate Taking Unified Approach to Post-Toyota Auto Safety Bill 0
Apr 27: Jackson Joins Transit Unions to Rally for More Federal Operating Aid 0
Apr 27: Today’s Headlines 0
Apr 26: 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 3
Apr 26: Today’s Headlines 0
Apr 23: Today’s Headlines 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? 7
Apr 22: State DOTs Mark Earth Day by Pressing a More Road-Centric ‘Livability’ 3
Apr 22: Today’s Headlines 0
Apr 21: Transit Industry Asks Congress to Quadruple Annual Security Funding 2
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 8
Apr 21: Today’s Headlines 0
Apr 20: In Atlanta, X Marks the Spot for Local Protests Against Transit Cuts 0
Apr 20: New GOP Bill Would Bar Enviro Reviews from Considering Climate 0
Apr 20: Could L.A.’s Transit Plan Become a Winning Campaign Issue for Boxer? 2
Apr 20: Today’s Headlines 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 3
Apr 19: Today’s Headlines 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 3
Apr 16: Today’s Headlines 1
Apr 15: Menendez Proposes Tax Credit for Transit-Oriented Development 9
Apr 15: Senate GOP Continues to Resist Sanctions-Based Distracted Driving Rules 6
Apr 15: The Gas Tax: A Trip Back in Legislative Time … 10
Apr 15: Today’s Headlines 0
Apr 14: Feds’ Record on Transport Public-Private Partnerships Prompts Skepticism 2
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 8
Apr 14: Today’s Headlines 0
Apr 13: Smart Growth Debate Flaring Anew in Fast-Growing Loudoun County, VA 2
Apr 13: New Report Maps Link Between Overseas Transit Attacks and Domestic Risk 2
Apr 13: Today’s Headlines 0
Apr 12: New Report Puts a Price on Suburbia and Rental Housing in One U.S. City 5
Apr 12: Planner Calls For ‘Fight’ Against High-Speed Rail Sharing Track With Freight 15
Apr 12: Transport Contractors Urge White House to Revamp Enviro Review Rules 7
Apr 12: Today’s Headlines 0
Apr 09: Nevada Becomes Newest Battleground in Mileage Tax Debate 3
Apr 09: New Analysis Tracks 40 Years of Changes in How Kids Get to School 7
Apr 09: Today’s Headlines 0
Apr 08: New Poll: 27% of Public Would Cut Transit Aid, Versus 12% for Highways 6
Apr 08: Amtrak on Pace to Break Annual Ridership Record 4
Apr 08: Feds Stepping Up Enforcement of Distracted Driving Laws in Two Cities 1
Apr 08: Federal Energy Forecast: Gas Nearing $3/Gallon, Fuel Consumption Up 6
Apr 08: Today’s Headlines 0
Apr 07: Can L.A. Put the “10″ in Its “30/10″ Transit Plan? 0
Apr 07: Who’s Afraid of Federal Action on Climate Change? 0
Apr 07: Coming Soon to Popular Transport Stimulus Programs: Local Funding 6
Apr 07: Today’s Headlines 0
Apr 06: Pennsylvania’s Bid to Toll I-80 Rejected by Feds 5
Apr 06: Would the New Senate Fuel Tax Deal a Death Blow to the Transport Bill? 4
Apr 06: Today’s Headlines 0
Apr 05: 8 Senate Dems Join Industry in a Gas-Tax Warning to Climate Bill’s Authors 5
Apr 05: Report: Bush-Era Transit ‘Cost-Effectiveness’ Rule to Cost Charlotte $67M 0
Apr 05: What Happened to the Proposed ‘Transportation Tax’ on Wall Street? 1
Apr 05: Today’s Headlines 0
Apr 02: Today’s Headlines 0
Apr 01: 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 6
Apr 01: New Report: Congress Should Boost Truck Efficiency by Raising Gas Tax 2
Apr 01: Today’s Headlines 0
Mar 31: Could Gas-Tax Bonds Pay For the Next Federal Transportation Bill? 9
Mar 31: Wall Street Swaps Haunting Cities: How Many Transit Agencies Hold Them? 5
Mar 31: Today’s Headlines 0
Mar 30: As Minneapolis Joins NACTO, Oberstar Backs Shift on Transit Operating Aid 6
Mar 30: New Poll: Support For Transit Expansion Transcends Rural-Urban Divide 2
Mar 30: Today’s Headlines 0
Mar 29: ‘A Dozen or So’ Senators Delay Passage of Oberstar’s Highway Funding Fix 3
Mar 29: Could D.C. Become Transit’s New Civil Rights Battleground? 7
Mar 29: Today’s Headlines 0
Mar 26: Oberstar Stays Optimistic About New Transport Bill in 2010 2
Mar 26: New Stimulus Data: Road Funds 77% Under Contract, Transit at 74% 2
Mar 26: Today’s Headlines 0
Mar 25: Boxer Aims to Put TIGER-Type Program in Next Federal Transport Bill 1
Mar 25: Transport and the Tea Party: How Conservatives Talk About the Gas Tax 6
Mar 25: Today’s Headlines 0
Mar 24: Home Builders Net More Than $2.6B From Tax Break in Stimulus Law 3
Mar 24: EPA Drops Data Before GOP Forces Shutdown of Transportation Hearing 0
Mar 24: Feds Begin Redefining ‘Affordable Housing’ to Include Transport Costs 9
Mar 24: Today’s Headlines 0
Mar 23: Bids For Federal Streetcar Aid Top Available Money by Nearly Tenfold 1
Mar 23: Transit Operating Aid Bill Doesn’t Fly With Major D.C. Transit Group 8
Mar 23: Today’s Headlines 0
Mar 22: House GOP Yanks Transportation Earmark Requests — For How Long? 1
Mar 22: Senate Health Bill Approved: What it Means for Transportation 2
Mar 22: Inhofe: California is Dictating to Feds on Auto Fuel Efficiency 2
Mar 22: Today’s Headlines 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: Today’s Headlines 0
Mar 18: Inhofe Questions Transit and Bike-Ped Investments in House Transport Bill 12
Mar 18: McCaskill Asks LaHood to ‘Put an End to’ Transportation Earmarks 5
Mar 18: Today’s Headlines 0
Mar 17: Automakers Oppose Congressional Bid to Bar EPA From Limiting Emissions 0
Mar 17: As Geithner Touts Infrastructure, Skepticism Persists on $4B ‘I-Fund’ Plan 1
Mar 17: Villaraigosa Steps Up Case for Federal Investment in “30/10″ Transit Plan 2
Mar 17: Today’s Headlines 0
Mar 16: Brown Offers Senate Plan For More Federal Operating Aid to Local Transit 7
Mar 16: Environmental Group Offers Congress a Map to Cleaner Freight 2
Mar 16: House and Senate Split on Approach to Obama’s Transit Safety Plan 2
Mar 16: Today’s Headlines 0
Mar 15: LaHood Reaches Out to Transit Industry, Lamenting ‘Lousy Economy’ 1
Mar 15: Tolling Pennsylvania’s I-80 Puts Specter on the Political Hot Seat 4
Mar 15: Today’s Headlines 0
Mar 12: Bike-Ped Access to Cleveland’s New Bridge Picking Up Political Support 0
Mar 12: Las Vegas Monorail Has Few Lifelines After Losing Earmark Cash to Buses 0
