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November 2009
Fri 20: Senate Health Bill Holds Onto Grants For Healthier Transportation 0
Fri 20: Higher Gas Prices Alone Won't Make Cleaner Cars a Reality 1
Fri 20: Just How Regressive is America's Federal Housing Policy? 0
Fri 20: Carlyle Group's New Infrastructure Public-Private Partnership: Donuts 1
Thu 19: Is the Stimulus Working For Cities? Mayors Say, Not So Much 0
Thu 19: Pelosi: Passing a Wall Street Transport Tax Would Require Overseas Buy-in 0
Thu 19: DeFazio: Summers, Geithner Oppose Using Bailout Money on Infrastructure 0
Thu 19: A Warning From America's Cities: The Recession Has Only Just Begun to Hit 1
Wed 18: 'This Needs Attention': Senators Seek Shot in the Arm on Transportation 0
Wed 18: Streetsblog Capitol Hill Q&A: Four Questions For Rob Puentes 0
Wed 18: Oil-Centric Houston to Experiment With (Coal-Powered) Electric Cars 0
Wed 18: General Electric Inks High-Speed Rail Deal With Chinese Government 0
Tue 17: 3 GOPers, 4 Dems Ask Reid to Call Up Six-Month Transport Bill Extension 0
Tue 17: Introducing the Samuelson Gas Tax Increase: A Penny Every Month 0
Tue 17: Dems, AFL-CIO Step Up Push for Infrastructure Spending as Job Creator 0
Mon 16: Obama Administration's Transit Safety Rules to Eventually Apply to Buses 0
Mon 16: New Business Group Launches to Push Regional Electric Vehicles 1
Mon 16: Feds Propose to Expand Opportunities for Biking and Walking to Transit 1
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
Fri 13: Coal-Burning Electric Utilities Still Commanding Dem Senators' Attention 0
Fri 13: Voinovich Has a Job-Creation Proposal for the President 0
Thu 12: Streetfilms: Bill Lind, a Conservative Voice for Transit 0
Thu 12: Which is the Fastest-Rising U.S. Emissions Source: Transport or Electricity? 1
Thu 12: Report: After MN Collapse, Bridge Repair Got Just 11% of D.C. Earmarks 0
Thu 12: White House to Agencies: Prepare for Broad Spending Freeze or 5% Cut 1
Wed 11: Senate to Take Up Mysterious 'Jobs Bill' -- Is Infrastructure in the Mix? 0
Wed 11: Meet the Obama Administration's New Clean Energy Loan Man 1
Wed 11: Chrysler: Taking Taxpayer Money and Running Away From Cleaner Cars 5
Tue 10: Clinton's Budget Director Backs Congestion Pricing, VMT Tax 0
Tue 10: Grassley: 'Two or Three Other' Republicans Open to Climate Change Deal 0
Tue 10: Why Urban Residents Have a Bone to Pick With Vitter and Bennett 0
Tue 10: Maryland: A Case Study in the Lack of Political Will to Fund Transportation 0
Mon 9: The Wall Street Transportation Tax: Predictably Unpopular On Wall Street 0
Mon 9: GOP Chief Steele on Infrastructure Spending: 'That's Not Creating Jobs!' 0
Mon 9: New Report Maps the Gap Between Pedestrian Risks and Federal Safety Aid 2
Fri 6: 'No Road That We Built in Texas Paid For Itself' 0
Fri 6: Senate's Next Climate Hearing to Feature Big Oil-Backed Critics 0
Fri 6: 'The Concrete is Cracking': Front-Loaded New Transport Bill Gains Steam 3
Fri 6: Distracted Driving Debate Continues in Congress as Consensus Looks Elusive 2
Thu 5: How Important is a United Front on the Climate Bill? 0
Thu 5: What Does Virginia's New Governor Owe the State on Transportation? 0
Thu 5: Boxer Okays Senate Climate Bill, Without Amendments or GOP 2
Wed 4: Amtrak, Virginia Railway Express, and the Future of Privately Run Transit 0
Wed 4: Congress Set to Double the Size of Sprawl-Centric Home Buyer's Tax Credit 0
Wed 4: Kerry: There's a Narrow Window For GOP Cooperation on Pricing Pollution 1
Tue 3: Streetfilms: Blumenauer Bikes New York City 0
