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March 2010
Fri 19: Transit Industry Group Adds a Caveat to Its Stance on Operating Aid 0
Wed 17: Villaraigosa Steps Up Case for Federal Investment in "30/10" Transit Plan 1
Tue 16: Brown Offers Senate Plan For More Federal Operating Aid to Local Transit 7
Tue 16: House and Senate Split on Approach to Obama's Transit Safety Plan 1
Mon 15: LaHood Reaches Out to Transit Industry, Lamenting 'Lousy Economy' 1
Fri 12: Las Vegas Monorail Has Few Lifelines After Losing Earmark Cash to Buses 0
Wed 10: Goldman Sachs: Yes, Build America Bonds Are Good for Transport -- And Us 0
Tue 9: U.S. Transit Trips Hit 10.2B in 2009, With Light Rail Up in Nine Cities 0
Thu 4: House Set to Pass Jobs Bill With Changes, Prompting Another Senate Vote 1
Wed 3: Senate Starts Work on New Transport Bill, With House Version as a Guide 6
Mon 1: Federal Transportation Law Expired Over the Weekend: What's Next? 2
February 2010
Fri 26: The Big Question: What is the Purpose of Federal Transportation Spending? 0
Thu 25: Build America Bonds: Good for Transportation ... Good for Goldman Sachs? 1
Mon 22: Senators Warn of Possible 'Federal Intervention' in D.C. Transit System 3
Mon 22: Alongside LaHood in L.A., Boxer Talks Timing for the Next Transport Bill 1
Fri 19: Connecticut Lawmakers Livid at the State's Transport Stimulus Shutout 0
Fri 19: New Analysis: Major Cities Still Shortchanged by Transportation Stimulus 0
Wed 17: Who Lost Out in the Bid for a Piece of TIGER Transportation Stimulus? 3
Wed 17: Freight Rail, Streetcars Are Tops in Stimulus' TIGER Chase 6
Tue 16: Study: Even in Car-Centric Atlanta, Transport Reform is Health Reform 1
Tue 16: NYC's Moynihan Station is the First Big TIGER Stimulus Winner 11
Fri 12: White House: Transit Inflation Outstripping Private Transportation 0
Wed 10: AASHTO Stimulus Report Omits Jobs Data Comparing Transit With Roads 1
Thu 4: Two Troubling Transportation Numbers for the Obama Administration 1
Wed 3: Miami, Sacramento, Boston Transit Projects Still Seeking Federal Approval 3
Tue 2: How Can Transit Backers Sway Conservatives? Oberstar Joins the Debate 3
Tue 2: U.S. DOT Names the Transit Projects Set for Federal Funding 0
January 2010
Thu 28: New Report Links Homeowners' Auto Dependence With Foreclosure Risk 0
Wed 27: One More Reason to Dig TIGER: Transit and Roads on the Same Footing 1
Wed 27: Transit Riders Launch Grassroots Lobbying Push in Dire Political Climate 0
Wed 27: Oakland's Stimulus Flap: A Shot Across the Bow for Transport Equity? 0
Tue 26: Senate Weighs $14B for Roads, $7.5B for Transit in Jobs Bill 2
Tue 26: Democrats Learning to Love the I-Word -- But Will Words Bring Action? 0
Fri 22: Feds on New Miami HOT Lanes: Good for Transit 2
Thu 21: How Will Obama's Sustainability Team Spend Its $150M? A Preview 0
Thu 21: U.S. DOT Previews How New Transit Rules Could Define 'Livability' 0
Wed 20: Dodd and DeLauro Vow to Get Infrastructure Bank Done This Year 1
Tue 19: For D.C. Area Residents, a Worthy Take on the Year in Transport 0
Fri 15: Could a Green Bank Hitch a Ride on the Jobs Bill? 0
Fri 15: Enviro Group Sees State DOTs' Transport Predictions -- and Raises Them 0
Fri 15: Virginia's New Governor Shows His Cards: No Plan for Transportation 0
Thu 14: LaHood Wants More TIGER Aid in the Congressional Jobs Bill 0
Wed 13: Big Transit News: Bush-Era Rule Tossed, Enviro Benefits on the Table 5
Tue 12: Bailout Beneficiary Wells Fargo Loses Transit Tax-Shelter Lawsuit 1
Tue 12: Baltimore Rolls Out Free, Fully Funded Downtown Bus Service 0
Mon 11: Should a Climate Bill Even Try to Fight Sprawl? 4