Mar 12: Is 2010 the Year for Federal Bike Aid? The Answer: A Big ‘Maybe’ 2
Mar 12: Today’s Headlines 0
Mar 11: Report: Real Estate Interests Spent $5.5M on Transport Lobbying in 2009 0
Mar 11: U.S. DOT Cagey on Funding New Transport Bill as Senators Seek Solutions 3
Mar 11: New House Jobs Bill Dominated by Direct Aid to Cities 0
Mar 11: Today’s Headlines 0
Mar 10: Goldman Sachs: Yes, Build America Bonds Are Good for Transport — And Us 0
Mar 10: Could Transport Bill Inaction Hurt the White House’s Sustainability Push? 2
Mar 10: House Moves to Repay U.S. DOT Workers Furloughed by Bunning Filibuster 0
Mar 10: Today’s Headlines 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 6
Mar 09: Today’s Headlines 0
Mar 05: Today’s Headlines 0
Mar 04: House Set to Pass Jobs Bill With Changes, Prompting Another Senate Vote 1
Mar 04: LaHood Faces Off With GOP Senator Over High-Speed Rail, Livability 2
Mar 04: Moody’s Gifts Fossil-Fuel States With Positive Credit Outlook 1
Mar 04: Today’s Headlines 0
Mar 03: Senate Starts Work on New Transport Bill, With House Version as a Guide 6
Mar 03: New Dem Campaign Brands Stimulus Critics as ‘Highway Hypocrites’ 2
Mar 03: Bunning Throws in the Towel, Congress Restores Transport Funding 0
Mar 03: Today’s Headlines 0
Mar 02: TCS: Disputed Transport Provision in Jobs Bill Rewarded Political Clout 0
Mar 02: EPA Declares Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal a Superfund Site 0
Mar 02: Transportation Filibuster Update: Bunning Won’t Yield to Fellow GOPer 4
Mar 02: Today’s Headlines 0
Mar 01: Could a New Kind of Fuel Tax Help Break the Senate Climate Deadlock? 1
Mar 01: Federal Transportation Law Expired Over the Weekend: What’s Next? 2
Mar 01: Today’s Headlines 0
Feb 26: LaHood Backs Feingold’s Plan to Cancel Unspent Transport Earmarks 1
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 12
Feb 26: Today’s Headlines 0
Feb 25: Build America Bonds: Good for Transportation … Good for Goldman Sachs? 1
Feb 25: Report: Obama’s 2011 Budget Leaves Cities in a Fiscal Hole of $16B-Plus 0
Feb 25: What Voinovich Wants From the White House: A New Politics for Transport 1
Feb 25: Today’s Headlines 0
Feb 24: Fact-Checking the Toyota Hearing: Lower Speeds Increase Safety 10
Feb 24: Conrad Sees ‘Tough Choices’ Ahead on Transport, Naming VMT Tax & Tolls 3
Feb 24: Little-Known Provision in Senate Jobs Bill Could Spark House Resistance 0
Feb 24: Today’s Headlines 0
Feb 23: Obama Adviser: If EPA is Blocked on Emissions, Forget About CAFE Deal 0
Feb 23: House Lawmakers Hail Transportation Stimulus — But Add Three Caveats 2
Feb 23: Voinovich Secures Dem Promise to Hold a Senate Vote on Transpo in 2010 3
Feb 23: Today’s Headlines 0
Feb 22: Senators Warn of Possible ‘Federal Intervention’ in D.C. Transit System 3
Feb 22: Barbour Breaks With AASHTO Chief on Stimulus’ Transportation Benefits 0
Feb 22: U.S. DOT Offers Sample Distracted Driving Bill — With a Potential Loophole 0
Feb 22: The Upside of GOP ‘Hypocrisy’ on Transportation Stimulus Grants 0
Feb 22: Today’s Headlines 0
Feb 19: Connecticut Lawmakers Livid at the State’s Transport Stimulus Shutout 0
Feb 19: New Analysis: Major Cities Still Shortchanged by Transportation Stimulus 0
Feb 19: Today’s Headlines 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 7
Feb 18: Rail Expert Reutter: White House Misfired on High-Speed Rail Stimulus 12
Feb 18: Today’s Headlines 1
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? 3
Feb 17: Freight Rail, Streetcars Are Tops in Stimulus’ TIGER Chase 6
Feb 17: Today’s Headlines 0
Feb 16: Study: Even in Car-Centric Atlanta, Transport Reform is Health Reform 1
Feb 16: NYC’s Moynihan Station is the First Big TIGER Stimulus Winner 12
Feb 16: What’s Wrong With America’s Ambivalence About Crumbling Infrastructure? 3
Feb 16: Today’s Headlines 0
Feb 15: Today’s Headlines 0
Feb 12: GM and Chrysler Get 6,666% Return on 2009 Lobbying Investment 0
Feb 12: White House: Transit Inflation Outstripping Private Transportation 0
Feb 12: White House Economic Report Touts TIGER, High-Speed Rail, Transit 2
Feb 12: Today’s Headlines 1
Feb 11: Bipartisan Senate Jobs Bill Has Highway Trust Fund Rescue But No TIGER 6
Feb 11: D.C., VA, MD to Apply for Federal Aid as Snow Eats Into Transport Budgets 2
Feb 11: Today’s Headlines 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? 22
Feb 10: Today’s Headlines 0
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 3
Feb 09: Today’s Headlines 0
Feb 08: Report: White House Budget Office Helped Weaken EPA Pollution Rule 1
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 2
Feb 08: Today’s Headlines 0
Feb 05: TIGER Grant Winners to be Announced By February 17 1
Feb 05: Today’s Headlines 0
Feb 04: Two Troubling Transportation Numbers for the Obama Administration 1
Feb 04: DeLauro Questions Obama Budget’s Infrastructure Fund Proposal 0
Feb 04: Senate Dems to Call Up Jobs Bill Monday … With Transport Details TBA 0
Feb 04: Today’s Headlines 1
Feb 03: A High-Speed Rail Reality Check for Texas 5
Feb 03: White House Pitches $400M for Healthier Neighborhood Food Outlets 2
Feb 03: Miami, Sacramento, Boston Transit Projects Still Seeking Federal Approval 3
Feb 03: Today’s Headlines 0
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 3
Feb 02: U.S. DOT Names the Transit Projects Set for Federal Funding 0
Feb 02: Today’s Headlines 0
Feb 01: LaHood Talks Budget: “Very Bright” Future for Infrastructure Fund 0
Feb 01: The White House Transportation Budget: What’s In Line for the Axe? 2
Feb 01: White House Budget Includes $530M for Local Sustainability, $1B for HSR 2
Feb 01: Today’s Headlines 0
Jan 29: Biden Says High-Speed Rail Money Ignored Politics — Was He Right? 4
Jan 29: The Urbanist Case Against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac 2
Jan 29: Celebration in California As White House Awards $2.3B for High-Speed Rail 0
Jan 29: Today’s Headlines 0
Jan 28: A Bike-Ped State of the Union: 9.6% of Trips, 1.2% of Federal Funding 0
Jan 28: New Report Links Homeowners’ Auto Dependence With Foreclosure Risk 0