Tue 3: Senate Democrats Poke Holes in GOP's Climate Change 'Boycott' 0
Tue 3: Buffett's Bet on Burlington: What Does it Mean for Transport and Energy? 0
Tue 3: The Senate Climate Bill Reaches a First Milestone Today -- Maybe 1
Mon 2: Wall Street's Infrastructure Tax Shelter Hits Transit -- and the Feds Too 0
Mon 2: Obama Calls For 'More Creative' Ways to Pay For Infrastructure 1
Mon 2: To Limit Distracted Driving, Congress Leans Toward a Carrot-Stick Combo 0
Mon 2: Has the Government Been Bailing Out Sprawl? 9
October 2009
Thu 29: The New Curveball: A $150 Billion Transportation Down Payment 0
Thu 29: Inhofe Blasts Transport Bill Inaction That Comes From His Own Party 1
Thu 29: Trucking Industry Likes Higher Fuel Prices -- When They Help Truckers 1
Thu 29: A Republican Returns to Congress With A Map to Transportation Reform 0
Wed 28: Senior Dems Release New Distracted Driving Bill as LaHood Testifies 1
Wed 28: Transportation Policy Becomes the Proverbial Tree Falling in the Forest 1
Wed 28: Philly Mayor Tells Senate: Climate Bill Can Help Make Cities Greener 1
Tue 27: Transport Policy Update: Senate to Pass 6-Month Extension This Week 0
Tue 27: At Senate Climate Hearings, Lots of Transport Talk and All Eyes on Baucus 0
Tue 27: Advice for Policymakers: Time to Check Your Blind Spots 2
Tue 27: Electric Cars Got a Bigger U.S. Bet in 6 Months Than Transit Gets All Year 2
Mon 26: How Bus Transit Can Help the Auto Industry 3
Mon 26: GOP Senators Protest Evaluating the Climate Impacts of Transport Projects 0
Mon 26: Senate Climate Bill Triples the House's Investments in Clean Transport 0
Fri 23: Senate Signals 6-Month Delay for Transport Bill -- But Will the House Agree? 0
Fri 23: Obama: Climate Pessimism More Dangerous Than Climate Deniers 13
Fri 23: Deeds Wants More Money for Transportation -- But Not From a Climate Bill? 0
Thu 22: Transit Creates As Many Jobs As Roads -- But it Could Do Even Better 0
Thu 22: The 'Infrastructure Condo' That Could Help Make High-Speed Rail Happen 3
Thu 22: Seeking Stimulus Money For Bike Sharing, D.C. Looks Beyond Cutting CO2 6
Thu 22: High-Speed Rail: Still a Good Idea 2
Wed 21: Takeaway From Today's EPA Hearing: Fuel Efficiency is a Money-Maker 0
Wed 21: GOPers Re-Name the Climate Bill Again: Now It's a 'Gas Tax'! 1
Wed 21: The Top 10 States for Energy Efficiency -- And Some Surprising Achievers 0
Tue 20: Think Tank Responds to Report on Hidden Costs of Fossil Fuels: Yawn 1
Tue 20: 16 Cities That Are Leading the Way in the Climate Change Fight 0
Tue 20: How the $8.7 Billion Transportation Contracting Gap is Hitting Your State 0
Tue 20: The Political Climate That Makes Transportation Reform Run 1
Mon 19: What the Virginia Campaign Can Teach Us About Transportation Policy 2
Mon 19: New Study Shows $56 Billion in Hidden Health Damage from Autos 1
Mon 19: Has Kentucky's 'Zombie Highway' Met its Demise? 0
Mon 19: Rep. Earl Blumenauer: Announcing the Livable Communities Task Force 2
Fri 16: Transportation Allowances in the Climate Bill: A Tale of Two Modes 0
Fri 16: Transport Debate Still Stalled As Oberstar Decries 'Lack of Political Will' 0
Fri 16: California Cities Lead Nation in Reducing Emissions from Streetlights 1
Thu 15: Obama Adviser Proves it: Transportation Reform is Health Reform 1
Thu 15: Senior Dem Senator to Offer Competing Plan to Limit Distracted Driving 0
Thu 15: Construction Industry and Green Group Join Hands on Clean Diesel 0
Thu 15: House GOPer Goes 'All Aboard for Gun Rights on Amtrak' 4
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