Mon 11: Obama Administration Working on Its Own Six-Year Transportation Bill 0
Fri 8: Coming Soon: A Senate Jobs Bill ... With a New Approach to Transport? 0
Fri 8: Does Transit-Oriented Development Work Even Without Transit? 0
Thu 7: Transport Economist Challenges Claim That 'VMT Causes Growth' 3
Wed 6: Dodd and Dorgan Retiring: The Consequences For Transportation Policy 1
Tue 5: Stimulus Jobs From Transit vs. Roads: A Tale of Two States 1
Tue 5: Transit Fare Inflation Hitting Health Insurance-Like Levels? 0
Mon 4: Economic Downturn Hits Transit Ridership -- But Not in These Cities 0
December 2009
Tue 29: The 2009 Capitol Hill Streetsies: And the Nominees Are ... 1
Thu 17: Two Dems Propose to End Bush-Era Rule on Transit 'Cost-Effectiveness' 0
Thu 17: Transit Jobs Nearly Twice as Cheap to Create as Roads -- By Congress' Math 0
Thu 17: Senate Climate Bill Invests Big in Transit, Reaps Big Deficit Reduction 1
Thu 17: New Website Prompts Transit Agencies to Open Data to the Public 0
Wed 16: House Jobs Bill Answers Some Key Transportation Questions 2
Tue 15: House Jobs Bill Mimics the Stimulus: $27.5B for Roads, $8.4B for Transit 1
Tue 15: On the Pitfalls and Benefits of National Transit Safety Standards 0
Mon 14: Bus vs. Rail: Transit's Quiet Culture Clash? 3
Fri 11: 'Cash for Clunkers' Backer Sutton Steps it Up for Ohio Transit 1
Wed 9: House and Senate Agree on $2.5B for High-Speed Rail -- And More 2
Tue 8: White House Backs $50B For 'Merit-Based Infrastructure Investment' 0
Tue 8: White House Unveils Transit Safety Bill to Cautious Praise on the Hill 2
Mon 7: NY and CA: How Did They Spend Transportation Stimulus Money? 1
Fri 4: Conservative Tea Party Movement Targets Florida Rail Plan 6
Thu 3: Rendell & Lawmakers Aligning on 2-Year, Treasury-Funded Transport Bill 0
Thu 3: Streetsblog Capitol Hill Q&A: Blumenauer Talks Economic Recovery 0
Wed 2: Congress Gets Project Lists for Jobs Bill: $15B for Transit, $48B for Roads 3
November 2009
Wed 25: The Case For a Merit-Based and Front-Loaded Infrastructure Bill 1
Wed 18: 'This Needs Attention': Senators Seek Shot in the Arm on Transportation 0
Mon 16: Obama Administration's Transit Safety Rules to Eventually Apply to Buses 0
Mon 16: Hesitation and Praise Greet Obama Administration's Transit Safety Plan 0
Fri 13: House to Tackle Transit Safety Gaps in December Hearing 1
Tue 10: Clinton's Budget Director Backs Congestion Pricing, VMT Tax 0
Thu 5: What Does Virginia's New Governor Owe the State on Transportation? 0
Wed 4: Amtrak, Virginia Railway Express, and the Future of Privately Run Transit 0
Mon 2: Wall Street's Infrastructure Tax Shelter Hits Transit -- and the Feds Too 0
October 2009
Thu 29: A Republican Returns to Congress With A Map to Transportation Reform 0
Wed 28: Philly Mayor Tells Senate: Climate Bill Can Help Make Cities Greener 1
Tue 27: At Senate Climate Hearings, Lots of Transport Talk and All Eyes on Baucus 0
Mon 26: How Bus Transit Can Help the Auto Industry 3
Mon 26: Senate Climate Bill Triples the House's Investments in Clean Transport 0
Thu 22: Transit Creates As Many Jobs As Roads -- But it Could Do Even Better 0
Tue 20: How the $8.7 Billion Transportation Contracting Gap is Hitting Your State 0
Wed 14: What Washington Can Do For -- And Alongside -- Metro Area Planners 0
Thu 8: Two More Senate Dems Back Plan to Devote Climate Money to Transit 1
Wed 7: SF, NYC, and DC Sign Deals to Upgrade Transit Technology 0
Wed 7: Obama's Engaged With Transit More in 9 Months than Bush Did in 8 Years 1
Fri 2: Killing the Myth of the 'More Shovel-Ready' Road Stimulus, Part II 2