Jan 28: Obama Taps High-Speed Rail Winners: Florida, California, Illinois and More 6
Jan 28: Today’s Headlines 0
Jan 27: One More Reason to Dig TIGER: Transit and Roads on the Same Footing 1
Jan 27: Transit Riders Launch Grassroots Lobbying Push in Dire Political Climate 0
Jan 27: Oakland’s Stimulus Flap: A Shot Across the Bow for Transport Equity? 0
Jan 27: Today’s Headlines 0
Jan 26: Senate Weighs $14B for Roads, $7.5B for Transit in Jobs Bill 2
Jan 26: Democrats Learning to Love the I-Word — But Will Words Bring Action? 0
Jan 26: Today’s Headlines 0
Jan 25: In the White House’s High-Speed Rail Chase, a First Likely Winner: Florida 8
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 25: Today’s Headlines 0
Jan 22: Obama Previews His New Budget’s Urban Policy Moves 0
Jan 22: Feds on New Miami HOT Lanes: Good for Transit 2
Jan 22: Defining the ‘Public’ in Public-Private Partnerships 0
Jan 22: Today’s Headlines 0
Jan 21: What if America’s Urban Economies Were National Ones? 6
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’ 0
Jan 21: Today’s Headlines 0
Jan 20: 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 1
Jan 20: The MA Senate Race: Consequences for Transport and Climate Policy 3
Jan 20: Today’s Headlines 0
Jan 19: For D.C. Area Residents, a Worthy Take on the Year in Transport 0
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’ 2
Jan 19: Today’s Headlines 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 15: Virginia’s New Governor Shows His Cards: No Plan for Transportation 0
Jan 15: Today’s Headlines 0
Jan 14: EPA Air Chief: We Need to Do More to Reduce VMT 7
Jan 14: LaHood Wants More TIGER Aid in the Congressional Jobs Bill 0
Jan 14: The Big Trouble With ‘Miles Per Gallon’ 2
Jan 14: Today’s Headlines 0
Jan 13: Big Transit News: Bush-Era Rule Tossed, Enviro Benefits on the Table 6
Jan 13: Freight Rail Traffic Hit 20-Year Lows in 2009 2
Jan 13: State DOTs: We Back National Transport Goals — If We Get to Write Them 0
Jan 13: Today’s Headlines 0
Jan 12: Bailout Beneficiary Wells Fargo Loses Transit Tax-Shelter Lawsuit 1
Jan 12: Pelosi: Gas Tax Hike Doesn’t Have Majority Support in Congress 0
Jan 12: Baltimore Rolls Out Free, Fully Funded Downtown Bus Service 0
Jan 12: Today’s Headlines 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? 4
Jan 11: Obama Administration Working on Its Own Six-Year Transportation Bill 0
Jan 11: Today’s Headlines 1
Jan 08: Coming Soon: A Senate Jobs Bill … With a New Approach to Transport? 0
Jan 08: Does Transit-Oriented Development Work Even Without Transit? 0
Jan 08: Could Rail be the Sleeper Issue in the Connecticut Senate Race? 2
Jan 08: Today’s Headlines 0
Jan 07: Democratic Lawmaker Blasts Salazar For Calling Big Oil ‘Kings of the World’ 0
Jan 07: Transport Economist Challenges Claim That ‘VMT Causes Growth’ 4
Jan 07: The U.S. Transportation Financing Crisis: A Snapshot From the States 0
Jan 07: Today’s Headlines 0
Jan 06: New Report Finds American Auto Fleet Shrinking 3
Jan 06: Biden’s Homage to Amtrak 0
Jan 06: Dodd and Dorgan Retiring: The Consequences For Transportation Policy 1
Jan 06: Today’s Headlines 0
Jan 05: Stimulus Jobs From Transit vs. Roads: A Tale of Two States 1
Jan 05: Environmental Reviews: Helpful (and Hurtful) to Many Ideologies 1
Jan 05: Grassley Looking Into Citibank’s Million-Dollar ‘Clunkers’ Deal 2
Jan 05: Transit Fare Inflation Hitting Health Insurance-Like Levels? 2
Jan 05: Today’s Headlines 0
Jan 04: Economic Downturn Hits Transit Ridership — But Not in These Cities 0
Jan 04: A Step Towards Pricing of Pollution? 11 States Back Low-Carbon Fuel Rules 0
Jan 04: Today’s Headlines 0
2009
Dec 31: The 2009 Capitol Hill Streetsies: Meet the Winners! 1
Dec 31: Today’s Headlines 0
Dec 30: How Car Dealers Wiggled Out of the Democrats’ Consumer Protection Bill 0
Dec 30: Today’s Headlines 0
Dec 29: The 2009 Capitol Hill Streetsies: And the Nominees Are … 1
Dec 29: Today’s Headlines 0
Dec 28: Adding a Dose of Honesty to the Congressional Job-Creation Debate 0
Dec 28: Today’s Headlines 0
Dec 18: Four Finalists For White House High-Speed Rail Funding? 2
Dec 18: Battle Heats Up Over Pennsylvania Tolling, With National Implications 9
Dec 18: Today’s Headlines 0
Dec 17: Two Dems Propose to End Bush-Era Rule on Transit ‘Cost-Effectiveness’ 0
Dec 17: Transit Jobs Nearly Twice as Cheap to Create as Roads — By Congress’ Math 0
Dec 17: Senate Climate Bill Invests Big in Transit, Reaps Big Deficit Reduction 1
Dec 17: Today’s Headlines 0
Dec 16: House Jobs Bill Answers Some Key Transportation Questions 2
Dec 16: House Jobs Bill Could Make General Electric’s Amtrak Wish Come True 7
Dec 16: Geithner Adviser Backs ‘More Merit-Based’ Infrastructure Spending 0
Dec 16: VIDEO: LaHood Visits ‘The Daily Show’ to Talk Transportation 0
Dec 16: Today’s Headlines 0
Dec 15: House Jobs Bill Mimics the Stimulus: $27.5B for Roads, $8.4B for Transit 1
Dec 15: New Report: Minority-Owned Businesses Left Out of Transport Stimulus 0
Dec 15: The Footnote to All Those Complaints About Tax Cuts as Stimulus 2
Dec 15: On the Pitfalls and Benefits of National Transit Safety Standards 0
Dec 15: Today’s Headlines 0
Dec 14: Bus vs. Rail: Transit’s Quiet Culture Clash? 3
Dec 14: Wins For Washington (State): Transport Bill Resolves Two Local Debates 0
Dec 14: Transport Bill Earmark to Help Road Project in Palin’s Hometown 0
Dec 14: Today’s Headlines 0
Dec 11: ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Backer Sutton Steps it Up for Ohio Transit 1
Dec 11: Congressional Black Caucus Calls for Bypassing States on New Jobs Bill 0
Dec 11: Today’s Headlines 1
Dec 10: Today’s Headlines 0
Dec 09: House and Senate Agree on $2.5B for High-Speed Rail — And More 2
Dec 09: McCain & Coburn: Inadvertent Transportation Reformers? 2
Dec 09: Cities for Cycling Launches With Blumenauer, Sadik-Khan, Byrne 1
Dec 09: Today’s Headlines 0
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 2
Dec 08: Wall Street Bailout Money For Infrastructure? Maybe Not 0
Dec 08: Today’s Headlines 0
Dec 07: NY and CA: How Did They Spend Transportation Stimulus Money? 1