Wed 14: Electrification in the Climate Bill: Thinking Bigger Than a Car 0
Wed 14: What Washington Can Do For -- And Alongside -- Metro Area Planners 0
Tue 13: Six States Seek Stimulus Aid to Add Rail to Congestion-Plagued I-81 3
Tue 13: Congestion Pricing: Still Good For Basically Everyone 3
Tue 13: Senior House GOPer: We Shouldn't Force Amtrak to Allow Guns on Board 1
Tue 13: Obama Ally Breaks With White House on Timing of New Transport Bill 1
Fri 9: How Congress Can Help Create Suburbia 2.0 1
Fri 9: CNU Summit to Focus on Reforming Transportation, Planning Principles 0
Fri 9: Senate Climate Bill Delayed Yet Again As Obama Takes Nobel 1
Fri 9: Inside the Rail Worker Disability Program That Never Says 'No' 1
Fri 9: Bridging the Local-National Message Divide: The Climate Bill is the Answer 0
Thu 8: When $1 Billion Doesn't Buy What it Used To -- And When it Does 1
Thu 8: Two More Senate Dems Back Plan to Devote Climate Money to Transit 1
Thu 8: Streetsblog Q&A: Bush DOT Chief Backs Transport Tech Funding 0
Thu 8: Streetsblog Q&A: Bush DOT Chief Endorses National Transport Goals 0
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
Wed 7: Team Obama Adviser: Here's How to Make Sustainability Mainstream 1
Tue 6: $8B for High-Speed Rail, $1.5B in Transport Stimulus Coming This Winter 0
Tue 6: White House Urban Affairs Chief: Promising Words But Little Hint of a Plan 0
Tue 6: Is a Bigger Transportation Bill -- This Year -- Back on the Table? 1
Mon 5: LaHood's Twelve-Word Definition of 'Livability' 0
Mon 5: The Dirty Secret of Coal Ash: It's in Our Roads 0
Mon 5: Congress' Transport Impasse Hits States -- and Not Just Their Road Funds 1
Fri 2: Killing the Myth of the 'More Shovel-Ready' Road Stimulus, Part II 2
Fri 2: Spending Transportation Stimulus Money Fast vs. Spending it Well 0
Fri 2: CA Guv Hopeful: Let's Not Extend Parking Meter Hours in a Recession 0
Fri 2: Transit and Congestion, an Indirect Connection 5
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
Thu 1: GOP Blocks Plan to Use Bailout Fund to Preserve $8.7B in Transport Money 0
September 2009
Wed 30: Senate Passes One-Month Extension of Transport Law ... For Now 0
Wed 30: The 'Elitism' Trap Migrates From Transport Reform to Climate Change 0
Wed 30: Senate Climate Bill Released With Much Fanfare, Little Focus on Transport 2
Wed 30: U.S. DOT's Distracted Driving Summit: Follow it Live 0
Wed 30: The Assumption of Inconvenience 5
Tue 29: Could Congress Let States (Start to) Lose $8.7 Billion in Road Money? 0
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
Fri 25: Predicting the Future is Hard 7
Thu 24: Obama Chooses Trucking Industry Lobbyist to Regulate Truckers 2
Thu 24: LaHood Praises NYC But Shrugs at Transport Reform to Empower Cities 0
Thu 24: Deja Vu: Congress Could Put Off Deal on Transport Bill Until Next Month 1
Wed 23: Streetsblog Capitol Hill Q&A With Leon Krier 3
Wed 23: House Voting Today on Transport Law Extension -- Or Not? 2
Wed 23: Would Real Men Tax Gas? A Test for Tom Friedman 1
Tue 22: Business Lobby to Senate: No, Stimulus Won't Do Enough for Transport 0
Tue 22: New Report: 10% Transit Growth Would Help Meet House Climate Target 1
Tue 22: Oberstar's 3-Month Transport Bill Extension Heading to House Floor 0
Mon 21: Fly on the Wall Alert: Obama, LaHood, and Tom Friedman Tee Off 2
Mon 21: Feds Could Soon End Pro-Transit Privatization Rule -- in One State Only 4
Mon 21: Obama Administration Sends $100M in Stimulus Aid to 43 Transit Agencies 6
