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Posts by Elana Schor

• 2010

• Jun 02: AFL-CIO Flexing Its Muscle for Senate Transit Operating Aid Bill 0
• May 26: New Report Examines the Media’s Role in the Gas Tax Debate 0
• May 25: Eight Senate Dems Offer $2B Plan for Emergency Transit Operating Aid 0
• May 24: Feds to Start Scoring Transportation Potential of Housing Grant Applicants 0
• May 21: On Bike to Work Day, U.S. DOT and Cycling Advocates Eye New Moves 0
• May 21: Four House Republicans Join Dems in Hailing LaHood’s Support for Bike-Ped 0
• May 20: APHA Tallies ‘Hidden Health Costs’ of Transportation Status Quo 0
• May 19: Transit Industry and State DOTs Agree: Senate Climate Bill Needs ‘Rewrite’ 0
• May 18: Transit Industry to Join State DOTs in Blasting Senate Climate Bill 0
• May 17: Behind the Transport Industry’s Lament About the Senate Climate Bill 0
• May 13: Specter of Gas Tax Lingers as Rendell, Villaraigosa Push Infrastructure Bank 0
• May 12: Senate Climate Bill Would Send $6B-Plus to Cleaner Transportation 0
• May 11: First Lady’s Childhood Obesity Task Force Calls For Transportation Reform 0
• May 10: Shock or Yawn? Virginia’s GOP Governor Backs Highway User Fees 0
• May 06: Centers for Disease Control: Transportation Reform Is Health Reform 0
• May 05: Expectations for High-Speed Rail Coming Down to Earth 0
• May 03: Massachusetts Republican Cuts a Bike Version of Scott Brown ‘Truck’ Ad 0
• Apr 30: GAO: Economic Recovery Benefits of ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Are ‘Uncertain’ 0
• Apr 29: New Report Takes on ‘Perverse Incentives’ to De-Emphasize Bridge Repair 0
• Apr 27: Jesse Jackson Joins Transit Unions to Rally for More Federal Operating Aid 0
• Apr 26: U.S. DOT Releases Rules for ‘TIGER II’ Grants, Bringing HUD on Board 0
• Apr 22: U.S. DOT Admits Status Quo Untenable, Vows to Cut Transport Emissions 0
• Apr 22: State DOTs Mark Earth Day by Pressing a More Road-Centric ‘Livability’ 0
• Apr 21: Kerry on Senate Climate Bill: Federal Gas Tax Is Staying at 18.4 Cents 0
• Apr 20: New GOP Bill Would Bar Enviro Reviews From Considering Climate 0
• Apr 19: Former U.S. DOT Chief on Worst-Case Scenario: Four Years of Extensions 0
• Apr 16: Menendez Proposes Tax Credit for Transit-Oriented Development 0
• Apr 15: Senate GOP Continues to Resist Sanctions-Based Distracted Driving Rules 0
• Apr 15: The Gas Tax: A Trip Back in Legislative Time 0
• Apr 14: Two Cities Exploring ‘Innovative Transport Financing’ For New Rail Lines 0
• Apr 12: Transport Contractors Urge White House to Revamp Enviro Review Rules 0
• Apr 09: New Analysis Tracks 40 Years of Changes in How Kids Get to School 0
• Apr 08: Federal Energy Forecast: Gas Nearing $3/Gallon, Fuel Consumption Up 0
• Apr 06: Would the New Senate Fuel Tax Deal a Death Blow to the Transport Bill? 0
• Apr 06: 8 Senate Dems Join Industry in a Gas-Tax Warning to Climate Bill’s Authors 0
• Apr 05: What Happened to the Proposed “Transportation Tax” on Wall Street? 0
• Apr 02: New Survey: 84% of Transit Agencies Facing Fare Hikes, Service Cuts 0
• Apr 01: Could Gas-Tax Bonds Pay For the Next Federal Transportation Bill? 0
• Mar 31: Wall Street Swaps Haunting Cities: How Many Transit Agencies Hold Them? 0
• Mar 30: As Minneapolis Joins NACTO, Oberstar Backs Shift on Transit Operating Aid 0