Dec 07: EPA Makes it Official: Emissions Threaten Public Health 1
Dec 07: Rendell: National Infrastructure Bank Could Move as Part of New Jobs Bill 0
Dec 07: Today’s Headlines 0
Dec 04: Senate Version of Wall Street Transportation Tax Coming Next Week 8
Dec 04: 32 Rail Companies Commit to Expanding in U.S. Under High-Speed Rail Plan 3
Dec 04: Conservative Tea Party Movement Targets Florida Rail Plan 6
Dec 04: Today’s Headlines 3
Dec 03: Obama’s Frank Talk About the ‘Tension’ of the ‘Shovel-Ready’ Concept 0
Dec 03: Rendell & Lawmakers Aligning on 2-Year, Treasury-Funded Transport Bill 0
Dec 03: Streetsblog Capitol Hill Q&A: Blumenauer Talks Economic Recovery 0
Dec 03: Today’s Headlines 0
Dec 02: Congress Gets Project Lists for Jobs Bill: $15B for Transit, $48B for Roads 3
Dec 02: One More Sign That the Stimulus Traded Infrastructure for Tax Cuts 0
Dec 02: Why Deficit Politics Matter in the Infrastructure Debate 1
Dec 02: Today’s Headlines 1
Dec 01: Who Wants to Buy a New Locomotive? General Electric Hopes Amtrak Does 4
Dec 01: Blumenauer: Let’s Redirect Wall Street Bailout Money to Infrastructure 0
Dec 01: In New Orleans, LaHood Unveils $280M in Streetcar and Bus Grants 2
Dec 01: The Missed Opportunity For an Urban Stimulus: Mayors ‘Were Ignored’ 0
Dec 01: Today’s Headlines 0
Nov 30: LaHood: Gas Tax Increase in Congressional Hands 1
Nov 30: Climate’s 17 Undecided Dems Got $2.3M From Transport & Electric Lobbies 0
Nov 30: Today’s Headlines 0
Nov 25: The Case For a Merit-Based and Front-Loaded Infrastructure Bill 1
Nov 25: Streetsblog Capitol Hill Q&A: Four Questions For Mike McKeever 1
Nov 25: Today’s Headlines 0
Nov 24: Consumer Group: White House Left Fuel-Efficiency Savings on the Table 0
Nov 24: New Report: Road Funding From Non-Road Users Doubled in 25 Years 9
Nov 24: DeFazio, Perlmutter Drafting New Version of Wall Street Transport Tax 6
Nov 24: Today’s Headlines 0
Nov 23: Today’s Headlines 0
Nov 20: Senate Health Bill Holds Onto Grants For Healthier Transportation 0
Nov 20: Higher Gas Prices Alone Won’t Make Cleaner Cars a Reality 6
Nov 20: Carlyle Group’s New Infrastructure Public-Private Partnership: Donuts 1
Nov 20: Today’s Headlines 0
Nov 19: Is the Stimulus Working For Cities? Not So Much, Mayors Say 0
Nov 19: Pelosi: Passing a Wall Street Transport Tax Would Require Overseas Buy-in 0
Nov 19: DeFazio: Summers, Geithner Oppose Using Bailout Money on Infrastructure 0
Nov 19: A Warning From America’s Cities: The Recession Has Only Just Begun to Hit 1
Nov 19: Today’s Headlines 2
Nov 18: 98 House Members — Mostly Dems — Cruising in Taxpayer-Funded Cars 0
Nov 18: ‘This Needs Attention’: Senators Seek Shot in the Arm on Transportation 0
Nov 18: Streetsblog Capitol Hill Q&A: Four Questions For Rob Puentes 0
Nov 18: Oil-Centric Houston to Experiment With (Coal-Powered) Electric Cars 0
Nov 18: General Electric Inks High-Speed Rail Deal With Chinese Government 0
Nov 18: Today’s Headlines 0
Nov 17: 3 GOPers, 4 Dems Ask Reid to Call Up Six-Month Transport Bill Extension 0
Nov 17: Introducing the Samuelson Gas Tax Increase: A Penny Every Month 0
Nov 17: Dems, AFL-CIO Step Up Push for Infrastructure Spending as Job Creator 0
Nov 17: Today’s Headlines 0
Nov 16: Obama Administration’s Transit Safety Rules to Eventually Apply to Buses 0
Nov 16: New Business Group Launches to Push Regional Electric Vehicles 1
Nov 16: Feds Propose to Expand Opportunities for Biking and Walking to Transit 2
Nov 16: Hesitation and Praise Greet Obama Administration’s Transit Safety Plan 0
Nov 16: Today’s Headlines 1
Nov 13: House to Tackle Transit Safety Gaps in December Hearing 1
Nov 13: Coal-Burning Electric Utilities Still Commanding Dem Senators’ Attention 0
Nov 13: Voinovich Has a Job-Creation Proposal for the President 0
Nov 13: Today’s Headlines 0
Nov 12: Which is the Fastest-Rising U.S. Emissions Source: Transport or Electricity? 1
Nov 12: Report: After MN Collapse, Bridge Repair Got Just 11% of D.C. Earmarks 0
Nov 12: White House to Agencies: Prepare for Broad Spending Freeze or 5% Cut 1
Nov 12: Today’s Headlines 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 1
Nov 11: Chrysler: Taking Taxpayer Money and Running Away From Cleaner Cars 6
Nov 11: Today’s Headlines 0
Nov 10: Clinton’s Budget Director Backs Congestion Pricing, VMT Tax 0
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 0
Nov 10: Maryland: A Case Study in the Lack of Political Will to Fund Transportation 0
Nov 10: Today’s Headlines 0
Nov 09: The Wall Street Transportation Tax: Predictably Unpopular On Wall Street 0
Nov 09: GOP Chief Steele on Infrastructure Spending: ‘That’s Not Creating Jobs!’ 0
Nov 09: New Report Maps the Gap Between Pedestrian Risks and Federal Safety Aid 2
Nov 09: Today’s Headlines 1
Nov 06: Senate’s Next Climate Hearing to Feature Big Oil-Backed Critics 0
Nov 06: ‘The Concrete is Cracking’: Front-Loaded New Transport Bill Gains Steam 3
Nov 06: Distracted Driving Debate Continues in Congress as Consensus Looks Elusive 2
Nov 06: Today’s Headlines 0
Nov 05: How Important is a United Front on the Climate Bill? 0
Nov 05: What Does Virginia’s New Governor Owe the State on Transportation? 0
Nov 05: Boxer Okays Senate Climate Bill, Without Amendments or GOP 2
Nov 05: Today’s Headlines 2
Nov 04: Amtrak, Virginia Railway Express, and the Future of Privately Run Transit 2
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 1
Nov 04: Today’s Headlines 1
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? 0
Nov 03: The Senate Climate Bill Reaches a First Milestone Today — Maybe 1
Nov 03: Today’s Headlines 0
Nov 02: Wall Street’s Infrastructure Tax Shelter Hits Transit — and the Feds Too 0
Nov 02: Obama Calls For ‘More Creative’ Ways to Pay For Infrastructure 1
Nov 02: To Limit Distracted Driving, Congress Leans Toward a Carrot-Stick Combo 1
Nov 02: Today’s Headlines 2
Oct 30: Today’s Headlines 0
Oct 29: The New Curveball: A $150 Billion Transportation Down Payment 0
Oct 29: Inhofe Blasts Transport Bill Inaction That Comes From His Own Party 1