Mon 21: Bloomberg and Dems Blast Congressional Plan to Let Guns on Amtrak 1
Fri 18: Boxer Reminds Metrolink: Train Crew Members Shouldn't Ride Solo 1
Fri 18: Joel Kotkin on Smart Growth: The Streetsblog Re-mix 2
Fri 18: High-Speed Rail Routes and the Looming Choice Among 'Megaregions' 1
Fri 18: Rezoning Tysons Corner: It's Hard To Teach Old Dogs New Tricks 0
Thu 17: Pro-Gun Group: Senator Shows 'Bigotry' by Opposing Firearms on Amtrak 6
Thu 17: Oberstar to Back 3-Month Delay in Transport Bill As Soon As Next Week 0
Thu 17: Pro-Tea Party Republican's Angry Letter to D.C. Metro: Read it in Full 10
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
Wed 16: Klobuchar & Webb: Dems' Unlikely Opponents of Bike-Ped Investment 4
Wed 16: New Investigation Finds 2,100 Transport Lobbyists Working the System 0
Tue 15: More on McCain's Anti-Transit and Coburn's Anti-Bike Amendments 2
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
Mon 14: California County Now Offers Ride Insurance to Car-Free Commuters 2
Mon 14: Planetizen Unveils Its Top 100 Urban Thinkers 0
Mon 14: Oberstar Stands Firm on Transportation Bill, Gets Industry Backup 0
Mon 14: McCain's Transit Hit List: Get the Details 21
Fri 11: Stimulus Spotlight: Delaware Town Boosts Bike-Ped Access to Bus Stop 0
Fri 11: Department of Energy Gets Basic Math Wrong in its Rail Analysis 5
Fri 11: White House Tells Senate: Grants No Substitute For Infrastructure Bank 0
Thu 10: The 'Movie Ticket' Theory of Transportation Pricing 0
Thu 10: Did Oberstar Admit There Won't Be a Transportation Bill This Year? 0
Thu 10: Consensus on National Transport Goals Still Eludes Industry Pros 0
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
Wed 9: What Should We Learn From Moses and Jacobs? 3
Wed 9: Was the Auto Industry Bailout Legal? It's Debatable, Oversight Panel Says 0
Tue 8: How Many Trips Are 'Captured' By More Diverse Urban Land Use? 0
Tue 8: D-Day Approaches for Detroit Transit Riders 0
Tue 8: Compromise or Concession: Congress Faces Tough Transport Choices 0
Fri 4: Happy Labor Day Weekend 0
Fri 4: GOP Guv Hopeful Hit Motorcyclist With His BMW But Wasn't Ticketed 1
Fri 4: LaHood on Transport: 'We Don't Want to Pit One Mode ... Against Another' 2
Thu 3: Mmmm, This 'Pork' Sounds Tasty: Senators Serve Up Transit Aid 2
Thu 3: Feds Still Forcing Transit Agencies to Bow to Private Charter Buses 2
Thu 3: Biden on Stimulus Aid to Cities: 'We're Trying ... It's Imperfect' 1
Thu 3: Understanding the Importance of Land Use 0
Wed 2: Killing the Myth of the 'More Shovel-Ready' Road Stimulus 0
Wed 2: U.S. DOT to Stop Rewarding Transit Projects That Use Private Contracts 0
Wed 2: Florida Guv, a Fair-Weather Friend of Rail, Backs Out of Climate Fight 0
Wed 2: A Last Word on 'Cash for Clunkers' 1
Tue 1: 'Clunkers' Consequences: GM Sales Down, Ford Gas-Guzzlers Up 0
Tue 1: EPA to Declare CO2 a Pollutant, Release Final Fuel-Efficiency Rules 1
Tue 1: New Poll: Public Supports Congestion Tolling Over Gas Tax Hike by 2 to 1 3
August 2009
Mon 31: Senate Climate Bill Delayed for Second Time 0
Mon 31: EPA Chief Urges a More Urban Environmentalism to Fight Climate Change 0
Mon 31: Senator Dukakis? What Kennedy's Loss Could Mean for Transport Policy 1
Fri 28: Toward a Positive Argument for High-Speed Rail 2
Tue 25: The Power of Transit-Oriented Development 11
Mon 24: The Washington Post Features Rail Hack Job 16
Fri 21: Few Cries From Congress for a Second Resurrection of "Cash for Clunkers" 0
Fri 21: Know Your Transportation Lobbyists: The American Trucking Association 0
