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November 2009
Wed 18: 'This Needs Attention': Senators Seek Shot in the Arm on Transportation 0
Thu 12: White House to Agencies: Prepare for Broad Spending Freeze or 5% Cut 1
October 2009
Tue 20: How the $8.7 Billion Transportation Contracting Gap is Hitting Your State 0
Thu 15: The Oversight Gap in Team Obama's High-Speed Rail Plan 0
Wed 14: New Orleans GOPer Still Sore at Jindal For Saying No to High-Speed Rail 4
Thu 8: When $1 Billion Doesn't Buy What it Used To -- And When it Does 1
Thu 8: Streetsblog Q&A: Bush DOT Chief Endorses National Transport Goals 0
Wed 7: Obama's Engaged With Transit More in 9 Months than Bush Did in 8 Years 1
Tue 6: $8B for High-Speed Rail, $1.5B in Transport Stimulus Coming This Winter 0
Thu 1: The Good Problem With Housing Near Transit: It's Almost Too Popular 2
Thu 1: Obama Bans Texting While Driving for Guv Workers -- And There's More 1
September 2009
Wed 30: U.S. DOT's Distracted Driving Summit: Follow it Live 0
Fri 25: Can State DOTs Be Trained to Kick the Sprawl Habit? 1
Thu 24: LaHood Praises NYC But Shrugs at Transport Reform to Empower Cities 0
Mon 21: Obama Administration Sends $100M in Stimulus Aid to 43 Transit Agencies 6
Thu 17: Warner Scores a (Small) Win for White House's Transportation Agenda 0
Thu 17: A Few Words on Transportation User Fees 1
Wed 16: Conservatives: If We Can't Kill Off the U.S. DOT, Let's 'Fix' It! 3
Tue 15: The New White House Fuel Efficiency Rule: Count the Loopholes 2
Tue 15: White House Releases Fuel Efficiency Rules -- Will the Loophole Make it in? 1
Fri 4: LaHood on Transport: 'We Don't Want to Pit One Mode ... Against Another' 2
August 2009
Thu 20: As "Cash for Clunkers" Sputters, a Privately Funded Spinoff Picks Up 0
Wed 19: "Cash for Clunkers" Coming to a Close? 0
Wed 19: Crunching June Stimulus Numbers: Roads Create Pricier Jobs Than Transit 0
Thu 13: Distracted Driving Laws Lack Teeth in Some States 1
Mon 10: Citigroup's "Cash for Clunkers" Contract Worth $7.7 Million 0
Fri 7: New 'Clunkers' Analysis: Trucks, SUVs More Popular Than Suggested 5
Thu 6: Audit Finds U.S. DOT's Transit Record-Keeping 'Unreliable,' 'Inaccurate' 0
Wed 5: Portland's Transport Research Guru Headed to Obama Administration 1
Tue 4: AP: Obama Administration Won't Release Full Data on 'Cash for Clunkers' 2
Tue 4: LaHood to Convene Texting-While-Driving Summit 0
Mon 3: Letting Highway Trust Fund Earn Interest: How Much Would it Help? 3
Mon 3: Bailout Recipient Citigroup Gets Contract to Run 'Cash for Clunkers' 0
July 2009
Fri 31: Road Stimulus Money: Half Spent on Repaving, 17% on Widening 0
Fri 31: 'Cash for Clunkers' Out of Cash -- But Not Quite Finished 2
Tue 28: Oberstar to White House: On Emissions, Back Up Your Words With Action 0
Thu 23: House Votes on Transportation Spending: Track it Live 0
Tue 21: Government Still Taking Hands-Off Approach to Cell Phoning While Driving 1
Wed 1: Obama Administration's Transportation Goals: Read Them Here 2
June 2009
Wed 24: House Transpo Leaders and Obama DOT Run Off in Opposite Directions 0
Wed 17: LaHood Asks For 18-Month Extension of Four-Year-Old Transpo Law 1
Wed 17: DOT Defines High-Speed Rail: 'Reasonably Expected to Reach ... 110 MPH' 1
Mon 15: Flashback: Is Obama Flipping on Highway Corruption Laws? 3
Tue 9: GOP-ers and Dems Agree: Feds Need to Get Their Transpo Act Together 0
Tue 2: Bush Transpo Secretary's Biggest Disappointment: Bush 5
May 2009
Fri 29: Polly Trottenberg Tapped For Senior U.S. DOT Spot 1
Thu 14: LaHood to Streetsblog: No, I'm Not Changing the Name of My Blog 21
Thu 14: LaHood: NYC's Congestion Pricing Money Still There for the Taking 12
Wed 13: Less Than One Percent of Transpo Stimulus Money Paid Out So Far 0
Tue 12: A Federal Transportation Bill Is Coming... But When? 1
April 2009
Wed 29: We Need an Ambitious Transpo Bill. So How Are We Going to Pay for It? 17
March 2009
Thu 19: U.S. DOT: We're Looking to Build Communities 2