Oct 29: Trucking Industry Likes Higher Fuel Prices — When They Help Truckers 1
Oct 29: A Republican Returns to Congress With A Map to Transportation Reform 0
Oct 29: Today’s Headlines 0
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 1
Oct 28: Philly Mayor Tells Senate: Climate Bill Can Help Make Cities Greener 1
Oct 28: Today’s Headlines 0
Oct 27: Transport Policy Update: Senate to Pass 6-Month Extension This Week 0
Oct 27: At Senate Climate Hearings, Lots of Transport Talk and All Eyes on Baucus 0
Oct 27: Electric Cars Got a Bigger U.S. Bet in 6 Months Than Transit Gets All Year 2
Oct 27: Today’s Headlines 0
Oct 26: How Bus Transit Can Help the Auto Industry 3
Oct 26: GOP Senators Protest Evaluating the Climate Impacts of Transport Projects 0
Oct 26: Senate Climate Bill Triples the House’s Investments in Clean Transport 0
Oct 26: Today’s Headlines 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 13
Oct 23: Deeds Wants More Money for Transportation — But Not From a Climate Bill? 0
Oct 23: Today’s Headlines 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 4
Oct 22: Seeking Stimulus Money For Bike Sharing, D.C. Looks Beyond Cutting CO2 6
Oct 22: Today’s Headlines 0
Oct 21: Takeaway From Today’s EPA Hearing: Fuel Efficiency is a Money-Maker 0
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 21: Today’s Headlines 0
Oct 20: Think Tank Responds to Report on Hidden Costs of Fossil Fuels: Yawn 1
Oct 20: 16 Cities That Are Leading the Way in the Climate Change Fight 0
Oct 20: How the $8.7 Billion Transportation Contracting Gap is Hitting Your State 0
Oct 20: The Political Climate That Makes Transportation Reform Run 1
Oct 20: Today’s Headlines 0
Oct 19: New Study Shows $56 Billion in Hidden Health Damage from Autos 1
Oct 19: Has Kentucky’s ‘Zombie Highway’ Met its Demise? 0
Oct 19: Today’s Headlines 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 16: Today’s Headlines 0
Oct 15: Obama Adviser Proves it: Transportation Reform is Health Reform 1
Oct 15: Senior Dem Senator to Offer Competing Plan to Limit Distracted Driving 0
Oct 15: Construction Industry and Green Group Join Hands on Clean Diesel 0
Oct 15: House GOPer Goes ‘All Aboard for Gun Rights on Amtrak’ 7
Oct 15: The Oversight Gap in Team Obama’s High-Speed Rail Plan 0
Oct 15: Today’s Headlines 0
Oct 14: New Orleans GOPer Still Sore at Jindal For Saying No to High-Speed Rail 5
Oct 14: Electrification in the Climate Bill: Thinking Bigger Than a Car 0
Oct 14: What Washington Can Do For — And Alongside — Metro Area Planners 0
Oct 14: Today’s Headlines 0
Oct 13: Six States Seek Stimulus Aid to Add Rail to Congestion-Plagued I-81 3
Oct 13: Senior House GOPer: We Shouldn’t Force Amtrak to Allow Guns on Board 1
Oct 13: Obama Ally Breaks With White House on Timing of New Transport Bill 1
Oct 13: Today’s Headlines 0
Oct 12: Today’s Headlines 0
Oct 09: How Congress Can Help Create Suburbia 2.0 1
Oct 09: Senate Climate Bill Delayed Yet Again As Obama Takes Nobel 1
Oct 09: Inside the Rail Worker Disability Program That Never Says ‘No’ 1
Oct 09: Today’s Headlines 1
Oct 08: When $1 Billion Doesn’t Buy What it Used To — And When it Does 1
Oct 08: Two More Senate Dems Back Plan to Devote Climate Money to Transit 1
Oct 08: Streetsblog Q&A: Bush DOT Chief Backs Transport Tech Funding 0
Oct 08: Streetsblog Q&A: Bush DOT Chief Endorses National Transport Goals 0
Oct 08: Today’s Headlines 0
Oct 07: SF, NYC, and DC Sign Deals to Upgrade Transit Technology 0
Oct 07: Obama’s Engaged With Transit More in 9 Months than Bush Did in 8 Years 1
Oct 07: Team Obama Adviser: Here’s How to Make Sustainability Mainstream 2
Oct 07: Today’s Headlines 0
Oct 06: $8B for High-Speed Rail, $1.5B in Transport Stimulus Coming This Winter 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? 1
Oct 06: Today’s Headlines 0
Oct 05: LaHood’s Twelve-Word Definition of ‘Livability’ 0
Oct 05: The Dirty Secret of Coal Ash: It’s in Our Roads 0
Oct 05: Congress’ Transport Impasse Hits States — and Not Just Their Road Funds 1
Oct 05: Today’s Headlines 0
Oct 02: Killing the Myth of the ‘More Shovel-Ready’ Road Stimulus, Part II 2
Oct 02: Spending Transportation Stimulus Money Fast vs. Spending it Well 0
Oct 02: CA Guv Hopeful: Let’s Not Extend Parking Meter Hours in a Recession 0
Oct 02: Today’s Headlines 0
Oct 01: The Good Problem With Housing Near Transit: It’s Almost Too Popular 2
Oct 01: Obama Bans Texting While Driving for Guv Workers — And There’s More 1
Oct 01: GOP Blocks Plan to Use Bailout Fund to Preserve $8.7B in Transport Money 0
Oct 01: Today’s Headlines 0
Sep 30: Senate Passes One-Month Extension of Transport Law … For Now 0
Sep 30: The ‘Elitism’ Trap Migrates From Transport Reform to Climate Change 0
Sep 30: Senate Climate Bill Released With Much Fanfare, Little Focus on Transport 2
Sep 30: U.S. DOT’s Distracted Driving Summit: Follow it Live 0
Sep 30: Today’s Headlines 0
Sep 29: Could Congress Let States (Start to) Lose $8.7 Billion in Road Money? 0
Sep 29: Senate Climate Bill Leaks: The Good News and Bad News for Transport 0
Sep 29: New Report: Feds Subsidizing Parking Six Times as Much as Transit 2
Sep 29: Today’s Headlines 1
Sep 25: Today’s Headlines 0
Sep 24: Obama Chooses Trucking Industry Lobbyist to Regulate Truckers 2
Sep 24: LaHood Praises NYC But Shrugs at Transport Reform to Empower Cities 0
Sep 24: Deja Vu: Congress Could Put Off Deal on Transport Bill Until Next Month 1
Sep 24: Today’s Headlines 0
Sep 23: Streetsblog Capitol Hill Q&A With Leon Krier 3
Sep 23: House Voting Today on Transport Law Extension — Or Not? 2
Sep 23: Today’s Headlines 0
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 1
Sep 22: Oberstar’s 3-Month Transport Bill Extension Heading to House Floor 0
Sep 22: Today’s Headlines 0
Sep 21: Fly on the Wall Alert: Obama, LaHood, and Tom Friedman Tee Off 2
Sep 21: Feds Could Soon End Pro-Transit Privatization Rule — in One State Only 5
Sep 21: Obama Administration Sends $100M in Stimulus Aid to 43 Transit Agencies 6
Sep 21: Bloomberg and Dems Blast Congressional Plan to Let Guns on Amtrak 1