Fri 21: D.C. City Government Considers "Cash for Close-in Urban Living" 0
Thu 20: Jindal's Not Alone: Guvs Who Shunned Stimulus Warm to High-Speed Rail 6
Thu 20: Stimulus Spotlight: Oregon's Solar Highway 6
Thu 20: As "Cash for Clunkers" Sputters, a Privately Funded Spinoff Picks Up 0
Wed 19: Climate Change and Health Care: A Tale of Two Polls 0
Wed 19: Crunching June Stimulus Numbers: Roads Create Pricier Jobs Than Transit 0
Wed 19: Carper: Climate Bill Must Focus on Transport, Not Just Power Plants 0
Wed 19: Glaeser Goes Out With a Whimper 17
Tue 18: Know Your Transportation Lobbyists: Transit Beats Roads -- Sort Of 1
Tue 18: Behind the 'Bridge in a Backpack' That Could Go National 0
Tue 18: Transit Cuts Report Underscores Cities' Congressional Influence Gap 0
Mon 17: Tracking Transport Subsidies: As Tough as Following the Stimulus Money 0
Mon 17: Could Ending the 'War on Drugs' Help Ease Urban Budget Crises? 1
Fri 14: Oil Industry Tears Page from Health Care Playbook to Battle Climate Bill 1
Fri 14: Report: Boxer 'Sympathetic to' Backers of More Climate Money for Transit 2
Fri 14: Could Electric-Car Tax Credits Become the Next "Cash for Clunkers"? 0
Fri 14: The Times' Thickheaded Train Tag Team 1
Thu 13: Midwest High-Speed Rail Group Starts Lobby Push for House's $4B Bill 2
Thu 13: Distracted Driving Laws Lack Teeth in Some States 1
Thu 13: Obama Administration Touts Nation's First All-Electronic Toll Road in N.C. 2
Wed 12: A Better -- and Cooler -- Version of "Cash for Clunkers" 0
Wed 12: Electric Cars and the Future of the Gas Tax 4
Wed 12: Transport Construction Industry Mobilizes for Oberstar's Bill 1
Wed 12: Ed Glaeser's Rail Fail 31
Tue 11: A Progress Report on State-Level Oil Dependence 1
Tue 11: Senate's New DOT Spending Bill Eases One Transit Funding Barrier 1
Mon 10: 30 House Dems Back Transportation Tax on Wall Street Oil Speculators 0
Mon 10: Citigroup's "Cash for Clunkers" Contract Worth $7.7 Million 0
Mon 10: The Peculiar Federalism of Transit Safety: No National Standards Exist 2
Fri 7: New 'Clunkers' Analysis: Trucks, SUVs More Popular Than Suggested 5
Fri 7: Electrified Transportation's Big Week in Washington 1
Fri 7: The Senate's 'Clunkers' Vote: Who Crossed Party Lines? (UPDATED) 1
Thu 6: Senators Propose $4 Billion for Transit-Oriented Development Grants 1
Thu 6: Audit Finds U.S. DOT's Transit Record-Keeping 'Unreliable,' 'Inaccurate' 0
Thu 6: PBS NewsHour Takes on Alabama's "Zombie Highway" 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
Wed 5: Portland's Transport Research Guru Headed to Obama Administration 1
Wed 5: Lobby Firm Behind Climate Forgeries Helped Kill Higher CAFE Standards 0
Wed 5: Glaeser Takes an Unserious Look at High-Speed Rail 8
Tue 4: AP: Obama Administration Won't Release Full Data on 'Cash for Clunkers' 2
Tue 4: Following 'Cash for Clunkers' with 'Riches for Rail' 0
Tue 4: "Build America Bonds" Having a Big Week -- Is the Transport Bill Next? 0
Tue 4: How to Judge "Cash for Clunkers" 4
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: Separating Myth from Fact on "Cash for Clunkers" 3
Mon 3: How -- and When -- Can D.C. Help Local Transport Reform Happen? 0
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: What Wasn't in This Week's Highway Trust Fund Patch 0
Fri 31: House Quickly Sends $2 Billion More to 'Cash for Clunkers' 2
Fri 31: 'Cash for Clunkers' Out of Cash -- But Not Quite Finished 2
Thu 30: An Urban Planning Tale That Writes Itself 0
Thu 30: A Suggestion for Today's 'Beer Summit' 0
Thu 30: Maryland County Foolishly Seeking Congestion Relief in New Lanes 0