• Mar 30: New Poll: Support For Transit Expansion Transcends Rural-Urban Divide 0
• Mar 29: Oberstar Stays Optimistic About New Transport Bill in 2010 0
• Mar 25: Boxer Aims to Put TIGER-Type Program in Next Federal Transport Bill 0
• Mar 24: Feds Begin Redefining ‘Affordable Housing’ to Include Transport Costs 0
• Mar 23: Bids for Federal Streetcar Aid Top Available Money by Nearly Tenfold 0
• Mar 23: Transit Operating Aid Bill Doesn’t Fly With Major D.C. Transit Group 0
• Mar 22: Senate Health Bill Approved: What It Means for Transportation 0
• Mar 19: Transport Fix to Jobs Bill Would Take $192M From CA, Send $76M to TX 0
• Mar 18: Inhofe Questions Transit and Bike-Ped Investments in House Transport Bill 0
• Mar 17: As Geithner Touts Infrastructure, Skepticism Persists on $4B ‘I-Fund’ Plan 0
• Mar 16: Brown Offers Senate Plan For More Federal Operating Aid to Local Transit 0
• Mar 15: LaHood Reaches Out to Transit Industry, Lamenting ‘Lousy Economy’ 0
• Mar 12: Is 2010 the Year for Federal Bike Aid? The Answer: A Big ‘Maybe’ 0
• Mar 11: New House Jobs Bill Dominated by Direct Aid to Cities 0
• Mar 10: U.S. Transit Trips Hit 10.2B in 2009, With Light Rail Up in Nine Cities 5
• Mar 09: Dodd Vows to Pass Livability Bill Amid Skepticism From Rural Senators 6
• Mar 04: LaHood Faces Off With GOP Senator Over High-Speed Rail, Livability 5
• Mar 03: Senate Starts Work on New Transport Bill, With House Version as a Guide 0
• Mar 03: Bunning Throws in the Towel, Congress Restores Transport Funding 2
• Mar 02: Transportation Filibuster Update: Bunning Won’t Yield to Fellow GOPer 3
• Mar 01: Federal Transportation Law Expired Over the Weekend: What’s Next? 1
• Feb 26: Deja Vu Again: One-Man Senate Filibuster Imperils Federal Transport Law 10
• Feb 25: Report: Obama’s 2011 Budget Leaves Cities in a Fiscal Hole of $16B-Plus 0
• Feb 24: Fact-Checking the Toyota Hearing: Lower Speeds Increase Safety 6
• Feb 24: Little-Known Provision in Senate Jobs Bill Could Spark House Resistance 0
• Feb 23: House Lawmakers Hail Transportation Stimulus — But Add Three Caveats 0
• Feb 23: Voinovich Secures Dem Promise to Hold a Senate Vote on Transpo in 2010 0
• Feb 22: U.S. DOT Offers Sample Distracted Driving Bill — With a Potential Loophole 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 U.S. DOT’s TIGER Chase 7
• Feb 16: Moynihan Station Is the First Big TIGER Stimulus Winner 17
• Feb 12: White House Economic Report Touts TIGER, High-Speed Rail, Transit 0
• Feb 11: Bipartisan Senate Jobs Bill Has Highway Trust Fund Rescue, But No TIGER 1
• Feb 10: The Gas Tax Versus a VMT Tax: Is ‘All of the Above’ an Option? 7
• Feb 09: First Lady Launches Childhood Obesity Push With Nod to Biking & Walking 7
• Feb 09: New Report Maps a High-Speed Rail Link For Every Major U.S. City 9
• Feb 08: A Vow to ‘Bring Republicans to the Table’ for a New Transport Bill 1
• Feb 04: Senate Dems to Call Up Jobs Bill Monday… With Transport Details TBA 0
• Feb 03: White House Pitches $400M for Healthier Neighborhood Food Outlets 3
• Feb 02: U.S. DOT Names the Transit Projects Set for Federal Funding 2
• Feb 01: White House Budget Includes $530M for Local Sustainability, $1B for HSR 0
• Jan 28: New Report Links Foreclosure Risk to Auto Dependence 4
• Jan 28: Obama Taps High-Speed Rail Winners: Florida, California, Illinois and More 21