Fri 2: Transit and Congestion, an Indirect Connection 5
September 2009
Wed 30: Senate Climate Bill Released With Much Fanfare, Little Focus on Transport 2
Tue 29: Senate Climate Bill Leaks: The Good News and Bad News for Transport 0
Tue 29: New Report: Feds Subsidizing Parking Six Times as Much as Transit 1
Thu 24: LaHood Praises NYC But Shrugs at Transport Reform to Empower Cities 0
Tue 22: New Report: 10% Transit Growth Would Help Meet House Climate Target 1
Mon 21: Obama Administration Sends $100M in Stimulus Aid to 43 Transit Agencies 6
Thu 17: Pro-Tea Party Republican's Angry Letter to D.C. Metro: Read it in Full 10
Tue 15: More on McCain's Anti-Transit and Coburn's Anti-Bike Amendments 2
Mon 14: California County Now Offers Ride Insurance to Car-Free Commuters 2
Mon 14: McCain's Transit Hit List: Get the Details 21
Wed 9: Dodd Stays at Helm of Transit Panel -- But at a Cost to Climate Bill? 0
Wed 9: How Much Would Most People Pay For a Shorter Commute? 5
Tue 8: How Many Trips Are 'Captured' By More Diverse Urban Land Use? 0
Thu 3: Mmmm, This 'Pork' Sounds Tasty: Senators Serve Up Transit Aid 2
Wed 2: U.S. DOT to Stop Rewarding Transit Projects That Use Private Contracts 0
August 2009
Mon 31: Senator Dukakis? What Kennedy's Loss Could Mean for Transport Policy 1
Tue 18: Transit Cuts Report Underscores Cities' Congressional Influence Gap 0
Fri 14: Report: Boxer 'Sympathetic to' Backers of More Climate Money for Transit 2
Mon 10: The Peculiar Federalism of Transit Safety: No National Standards Exist 2
Thu 6: Audit Finds U.S. DOT's Transit Record-Keeping 'Unreliable,' 'Inaccurate' 0
Thu 6: Transit Union Apologizes to Senate After Campaign-Finance Flap 2
Wed 5: The Perils of Taking Transit Advice From an Alabama Senator 2
Tue 4: Following 'Cash for Clunkers' with 'Riches for Rail' 0
July 2009
Fri 31: What Wasn't in This Week's Highway Trust Fund Patch 0
Wed 22: Cardin & Carper Bullish on Transit's Prospects in Senate Climate Bill 0
Fri 17: 5 Down, 5 to Go: Plan Linking Transit to Climate Bill Wins Sponsors 0
Tue 14: U.S. Transit Agency Issues Safety Warning After D.C. Metro Crash 0
Thu 9: Top 20 Metro Areas Get 28% of Road Stimulus, 61% of Transit Stimulus 2
Tue 7: Senate Starts Climate Push With Nods to Jobs, Energy, and Transportation 1
June 2009
Mon 29: House Climate Bill on Green Transpo: The Details 0
Fri 26: Menendez: Transit Agencies Need Help Escaping Tax-Shelter Trap 0
Thu 18: But What About the Highways-Transit Split? 2
Thu 4: Transit Planners to Congress: Please Figure Out How to Fund Us 3
April 2009
Thu 30: Doomsday Across America 3
February 2009
Wed 18: Hope Springs Eternal for American Transpo Policy 8
Fri 13: Tonight: PBS on Transit, States, and the Stimulus 6
Thu 12: Final Stimulus Bill Slaps Transit Riders in the Face 24
Tue 10: Cartoon Tuesday: Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back? 0
Wed 4: Albany's Transit Sins Come Back to Bite America 4
Tue 3: Tell Your Senator to Support Transit and Green Jobs, Not Highways 1
January 2009
Thu 29: Is Transit a Priority for Nancy Pelosi? 4
Wed 28: Call This Morning to Boost Transit Funding in Stimulus Package 4
Tue 27: House Nixes Funding for Transit Service. Where Is Schumer? 5
Mon 26: Rep. DeFazio's Amendment Required to Be Withdrawn 6
December 2008
Thu 11: San Francisco Mayor to NYC: "Eat Your Heart Out." 25
November 2008
Thu 20: Report: Good Transit and Good Jobs Go Hand in Hand 1
October 2008
Thu 30: Transit Blamed for Suburban St. Louis Crime 17
Thu 16: Using Twitter to Catch a Train 3
Fri 10: PBS Exposes the Joys of Transit 12
September 2008