Sep 21: Today’s Headlines 0
Sep 18: Boxer Reminds Metrolink: Train Crew Members Shouldn’t Ride Solo 1
Sep 18: Joel Kotkin on Smart Growth: The Streetsblog Re-mix 2
Sep 18: High-Speed Rail Routes and the Looming Choice Among ‘Megaregions’ 1
Sep 18: Today’s Headlines 0
Sep 17: Pro-Gun Group: Senator Shows ‘Bigotry’ by Opposing Firearms on Amtrak 9
Sep 17: Oberstar to Back 3-Month Delay in Transport Bill As Soon As Next Week 0
Sep 17: Pro-Tea Party Republican’s Angry Letter to D.C. Metro: Read it in Full 11
Sep 17: Warner Scores a (Small) Win for White House’s Transportation Agenda 0
Sep 17: Today’s Headlines 0
Sep 16: Conservatives: If We Can’t Kill Off the U.S. DOT, Let’s ‘Fix’ It! 3
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 16: Today’s Headlines 0
Sep 15: More on McCain’s Anti-Transit and Coburn’s Anti-Bike Amendments 2
Sep 15: The New White House Fuel Efficiency Rule: Count the Loopholes 2
Sep 15: White House Releases Fuel Efficiency Rules — Will the Loophole Make it in? 1
Sep 15: Today’s Headlines 0
Sep 14: California County Now Offers Ride Insurance to Car-Free Commuters 2
Sep 14: Planetizen Unveils Its Top 100 Urban Thinkers 0
Sep 14: Oberstar Stands Firm on Transportation Bill, Gets Industry Backup 0
Sep 14: McCain’s Transit Hit List: Get the Details 21
Sep 14: Today’s Headlines 1
Sep 11: Stimulus Spotlight: Delaware Town Boosts Bike-Ped Access to Bus Stop 0
Sep 11: Department of Energy Gets Basic Math Wrong in its Rail Analysis 5
Sep 11: White House Tells Senate: Grants No Substitute For Infrastructure Bank 0
Sep 11: Today’s Headlines 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 10: Today’s Headlines 0
Sep 09: Dodd Stays at Helm of Transit Panel — But at a Cost to Climate Bill? 0
Sep 09: How Much Would Most People Pay For a Shorter Commute? 5
Sep 09: Was the Auto Industry Bailout Legal? It’s Debatable, Oversight Panel Says 2
Sep 09: Today’s Headlines 0
Sep 08: How Many Trips Are ‘Captured’ By More Diverse Urban Land Use? 0
Sep 08: D-Day Approaches for Detroit Transit Riders 0
Sep 08: Compromise or Concession: Congress Faces Tough Transport Choices 0
Sep 08: Today’s Headlines 0
Sep 04: Happy Labor Day Weekend 0
Sep 04: GOP Guv Hopeful Hit Motorcyclist With His BMW But Wasn’t Ticketed 1
Sep 04: LaHood on Transport: ‘We Don’t Want to Pit One Mode … Against Another’ 2
Sep 04: Today’s Headlines 0
Sep 03: Mmmm, This ‘Pork’ Sounds Tasty: Senators Serve Up Transit Aid 2
Sep 03: Feds Still Forcing Transit Agencies to Bow to Private Charter Buses 2
Sep 03: Biden on Stimulus Aid to Cities: ‘We’re Trying … It’s Imperfect’ 1
Sep 03: Today’s Headlines 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 02: Florida Guv, a Fair-Weather Friend of Rail, Backs Out of Climate Fight 1
Sep 02: Today’s Headlines 0
Sep 01: White House Hails Kansas City’s Stimulus-Backed ‘Green Impact Zone’ 0
Sep 01: ‘Clunkers’ Consequences: GM Sales Down, Ford Gas-Guzzlers Up 0
Sep 01: EPA to Declare CO2 a Pollutant, Release Final Fuel-Efficiency Rules 1
Sep 01: New Poll: Public Supports Congestion Tolling Over Gas Tax Hike by 2 to 1 3
Sep 01: Today’s Headlines 0
Aug 31: Senate Climate Bill Delayed for Second Time 0
Aug 31: EPA Chief Urges a More Urban Environmentalism to Fight Climate Change 0
Aug 31: Senator Dukakis? What Kennedy’s Loss Could Mean for Transport Policy 1
Aug 31: Today’s Headlines 0
Aug 21: Few Cries From Congress for a Second Resurrection of “Cash for Clunkers” 0
Aug 21: Know Your Transportation Lobbyists: The American Trucking Association 1
Aug 21: D.C. City Government Considers “Cash for Close-in Urban Living” 0
Aug 21: Today’s Headlines 0
Aug 20: Jindal’s Not Alone: Guvs Who Shunned Stimulus Warm to High-Speed Rail 6
Aug 20: Stimulus Spotlight: Oregon’s Solar Highway 6
Aug 20: As “Cash for Clunkers” Sputters, a Privately Funded Spinoff Picks Up 0
Aug 20: Today’s Headlines 0
Aug 19: Climate Change and Health Care: A Tale of Two Polls Comments Off
Aug 19: “Cash for Clunkers” Coming to a Close? 0
Aug 19: Crunching June Stimulus Numbers: Roads Create Pricier Jobs Than Transit 0
Aug 19: Carper: Climate Bill Must Focus on Transport, Not Just Power Plants 0
Aug 19: Today’s Headlines 0
Aug 18: Know Your Transportation Lobbyists: Transit Beats Roads — Sort Of 5
Aug 18: Behind the ‘Bridge in a Backpack’ That Could Go National 1
Aug 18: Transit Cuts Report Underscores Cities’ Congressional Influence Gap 0
Aug 18: Today’s Headlines 0
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? 1
Aug 17: Today’s Headlines 0
Aug 14: Oil Industry Tears Page from Health Care Playbook to Battle Climate Bill 1
Aug 14: Report: Boxer ‘Sympathetic to’ Backers of More Climate Money for Transit 2
Aug 14: Could Electric-Car Tax Credits Become the Next “Cash for Clunkers”? 0
Aug 14: Today’s Headlines 0
Aug 13: Midwest High-Speed Rail Group Starts Lobby Push for House’s $4B Bill 2
Aug 13: Distracted Driving Laws Lack Teeth in Some States 1
Aug 13: Obama Administration Touts Nation’s First All-Electronic Toll Road in N.C. 2
Aug 13: Today’s Headlines 0
Aug 12: A Better — and Cooler — Version of “Cash for Clunkers” 0
Aug 12: Electric Cars and the Future of the Gas Tax 4
Aug 12: Transport Construction Industry Mobilizes for Oberstar’s Bill 1
Aug 12: Today’s Headlines 1
Aug 11: A Progress Report on State-Level Oil Dependence 1
Aug 11: GM Claims a 230 MPG Volt — Is it For Real? 42
Aug 11: Senate’s New DOT Spending Bill Eases One Transit Funding Barrier 1
Aug 11: Today’s Headlines 0
Aug 10: 30 House Dems Back Transportation Tax on Wall Street Oil Speculators 0
Aug 10: Citigroup’s “Cash for Clunkers” Contract Worth $7.7 Million 0
Aug 10: The Peculiar Federalism of Transit Safety: No National Standards Exist 2
Aug 10: Today’s Headlines 0
Aug 07: New ‘Clunkers’ Analysis: Trucks, SUVs More Popular Than Suggested 5
Aug 07: Electrified Transportation’s Big Week in Washington 1
Aug 07: The Senate’s ‘Clunkers’ Vote: Who Crossed Party Lines? (UPDATED) 1
Aug 07: Today’s Headlines 0
Aug 06: Senators Propose $4 Billion for Transit-Oriented Development Grants 1