• Jan 27: Transit Riders Launch Grassroots Lobbying Push in Dire Political Climate 1
• Jan 27: Oakland’s Stimulus Flap: A Shot Across the Bow for Transport Equity? 9
• Jan 26: Senate Weighs $14B for Roads, $7.5B for Transit in Jobs Bill 0
• Jan 21: U.S. DOT Previews How New Transit Rules Could Define ‘Livability’ 0
• Jan 20: The MA Senate Race: Consequences for Transport and Climate Policy 11
• Jan 19: Obama Quietly Gets Federal Agencies Involved in Transport Planning 1
• Jan 14: LaHood Wants More TIGER Aid in the Congressional Jobs Bill 0
• Jan 13: Big Transit News: Bush-Era Rule Tossed, Enviro Benefits on the Table 2
• Jan 13: State DOTs: We Back National Transport Goals — If We Get to Write Them 0
• Jan 12: Pelosi: Gas Tax Hike Doesn’t Have Majority Support in Congress 5
• Jan 11: Obama Administration Working on Its Own Six-Year Transportation Bill 2
• Jan 06: Report: The American Auto Fleet Is Shrinking 7
• Jan 06: Dodd and Dorgan Retiring: The Consequences for Transportation Policy 0
• Jan 05: Transit Fare Inflation Hitting Health Insurance-Like Levels? 1
• Jan 04: Pollution Pricing? NY Among 11 States to Back Low-Carbon Fuel Rules 1

• 2009

• Dec 17: Senate Climate Bill Invests Big in Transit, Reaps Big Deficit Reduction 9
• Dec 16: Ray LaHood Visits ‘The Daily Show’ to Talk Transportation 5
• Dec 16: House Jobs Bill Mimics the Stimulus: $27.5B for Roads, $8.4B for Transit 3
• Dec 15: Bus vs. Rail: Transit’s Quiet Culture Clash? 14
• Dec 09: Sadik-Khan Joins Blumenauer, Byrne for “Cities for Cycling” Launch 6
• Dec 08: White House Backs $50B For ‘Merit-Based Infrastructure Investment’ 3
• Dec 07: Rendell: National Infrastructure Bank Could Move as Part of New Jobs Bill 1
• Dec 03: Streetsblog Capitol Hill Q&A: Blumenauer Talks Economic Recovery 0
• Dec 02: Congress Gets Project Lists for Jobs Bill: $15B for Transit, $48B for Roads 0
• Dec 01: In New Orleans, LaHood Unveils $280M in Streetcar and Bus Grants 0
• Dec 01: The Missed Opportunity for an Urban Stimulus: Mayors “Were Ignored” 2
• Nov 30: LaHood to Congress: It’s Time to Talk About a Gas Tax Increase 8
• Nov 24: Think Roads Pay for Themselves? Think Again 12
• Nov 19: Streetsblog Capitol Hill Q&A: Four Questions For Rob Puentes 0
• Nov 18: Bipartisan Support Builds for Six-Month Extension of Current Transpo Law 0
• Nov 16: Feds Propose to Expand Opportunities for Biking and Walking to Transit 3
• Nov 12: Report: Even After MN Bridge Collapse, Transpo Earmarks Shun Repair 0
• Nov 05: Boxer Okays Senate Climate Bill, Without Amendments or GOP 0
• Nov 04: Congress Set to Double the Size of Sprawl-Centric Home Buyer’s Tax Credit 11
• Nov 03: Buffett’s Bet on Rail: What Does It Mean for Transport and Energy? 14
• Nov 02: Obama Calls For ‘More Creative’ Ways to Pay For Infrastructure 9
• Oct 28: Transportation Policy Becomes the Proverbial Tree Falling in the Forest 5
• Oct 28: Philly Mayor Tells Senate: Climate Bill Can Help Make Cities Greener 7
• Oct 27: Transport Policy Update: Senate to Pass 6-Month Extension This Week 0
• Oct 27: Feds Gambled More on Electric Cars in 6 Months Than Transit Gets All Year 3
• Oct 26: Senate Climate Bill Triples the House’s Investments in Clean Transportation 0
• Oct 21: GOPers Re-Name the Climate Bill Again: Now It’s a ‘Gas Tax’! 5
• Oct 20: How the $8.7 Billion Transportation Contracting Gap Is Hitting Your State 1
