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Posts by Ben Goldman

• 2012

• Jun 12: Under the Economic Microscope, Highway Expansion Loses Appeal 0
• May 31: Broad Coalition Urges Congress to Support Local Control of Bike-Ped Funds 0
• May 30: Fate of Bike-Ped Compromise Still Unknown as House Reconvenes 0
• May 29: Ray LaHood Answers Your Questions in This Month’s “On The Go” 0
• May 24: The Unintended Consequences of Michigan Students’ Bike-to-School “Prank” 0
• May 23: One More Time: Here Are 4.6 Billion Reasons to Support Bike Infrastructure 0
• May 16: Rising or Falling, Volatile Gas Prices Underscore Importance of Transit 0
• May 09: New Survey Shows Overwhelming Support for Federal Investment in Bike-Ped 0
• Apr 26: Let the Debate Begin: NYC, SF Snag Top Spots in First Transit Score Rankings 0
• Apr 06: What Happened to John Mica, Pro-Transit Republican? 0
• Mar 26: How the House Transpo Extension Hurts the Senate’s Two-Year Bill 0
• Mar 22: House to Vote on 9th Transpo Extension Right Before Time Runs Out 0
• Mar 21: With a Big Crowd and Bipartisan Support, Bike Summit Gets Rolling 0
• Mar 20: Infographic: When Reagan, the GOP, and Democrats Doubled the Gas Tax 0
• Mar 19: This Week: Road Builders and Cyclists Convene in the Capital 0
• Mar 15: Compare the Senate and House Transpo Bills, Side-By-Side 0
• Mar 14: Senate Passes Two-Year Transportation Bill, 74-22; All Eyes on House 0
• Mar 13: After 30 Years of Federal Support for Transit, Battle Lines are Redrawn 0
• Mar 12: LaHood to House: “Get on the Bus” With a Bipartisan Transportation Bill 0
• Mar 08: Senate Leaders Reach Deal on Transpo Bill, Setting Up Slew of Votes Today 0
• Mar 07: Experts See No New Transportation Bill Before Election 0
• Mar 06: Cloture Vote on Transpo Bill Fails, Setting Up Longer Fight in Senate 0
• Mar 06: Key Vote on Senate Transpo Bill Could Go Either Way 0
• Mar 02: How the House and Senate Transportation Bills Changed Overnight 0
• Mar 02: Cardin-Cochran Amendment Incorporated Into Senate Bill 0
• Mar 01: Congress to America: “Get a Car!” 0
• Feb 29: Mounting Transportation and Housing Costs Devour Household Budgets 0
• Feb 27: Americans Can’t Afford a Highway-Centric Transportation Bill 0
• Feb 24: Encouraging News on Transit, But Serious Flaws Remain in House Transpo Bill 0
• Feb 23: GOP Will “Revamp” H.R. 7 and Reportedly Restore Dedicated Transit Funding 0
• Feb 22: House Bill Delayed, But Transit, Biking, and Walking Aren’t Safe Yet 0
• Feb 21: DOT Issues Voluntary Guidelines for Driver-Distracting Electronics Systems 0
• Feb 20: Transpo Bills Delayed in House and Senate as Congress Enters Recess 0
• Feb 15: House Speaker John Boehner Will Delay Vote on House Transpo Bill 0
• Feb 15: Obama Takes a Stand, Threatens to Veto House Transpo Bill 0
• Feb 14: House Transpo Bill Doesn’t Have the Votes, So Republicans Split It in Three 0
• Feb 10: Why the House Transportation Bill Hits Bus Riders Especially Hard 0
• Feb 09: Six Lies the GOP Is Telling About the House Transportation Bill 0
• Feb 03: Who Still Likes the House Transpo Bill? Big Oil, Big Truck, and Big Box Retail 0
• Feb 03: Massive Coalition Opposes House GOP Attempt to Eviscerate Transit 0
• Feb 02: House GOP Moves to Decimate Dedicated Transit Funding 0
• Feb 02: Amendment to Restore Bike/Ped Programs in House Transpo Bill Fails 0
• Feb 01: Now’s the Time to Make the House Bill Better for Walking, Biking, and Transit 0
• Jan 31: House Transportation Bill Officially Drops, Lands With a Thud 0
• Jan 31: Senate Transit Bill Would Let Federal Funds Support Transit Service 0
• Jan 30: This Is Not a Drill: Highway Lobby Trying to Push Transpo Bill Thru Congress 0
• Jan 27: House Transportation Bill “a March of Horribles” 0
• Jan 26: Transportation Bill Heats Up Again in Congress 0
• Jan 26: New Urbanists Release Principles for Sustainable Street Networks 0
• Jan 23: Bike-Ped Traffic, Funding, and Fatalities All Inch Upward 0
• Jan 13: Trains, Buses, Bikes, and Sandwiches… There Should Be an App For That 0
• Jan 13: Dislike? Mercedes-Benz Wants to Put Facebook in Your Dashboard 0
• Jan 12: APTA: How to Talk to a Detractor of High-Speed Rail 0
• Jan 03: In Iowa, GOP Candidates Ignore Transportation and Urban Issues 0
• Jan 03: When “Old and Blighted” Development Beats “Shiny and New” Suburbanism 0

• 2011

• Dec 21: Senate’s Changes to TIFIA Could Mean More Toll Roads, Less Transit 0
• Dec 13: Senators Order Up Tax Cuts With a Side of Infrastructure, Hold the Transit 0
• Dec 09: 2010 Traffic Fatalities Could Fill 70 Jumbo Jets. And This Is Good News? 0
• Dec 02: House Dems Counter Oil+Transpo Plan With “Buy America” Jobs Bill 0