Aug 06: Audit Finds U.S. DOT’s Transit Record-Keeping ‘Unreliable,’ ‘Inaccurate’ 0
Aug 06: PBS NewsHour Takes on Alabama’s “Zombie Highway” 0
Aug 06: Transit Union Apologizes to Senate After Campaign-Finance Flap 2
Aug 06: Today’s Headlines 0
Aug 05: The Perils of Taking Transit Advice From an Alabama Senator 2
Aug 05: Portland’s Transport Research Guru Headed to Obama Administration 1
Aug 05: Lobby Firm Behind Climate Forgeries Helped Kill Higher CAFE Standards 0
Aug 05: Today’s Headlines 1
Aug 04: AP: Obama Administration Won’t Release Full Data on ‘Cash for Clunkers’ 2
Aug 04: Following ‘Cash for Clunkers’ with ‘Riches for Rail’ 0
Aug 04: “Build America Bonds” Having a Big Week — Is the Transport Bill Next? 0
Aug 04: LaHood to Convene Texting-While-Driving Summit 0
Aug 04: Today’s Headlines 0
Aug 03: Letting Highway Trust Fund Earn Interest: How Much Would it Help? 3
Aug 03: Separating Myth from Fact on “Cash for Clunkers” 3
Aug 03: How — and When — Can D.C. Help Local Transport Reform Happen? 0
Aug 03: Bailout Recipient Citigroup Gets Contract to Run ‘Cash for Clunkers’ 1
Aug 03: Today’s Headlines 0
Jul 31: Road Stimulus Money: Half Spent on Repaving, 17% on Widening 0
Jul 31: What Wasn’t in This Week’s Highway Trust Fund Patch 0
Jul 31: House Quickly Sends $2 Billion More to ‘Cash for Clunkers’ 2
Jul 31: ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Out of Cash — But Not Quite Finished 2
Jul 31: Today’s Headlines 0
Jul 30: An Urban Planning Tale That Writes Itself 0
Jul 30: A Suggestion for Today’s ‘Beer Summit’ 0
Jul 30: McCain & Coburn: Let’s Make Roads Safer — by Slashing Safety Money 1
Jul 30: Senate Debating House’s $7B Trust Fund Fix, With 4 GOP Amendments 0
Jul 30: Today’s Headlines 0
Jul 29: Succumbing to Senate Pressure, House Boosts Trust Fund Rescue to $7B 0
Jul 29: Senior House Members Urge Removal of Amtrak’s New In-House Watchdog 3
Jul 29: Senate Panel Backs $1.2B for High Speed Rail, $1.4B Extra For Highways 2
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) 4
Jul 29: Today’s Headlines 0
Jul 28: How Soon Will Cutting Transportation Emissions Save Money? 3
Jul 28: House to Move Tomorrow on $5B Highway Trust Fund Patch 0
Jul 28: Oberstar to White House: On Emissions, Back Up Your Words With Action 0
Jul 28: Today’s Headlines 0
Jul 27: A Make-or-Break Week for Transportation Begins on the Hill 0
Jul 27: The Capitol’s 10 Transportation Players to Know 0
Jul 27: From the Dept. of Mixed Messages: LaHood Touts ‘Cash for Clunkers’ 1
Jul 27: Today’s Headlines 0
Jul 23: House Votes on Transportation Spending: Track it Live 0
Jul 23: Lawmakers Pitch Transport Funding Ideas, From VMT to Freight Taxes 0
Jul 23: Today’s Headlines 0
Jul 22: White Roof, Green Roof: Cities Share Climate Solutions on the Hill 2
Jul 22: Livable Streets Win: Concealed Weapons Amendment Falls in the Senate 1
Jul 22: Cardin & Carper Bullish on Transit’s Prospects in Senate Climate Bill 0
Jul 22: Oberstar to Request $3B Patch for Highway Trust Fund 1
Jul 22: Today’s Headlines 1
Jul 21: Government Still Taking Hands-Off Approach to Cell Phoning While Driving 1
Jul 21: New Report on Transpo-Health Dynamic Makes Case for National Targets 1
Jul 21: Senate Agrees on $26.8 Billion Highway Trust Fund Rescue 0
Jul 21: Today’s Headlines 0
Jul 20: House to Take Up Transportation Spending Bill This Week 0
Jul 20: Know Your Road Lobbyists: The American Highway Users Alliance 2
Jul 20: Today’s Headlines 0
Jul 17: An Orszag-ian Principle: Transportation Reform is Health Reform 1
Jul 17: 5 Down, 5 to Go: Plan Linking Transit to Climate Bill Wins Sponsors 0
Jul 17: Today’s Headlines 0
Jul 16: Economic Hardship Standard in Stimulus Sparks Washington Ferry Flap 1
Jul 16: Team Obama’s Transportation Chain of Command: ‘A Bit Complicated’ 1
Jul 16: Today’s Headlines 0
Jul 15: Blumenauer and Co. Face Off With Utility Industry Over Clean Water 1
Jul 15: White House Staying Quiet For Now on Transit’s Role in Climate Bill 0
Jul 15: Lawmakers Cross Party Lines on Transpo Funding as Debate Rages 0
Jul 15: Today’s Headlines 0
Jul 14: Voinovich Joins House Dems in Saying No to Transpo Funding Stopgap 0
Jul 14: U.S. Transit Agency Issues Safety Warning After D.C. Metro Crash 0
Jul 14: Congress Takes First Steps on Obama’s Transpo Budget: The Details 3
Jul 14: Today’s Headlines 0
Jul 13: Obama Talks Urban Policy as LaHood Seeks More Urban Transpo Money 1
Jul 13: GOPer Offers Alternative Climate Plan: More Nuke, Less ‘Energy Sprawl’ 0
Jul 13: Transit Outsourcing Booms — But Are There Safety Trade-offs? 1
Jul 13: Today’s Headlines 0
Jul 10: Republicans Deem Transpo Stimulus — 6% of Total Spending — a ‘Failure’ 1
Jul 10: Taking GOPer Bachmann a Bit Too Seriously 4
Jul 10: Taking GOP Graphics a Bit Too Seriously 1
Jul 10: Today’s Headlines 0
Jul 09: Did Pelosi Just Side With Oberstar on the Transpo Bill? 5
Jul 09: Top 20 Metro Areas Get 28% of Road Stimulus, 61% of Transit Stimulus 2
Jul 09: Boxer Delays Senate Climate Bill Until September 5
Jul 09: Today’s Headlines 0
Jul 08: Urban Traffic Report Sparks Clever Headlines, But Little Transit Talk 0
Jul 08: Lawmakers Aim to Bring ‘Sustainable Communities’ From Talk to Action 0
Jul 08: Today’s Headlines 0
Jul 07: Why Road Builders Want a Transportation Bill Now 0
Jul 07: Senate Starts Climate Push With Nods to Jobs, Energy, and Transportation 1
Jul 07: Today’s Headlines 0
Jul 06: Adding More Transportation to the Climate Change Mix 2
Jul 06: New Report on Old Roads Uses Old Assumptions 2
Jul 06: Today’s Headlines 0
Jul 02: Leading Liberal Economist Endorses DeFazio’s Wall Street Transpo Tax 0
Jul 02: Highway Lobby: Obama DOT’s Transpo Goals ‘Not Appropriate’ 0
Jul 02: Today’s Headlines 0
Jul 01: LaHood, Blumenauer Christen New Portland Streetcars 3
Jul 01: Obama Administration’s Transportation Goals: Read Them Here 2
Jul 01: House Democrat: We Don’t Have the Votes for Gas Tax Increase 0
Jul 01: Cities See Population Gains — But What About Political Power? 1
Jul 01: Today’s Headlines 0