• Oct 20: New Study Shows $56 Billion in Hidden Health Damage From Autos 1
• Oct 16: Transport Debate Still Stalled As Oberstar Decries “Lack of Political Will” 3
• Oct 14: Obama Ally Breaks With White House on Timing of New Transport Bill 2
• Oct 09: Inside the Rail Worker Disability Program That Never Says “No” 2
• Oct 09: Bush DOT Chief Backs Transport Tech Funding 0
• Oct 07: NYC, SF, and DC Sign Deals to Upgrade Transit Technology 2
• Oct 07: Obama’s Engaged With Transit More in 9 Months than Bush Did in 8 Years 0
• Oct 06: White House Urban Affairs Chief: Promising Words But Little Hint of a Plan 4
• Oct 05: Congress’ Transport Impasse Hits States — and Not Just Their Road Funds 0
• Oct 02: CA Guv Hopeful: Let’s Not Extend Parking Meter Hours in a Recession 3
• Oct 01: Obama Bans Texting While Driving for Guv Workers — And There’s More 9
• Sep 30: Senate Climate Bill Released With Much Fanfare, Little Focus on Transport 0
• Sep 29: New Report: Feds Subsidizing Parking Six Times as Much as Transit 8
• Sep 24: LaHood Praises NYC But Shrugs at Transport Reform to Empower Cities 3
• Sep 24: Deja Vu: Congress Could Put Off Deal on Transport Bill Until Next Month 0
• Sep 23: House Voting Today on Transport Law Extension — Or Not? 0
• Sep 22: Report: 10 Percent Transit Growth Would Help Meet House Climate Target 0
• Sep 22: Oberstar’s 3-Month Transport Bill Extension Heading to House Floor 1
• Sep 21: Bloomberg and Dems Blast Congressional Plan to Let Guns on Amtrak 14
• Sep 17: Oberstar to Back 3-Month Delay in Transport Bill As Soon As Next Week 0
• 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 15: Planetizen Unveils Its Top 100 Urban Thinkers 7
• Sep 15: Oberstar Stands Firm on Transportation Bill, Gets Industry Backup 0
• Sep 10: How Much Would Most People Pay For a Shorter Commute? 3
• Sep 08: Compromise or Concession: Congress Faces Tough Transport Choices 2
• Sep 04: Biden on Stimulus Aid to Cities: “We’re Trying … It’s Imperfect” 0
• Sep 03: Killing the Myth of the “More Shovel-Ready” Road Stimulus 0
• Sep 01: New Poll: Public Supports Congestion Tolling Over Gas Tax Hike by 2 to 1 9
• Aug 31: Senator Dukakis? What Kennedy’s Loss Could Mean for Transport Policy 3
• Aug 20: As “Cash for Clunkers” Sputters, a Privately Funded Spinoff Picks Up 0
• Aug 19: Carper: Climate Bill Must Focus on Transport, Not Just Power Plants 0
• Aug 18: Transit Cuts Report Underscores Cities’ Congressional Influence 3
• Aug 12: Transport Construction Industry Mobilizes for Oberstar’s Bill 1
• Aug 12: The Gas Needle and the Damage Done 3
• Aug 06: Audit Finds U.S. DOT Transit Record-Keeping “Unreliable,” “Inaccurate” 3
• Aug 06: PBS NewsHour Takes on Alabama’s “Zombie Highway” Tonight 2
• Aug 05: Portland’s Transport Research Guru Headed to Obama Administration 1
• Aug 05: Following “Cash for Clunkers” With “Riches for Rail” 3
• Aug 03: Separating Myth From Fact on “Cash for Clunkers” 12
• Jul 31: House Quickly Sends $2 Billion More to ‘Cash for Clunkers’ 16
• Jul 31: ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Out of Cash — But Not Quite Finished 2
• Jul 30: McCain & Coburn: Let’s Make Roads Safer — by Slashing Safety Money 6
• Jul 29: Your Burger or Your Car! (And More Fun with False Dichotomies) 18
• Jul 28: Oberstar to White House: On Emissions, Back Up Your Words With Action 2