Mon 15: At Grand Central, Sen. Clinton Calls for Funding Mass Transit 9
August 2008
Wed 20: Leaving Cars Behind, Seniors Find Streets Inhospitable 6
Fri 15: Transit Stimulus Bill Needs Co-Sponsors in Senate 5
Tue 5: Neal Peirce: Cities and Suburbs Must Collaborate to Expand Transit 3
Mon 4: Hillary Clinton Introduces Senate Version of Transit Relief Bill 16
July 2008
Thu 31: House Bill Makes Connection Between Transit Funding and Gas Price Relief 2
Tue 29: The U.S. Wants to "Borrow" From Transit to Pay for Highways 16
Mon 28: The Biggest Fare Hike Factor? It Could Be MTA Debt 8
Fri 25: $36,000,000,000 for Corn. $0 for Transit. 16
Wed 23: How to Ease Pain at the Pump Without Deepening Oil Dependence 8
Thu 17: Touring the East Side Access Tunnel, Surrounded By Schist 19
Wed 16: Rising Fuel Costs and Ridership Strain Local Transit Systems Nationwide 18
June 2008
Tue 17: Obama Calls for Investment in Regional Intercity Rail 13
Fri 6: Wanted: Ex-Drivers Eager to Talk About Switching Modes 0
Fri 6: National Transit Union Proposes a Smart Fuel Subsidy 29
May 2008
Tue 27: National Poll: Americans Expect Gas Prices to Rise More 20
Fri 23: Urge Congress to Support Amtrak and Passenger Rail 22
Thu 22: Portland Elects Cyclist Mayor; Obama Draws 8,000 on Bikes 14
Thu 8: Mixed Messages From Critic of NY Gas Tax Holiday 8
Wed 7: Delaware Senator Dares to Utter the Word "Transit" 18
Thu 1: Obama Dismisses Gas Tax "Gimmick" 24
February 2008
Mon 25: Is Big Environment Ready to Say America Is Hooked on Cars? 12
Fri 15: To Lubricate Street Life, Lower the Unlimited Fare 29
Wed 13: What Is "Mode-Neutral" Funding? 16
January 2008
Fri 18: Bloomberg Touches on Safe Streets, Pricing in State of the City 5
Thu 10: Times Square: Too Many People, or Just Too Many Cars? 14
Thu 10: Weiner and Wylde Square Off in Pricing Forum 25
Wed 2: Is Barack Obama the Livable Streets Candidate? 19
December 2007
Tue 18: Kheel Plan: Double the Congestion Charge & Make Transit Free 35
Mon 10: Is America Finally Getting Interested in Passenger Rail? 18
Mon 10: More Boring Photos 6
Wed 5: The Rumble Underfoot at 60th Street 1
November 2007
Tue 13: Green Subways: An Answer Blowing in the Wind? 7
October 2007
Fri 19: Who Are Anti-Pricing Pols Really Looking Out For? 10
Wed 17: Pricing Advocates Call for Impact Study and New Parking Policies 27
August 2007
Wed 22: Transit-Oriented America, Part 3: Three More Cities 30
Tue 21: Transit-Oriented America, Part 2: Three Cities 13
Mon 20: Transit-Oriented America, Part 1: Eight Thousand Miles 44
Wed 15: Weiner on the Environment: Big Talk, Small Stick 52
Thu 2: Melbourne, Australia After a Decade of Focus on Public Spaces 12
July 2007
Fri 27: Dying to Get to Work 11
June 2007
Fri 1: Small Business Leaders Voice Support For PlaNYC 2
May 2007
Mon 14: PlanNYC's Public Political Push Starts Today 1
Wed 9: Biofuels, Bus Lanes and Beer 7
April 2007
Fri 27: Can Technology Make Public Transit More Alluring? 5
Mon 23: How Green Is Our Mayor 44
Fri 20: The Ultimate System: Free Mass Transit and Congestion Pricing 15
Wed 18: Bus Bulbs Are Blooming 15
March 2007
Mon 26: City Council Fiddles While New York City Chokes on Traffic 27
February 2007
Fri 23: Green Revolution Sweeping Through U.S. Cities 0
Tue 13: Sustainable Transportation for NYC: How to Make it Happen 2
Fri 9: Robert Moses's Fundamental Misunderstanding 28
Fri 2: Streetfilms: An Interview with Sam Schwartz 0
November 2006
Thu 30: Auto Insurance Break for Rail Commuters 9
Tue 7: Cutting the Carbon and Enjoying the Scenery 5
August 2006
Mon 14: Hillary Feels Staten Island's Pain on Traffic 3