Jun 30: The GOP Climate ‘Traitors’ Have Something Else in Common … 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 30: Today’s Headlines 0
Jun 29: How Did the Senate’s 2008 Climate Bill Treat Transportation? 1
Jun 29: Report: States Used $6.6B in Stimulus Cash on New Roads, Not Repair 2
Jun 29: House Climate Bill on Green Transpo: The Details 0
Jun 29: Today’s Headlines 0
Jun 26: How Much Operating Aid is Your Local Transit Agency Getting? 0
Jun 26: Menendez: Transit Agencies Need Help Escaping Tax-Shelter Trap 0
Jun 26: The Wall Street Tax Shelter That Crashed Your Local Transit Agency 1
Jun 26: Today’s Headlines 0
Jun 25: Voinovich: Business Buy-in Can Get a New Transportation Bill Done 1
Jun 25: Boxer and Inhofe Agree: Transportation Policy Reform Can Wait 5
Jun 25: Today’s Headlines 0
Jun 24: Senate Poised to Move on Climate Bill 0
Jun 24: Your Unlikely Reasonable Voice of the Day 0
Jun 24: House Transpo Leaders and Obama DOT Run Off in Opposite Directions 0
Jun 24: Today’s Headlines 0
Jun 23: The High-Speed Rail Numbers Game: Is $13 Billion and 110MPH Enough? 0
Jun 23: House Dems Agree: Climate Bill Can Help Pay For Greener Transportation 0
Jun 23: Senators Seek Rail Safety Funding in Aftermath of Metro Crash 0
Jun 23: Flashback: Does the Government Owe Transportation $21 Billion? 1
Jun 23: Today’s Headlines 0
Jun 22: Oberstar’s Transportation Bill: The Early Word 0
Jun 22: Oberstar’s Transportation Bill: Download it in Full 1
Jun 22: New Report Quantifies Benefits of Adding Smart Growth to Climate Bill 0
Jun 22: Today’s Headlines 1
Jun 19: A National Infrastructure Bank By Any Other Name … 0
Jun 19: House GOPers Propose Filling Trust Fund With Stimulus Money 0
Jun 19: Today’s Headlines 0
Jun 18: Oberstar’s Bill Praised by Mayors, Engineers 0
Jun 18: House Transpo Leaders United — in Frustration With the White House 0
Jun 18: Oberstar Tackles Metro-Area Transportation Planning 1
Jun 18: But What About the Highways-Transit Split? 2
Jun 18: Oberstar’s New Transportation Bill: Get The Highlights 2
Jun 18: Today’s Headlines: The Oberstar/LaHood Edition 0
Jun 17: Boxer Likes LaHood’s 18-Month Extension Plan 2
Jun 17: LaHood Asks For 18-Month Extension of Four-Year-Old Transpo Law 1
Jun 17: Mica: New Federal Transpo Bill Should Have the Need for Speed 0
Jun 17: DOT Defines High-Speed Rail: ‘Reasonably Expected to Reach … 110 MPH’ 2
Jun 17: Today’s Headlines 0
Jun 16: Who Still Thinks the Federal Transportation Bill Will Pass On Time? 2
Jun 16: Oberstar’s Transportation Unveiling Moved to Thursday 0
Jun 16: WHO Report Highlights Global Health Risk of Traffic 1
Jun 16: GOP’s New Attack on Health Care Reform Bill: It Promotes Walking! 12
Jun 16: In the Works: Senate Bill to Promote Sustainable Development 0
Jun 16: Today’s Headlines 0
Jun 15: Report: Nation’s Cities Not Getting Their Share of Stimulus Transpo Money 0
Jun 15: AARP Sends Its Transportation Priorities to Congress 1
Jun 15: Oberstar to Release Transportation Outline on Wednesday 0
Jun 15: Flashback: Is Obama Flipping on Highway Corruption Laws? 3
Jun 15: Today’s Headlines 0
Jun 12: Michigan’s Looking Good in the High-Speed Rail Chase 0
Jun 12: Congress Agrees to Keep Transit Operating Aid in War Bill 1
Jun 12: Today’s Headlines 0
Jun 11: We’re Not Just Driving Less — We’re Also Flying Less 0
Jun 11: GOPers Blast the Newest Dem Star: How Dare He Pay For Transportation! 0
Jun 11: Carnahan Steps Up Push For Federal Help With Transit Operating 0
Jun 11: Today’s Headlines 0
Jun 10: National Transportation Funding Is Ailing — Is Michigan ‘Patient Zero’? 0
Jun 10: When Will Oberstar’s Transportation Bill Drop? Place Your Bets Now 1
Jun 10: Today’s Headlines 0
Jun 09: House Boosts Transpo and Housing Spending Levels By 25% 0
Jun 09: Lawmakers Push For Federal Help With Transit Operating: Read the Letter 1
Jun 09: GOP-ers and Dems Agree: Feds Need to Get Their Transpo Act Together 0
Jun 09: Welcome to Streetsblog Capitol Hill 11
Jun 08: House to Vote This Week on Weak ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Plan 2
Jun 04: House GOP Urges Elimination of (GOP-Backed) Kid Safety Program 5
Jun 04: LaHood Vows to Avert Federal Transpo Bankruptcy and Pay For It 2
Jun 04: Transit Planners to Congress: Please Figure Out How to Fund Us 3
Jun 03: LaHood, Biden Meet With Governors on High-Speed Rail 14
Jun 02: Cycling in National Cemetery: Yea or Nay? 8
Jun 02: Bush Transpo Secretary’s Biggest Disappointment: Bush 5
Jun 02: Obama’s Highways Chief: Wishy-Washy on Emissions? 4
Jun 01: Solve the Congestion Crisis And Win $50,000 6
May 29: Polly Trottenberg Tapped For Senior U.S. DOT Spot 1
May 29: Sotomayor’s Eminent Domain Stance: What Does It Mean for Cities? 15
May 28: Obama Keeps Roads Out of National Forests — For a Time 2
May 28: Flashback: Obama Once Led Push for ‘Complete Streets’ 6
May 27: Why Buy More Trains If You Can’t Afford to Run Them? 7
May 26: Infrastructure Bank Plan Gaining Attention And Momentum 7
May 22: Recovery.org Tracks The Stimulus Faster Than The Guys Spending It 2
May 21: LaHood: ‘About Everything We Do Around Here Is Government Intrusion’ 3
May 21: What Happens to a Closed-Down Auto Plant? 12
May 21: Senator Takes Hybrid Hummer on a Semi-Wild Ride 4
May 20: Just Four Lawmakers Show Up to Pitch Local Transportation Projects 2
May 20: Portland Congressman to George Will: Let’s Debate 3
May 20: Transportation ‘Expert’: Long Commutes Are a Status Symbol 28
May 19: Illinois Congressman Pushes for Pro-Bike Transportation Bill 0
May 19: The Long, Ugly Road to a Federal Transportation Plan 8
May 18: Congress Reluctant to Shine Light on Transportation Earmarks 10
May 18: Obama’s Energy Secretary Reclaims His Bike, for a Day 1
May 18: Will: Government Shouldn’t Interfere — Except to Benefit Big Highways 10
May 15: Congressional Climate Bill Includes ‘Complete Streets’ But Not CLEAN TEA 3
May 15: National Geographic Reveals the World’s Transit Superstars 7
May 14: Congress Takes a First Step Towards Reshaping Transportation Policy 4
May 14: Who Cares About the Highway Trust Fund? 4
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? 1