Thu 30: McCain & Coburn: Let's Make Roads Safer -- by Slashing Safety Money 0
Thu 30: Senate Debating House's $7B Trust Fund Fix, With 4 GOP Amendments 0
Wed 29: Succumbing to Senate Pressure, House Boosts Trust Fund Rescue to $7B 0
Wed 29: Senior House Members Urge Removal of Amtrak's New In-House Watchdog 3
Wed 29: Senate Panel Backs $1.2B for High Speed Rail, $1.4B Extra For Highways 2
Wed 29: Four Senators Propose Pushing States to Ban Texting While Driving 1
Wed 29: Your Burger or Your Car! (And More Fun with False Dichotomies) 4
Tue 28: How Soon Will Cutting Transportation Emissions Save Money? 3
Tue 28: The Next Stimulus Plan: Kalashnikovs for Clunkers 0
Tue 28: House to Move Tomorrow on $5B Highway Trust Fund Patch 0
Tue 28: Oberstar to White House: On Emissions, Back Up Your Words With Action 0
Mon 27: A Make-or-Break Week for Transportation Begins on the Hill 0
Mon 27: The Capitol's 10 Transportation Players to Know 0
Mon 27: From the Dept. of Mixed Messages: LaHood Touts 'Cash for Clunkers' 1
Thu 23: House Votes on Transportation Spending: Track it Live 0
Thu 23: Obama Admin Declines to Consider New Funding for Transportation 0
Thu 23: Lawmakers Pitch Transport Funding Ideas, From VMT to Freight Taxes 0
Thu 23: Prospects for Oberstar's Transportation Reauthorization Dimming 0
Wed 22: White Roof, Green Roof: Cities Share Climate Solutions on the Hill 2
Wed 22: Livable Streets Win: Concealed Weapons Amendment Falls in the Senate 1
Wed 22: Cardin & Carper Bullish on Transit's Prospects in Senate Climate Bill 0
Wed 22: Oberstar to Request $3B Patch for Highway Trust Fund 0
Tue 21: Government Still Taking Hands-Off Approach to Cell Phoning While Driving 1
Tue 21: New Report on Transpo-Health Dynamic Makes Case for National Targets 1
Tue 21: Americans Still Use a Lot of Gas 3
Tue 21: Senate Agrees on $26.8 Billion Highway Trust Fund Rescue 0
Tue 21: Today's Headlines 0
Mon 20: House to Take Up Transportation Spending Bill This Week 0
Mon 20: Know Your Road Lobbyists: The American Highway Users Alliance 1
Mon 20: A Brief Reply to Heritage's Ronald Utt, PhD 0
Fri 17: An Orszag-ian Principle: Transportation Reform is Health Reform 1
Fri 17: 5 Down, 5 to Go: Plan Linking Transit to Climate Bill Wins Sponsors 0
Thu 16: Economic Hardship Standard in Stimulus Sparks Washington Ferry Flap 1
Thu 16: Team Obama's Transportation Chain of Command: 'A Bit Complicated' 1
Wed 15: Blumenauer and Co. Face Off With Utility Industry Over Clean Water 1
Wed 15: White House Staying Quiet For Now on Transit's Role in Climate Bill 0
Wed 15: Understanding Washington's Metro Crash 2
Wed 15: Lawmakers Cross Party Lines on Transpo Funding as Debate Rages 0
Tue 14: Voinovich Joins House Dems in Saying No to Transpo Funding Stopgap 0
Tue 14: U.S. Transit Agency Issues Safety Warning After D.C. Metro Crash 0
Tue 14: Obama's Agenda for Cities: Enough Talk 0
Tue 14: Congress Takes First Steps on Obama's Transpo Budget: The Details 3
Mon 13: Obama Talks Urban Policy as LaHood Seeks More Urban Transpo Money 1
Mon 13: GOPer Offers Alternative Climate Plan: More Nuke, Less 'Energy Sprawl' 0
Mon 13: Transit Outsourcing Booms -- But Are There Safety Trade-offs? 1
Fri 10: Republicans Deem Transpo Stimulus -- 6% of Total Spending -- a 'Failure' 0
Fri 10: Taking GOPer Bachmann a Bit Too Seriously 4
Fri 10: In Search of Stimulus on Capitol Hill 0
Fri 10: Taking GOP Graphics a Bit Too Seriously 1
Thu 9: Did Pelosi Just Side With Oberstar on the Transpo Bill? 5
Thu 9: Top 20 Metro Areas Get 28% of Road Stimulus, 61% of Transit Stimulus 2
Thu 9: Boxer Delays Senate Climate Bill Until September 5
Wed 8: Urban Traffic Report Sparks Clever Headlines, But Little Transit Talk 0
Wed 8: What Happens Once You Get Off the Train? 4
Wed 8: Lawmakers Aim to Bring 'Sustainable Communities' From Talk to Action 0
Tue 7: Why Road Builders Want a Transportation Bill Now 0
Tue 7: Getting the Message 3
Tue 7: Senate Starts Climate Push With Nods to Jobs, Energy, and Transportation 1
Mon 6: Adding More Transportation to the Climate Change Mix 2
Mon 6: New Report on Old Roads Uses Old Assumptions 2
Mon 6: Missing the Point on High-Speed Rail 15
Thu 2: Leading Liberal Economist Endorses DeFazio's Wall Street Transpo Tax 0
Thu 2: Streetfilms: D.C. DOT Director Talks 'Transportation Freedom' 0
Thu 2: Highway Lobby: Obama DOT's Transpo Goals 'Not Appropriate' 0
Wed 1: LaHood, Blumenauer Christen New Portland Streetcars 3
Wed 1: Obama Administration's Transportation Goals: Read Them Here 2
Wed 1: House Democrat: We Don't Have the Votes for Gas Tax Increase 0
Wed 1: Cities See Population Gains -- But What About Political Power? 1
June 2009
Tue 30: Stimulus Lesson: When Time is of the Essence, Invest in Transit 1
Tue 30: The GOP Climate 'Traitors' Have Something Else in Common ... 3
Tue 30: EPA Okays Stronger Auto Emissions Standards Now in CA, 13 Other States 0
Tue 30: Lawmakers Investigating the Resignation of Amtrak's In-House Watchdog 0
Mon 29: How Did the Senate's 2008 Climate Bill Treat Transportation? 1
Mon 29: Report: States Used $6.6B in Stimulus Cash on New Roads, Not Repair 1
Mon 29: House Climate Bill on Green Transpo: The Details 0
Fri 26: How Much Operating Aid is Your Local Transit Agency Getting? 0
Fri 26: Menendez: Transit Agencies Need Help Escaping Tax-Shelter Trap 0
Fri 26: The Wall Street Tax Shelter That Crashed Your Local Transit Agency 1
Fri 26: The House is Debating its Climate Legislation Right Now 0
Thu 25: Voinovich: Business Buy-in Can Get a New Transportation Bill Done 1
Thu 25: Money or Nothing 0
Thu 25: Boxer and Inhofe Agree: Transportation Policy Reform Can Wait 5
Wed 24: Senate Poised to Move on Climate Bill 0
Wed 24: Your Unlikely Reasonable Voice of the Day 0
Wed 24: House Transpo Leaders and Obama DOT Run Off in Opposite Directions 0
Tue 23: The High-Speed Rail Numbers Game: Is $13 Billion and 110MPH Enough? 0
Tue 23: House Dems Agree: Climate Bill Can Help Pay For Greener Transportation 0
Tue 23: Senators Seek Rail Safety Funding in Aftermath of Metro Crash 0
Tue 23: STAA Tuned 1
Tue 23: Flashback: Does the Government Owe Transportation $21 Billion? 1
Mon 22: Oberstar's Transportation Bill: The Early Word 0
Mon 22: Oberstar's Transportation Bill: Download it in Full 1
Mon 22: New Report Quantifies Benefits of Adding Smart Growth to Climate Bill 0
Fri 19: A National Infrastructure Bank By Any Other Name ... 0
Fri 19: House GOPers Propose Filling Trust Fund With Stimulus Money 0
Thu 18: Oberstar's Bill Praised by Mayors, Engineers 0
Thu 18: House Transpo Leaders United -- in Frustration With the White House 0
Thu 18: Oberstar Tackles Metro-Area Transportation Planning 1
Thu 18: But What About the Highways-Transit Split? 2
Wed 17: Boxer Likes LaHood's 18-Month Extension Plan 2
Wed 17: LaHood Asks For 18-Month Extension of Four-Year-Old Transpo Law 1
Wed 17: Mica: New Federal Transpo Bill Should Have the Need for Speed 0
Wed 17: DOT Defines High-Speed Rail: 'Reasonably Expected to Reach ... 110 MPH' 1
Tue 16: Who Still Thinks the Federal Transportation Bill Will Pass On Time? 2
Tue 16: Oberstar's Transportation Unveiling Moved to Thursday 0
Tue 16: WHO Report Highlights Global Health Risk of Traffic 1
Tue 16: GOP's New Attack on Health Care Reform Bill: It Promotes Walking! 10
Tue 16: In the Works: Senate Bill to Promote Sustainable Development 0
Mon 15: Report: Nation's Cities Not Getting Their Share of Stimulus Transpo Money 0
Mon 15: AARP Sends Its Transportation Priorities to Congress 1
Mon 15: Flashback: Is Obama Flipping on Highway Corruption Laws? 3
Fri 12: Michigan's Looking Good in the High-Speed Rail Chase 0
Fri 12: Congress Agrees to Keep Transit Operating Aid in War Bill 1
Fri 12: Today's Headlines 0
Thu 11: Tweeting Live from the Congress for the New Urbanism in Denver 0
Thu 11: We're Not Just Driving Less -- We're Also Flying Less 0
Thu 11: GOPers Blast the Newest Dem Star: How Dare He Pay For Transportation! 0
Thu 11: Carnahan Steps Up Push For Federal Help With Transit Operating 0
Thu 11: Today's Headlines 0
Wed 10: National Transportation Funding Is Ailing -- Is Michigan 'Patient Zero'? 0
Wed 10: When Will Oberstar's Transportation Bill Drop? Place Your Bets Now 1
Tue 9: House Boosts Transpo and Housing Spending Levels By 25% 0
Tue 9: Lawmakers Push For Federal Help With Transit Operating: Read the Letter 1
Tue 9: GOP-ers and Dems Agree: Feds Need to Get Their Transpo Act Together 0
Tue 9: Welcome to Streetsblog Capitol Hill 11
Mon 8: House to Vote This Week on Weak 'Cash for Clunkers' Plan 2
Thu 4: House GOP Urges Elimination of (GOP-Backed) Kid Safety Program 5
Thu 4: LaHood Vows to Avert Federal Transpo Bankruptcy and Pay For It 2
Thu 4: Transit Planners to Congress: Please Figure Out How to Fund Us 3
Wed 3: LaHood, Biden Meet With Governors on High-Speed Rail 14
Tue 2: Cycling in National Cemetery: Yea or Nay? 8
Tue 2: Bush Transpo Secretary's Biggest Disappointment: Bush 5
Tue 2: Obama's Highways Chief: Wishy-Washy on Emissions? 4
Mon 1: Solve the Congestion Crisis And Win $50,000 6
May 2009
Fri 29: Polly Trottenberg Tapped For Senior U.S. DOT Spot 1
Fri 29: Sotomayor's Eminent Domain Stance: What Does It Mean for Cities? 15
Thu 28: Obama Keeps Roads Out of National Forests -- For a Time 2
Thu 28: Flashback: Obama Once Led Push for 'Complete Streets' 6
Wed 27: Why Buy More Trains If You Can't Afford to Run Them? 7
Tue 26: Infrastructure Bank Plan Gaining Attention And Momentum 6
Fri 22: Recovery.org Tracks The Stimulus Faster Than The Guys Spending It 2
Thu 21: LaHood: 'About Everything We Do Around Here Is Government Intrusion' 3
Thu 21: What Happens to a Closed-Down Auto Plant? 12
Thu 21: Senator Takes Hybrid Hummer on a Semi-Wild Ride 4
Wed 20: Just Four Lawmakers Show Up to Pitch Local Transportation Projects 2
Wed 20: Portland Congressman to George Will: Let's Debate 3
Wed 20: Transportation 'Expert': Long Commutes Are a Status Symbol 28
Tue 19: Illinois Congressman Pushes for Pro-Bike Transportation Bill 0
Tue 19: The Long, Ugly Road to a Federal Transportation Plan 8
Mon 18: Congress Reluctant to Shine Light on Transportation Earmarks 10
Mon 18: Obama's Energy Secretary Reclaims His Bike, for a Day 1
Mon 18: Will: Government Shouldn't Interfere -- Except to Benefit Big Highways 10
Fri 15: Congressional Climate Bill Includes 'Complete Streets' But Not CLEAN TEA 3
Fri 15: National Geographic Reveals the World's Transit Superstars 7
Thu 14: Congress Takes a First Step Towards Reshaping Transportation Policy 4
Thu 14: Who Cares About the Highway Trust Fund? 4
Wed 13: Senators Hear From Obama's Transit Chief-in-Waiting 0