• Jul 27: A Make-or-Break Week for Transportation Begins on the Hill 0
• Jul 23: Lawmakers Pitch Transport Funding Ideas, From VMT to Freight Taxes 1
• Jul 21: Senate Agrees on $26.8 Billion Highway Trust Fund Rescue 1
• Jul 20: Know Your Road Lobbyists: The American Highway Users Alliance 7
• Jul 17: Transportation Reform Is Health Reform 8
• Jul 17: Five Down, Five to Go: Plan Linking Transit to Climate Bill Wins Sponsors 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 6
• Jul 13: Obama Talks Urban Policy as LaHood Seeks More Urban Transpo Money 2
• Jul 09: Top 20 Metro Areas Get 28% of Road Stimulus, 61% of Transit Stimulus 0
• Jul 09: Boxer Delays Senate Climate Bill Until September 4
• Jul 09: Congestion Study Sparks Clever Headlines, But Little Transit Talk 4
• Jul 08: Lawmakers Aim to Bring ‘Sustainable Communities’ From Talk to Action 0
• Jul 07: Senate Starts Climate Push With Nods to Jobs, Energy and Transportation 0
• Jul 06: New Report on Roads Uses Old Assumptions 5
• Jul 02: Obama Administration’s Transportation Goals: Read Them Here 2
• Jul 01: Cities See Population Gains — But What About Political Power? 5
• Jun 29: Report: States Used $6.6B in Stimulus Cash on New Roads, Not Repair 1
• Jun 26: The Wall Street Tax Shelter That Crashed Your Local Transit Agency 9
• Jun 25: Boxer and Inhofe Agree: Transportation Policy Reform Can Wait 5
• Jun 24: House Transpo Leaders and Obama DOT Run Off in Opposite Directions 0
• Jun 24: The High-Speed Rail Numbers Game: Is $13 Billion and 110 MPH Enough? 11
• Jun 24: House Dems Agree: Climate Bill Can Help Pay for Greener Transportation 0
• Jun 23: Senators Seek Rail Safety Funding in Aftermath of Metro Crash 2
• Jun 22: Oberstar’s Transportation Bill: The Early Word 3
• Jun 22: Oberstar’s Transportation Bill: Download It in Full 0
• Jun 22: New Report Quantifies Benefits of Adding Smart Growth to Climate Bill 0
• Jun 19: House GOPers Propose Filling Trust Fund With Stimulus Money 5
• Jun 18: House Transpo Leaders United — in Frustration With the White House 2
• Jun 18: The Oberstar Bill: What About the Highways-Transit Split? 1
• Jun 18: Oberstar’s New Transportation Bill: Get the Highlights 3
• Jun 17: LaHood Asks for 18-Month Extension of Four-Year-Old Transpo Law 5
• Jun 17: U.S. DOT Clocks High-Speed Rail at 110 MPH, Give or Take 19
• Jun 16: WHO Report Highlights Global Health Risk of Traffic 3
• 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 1
• Jun 16: Report: Nation’s Cities Not Getting Their Share of Stimulus Transpo Money 1
• Jun 15: Oberstar to Release Transportation Outline on Wednesday 3
• Jun 12: Congress Agrees to Keep Transit Operating Aid in War Bill 2
• Jun 11: GOPers Blast the Newest Dem Star: How Dare He Pay for Transportation! 6
• Jun 11: Carnahan Steps Up Push for Federal Help With Transit Operating 3
• Jun 10: National Transportation Funding Is Ailing — Is Michigan ‘Patient Zero’? 5
• Jun 10: When Will Oberstar’s Transportation Bill Drop? Place Your Bets Now 1
• Jun 09: Lawmakers Push for Federal Help With Transit Operating: Read the Letter 3
• Jun 09: GOP-ers and Dems Agree: Feds Need to Get Their Transpo Act Together 8
• Jun 08: House to Vote This Week on Weak ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Plan 10
• Jun 04: House GOP Urges Elimination of (GOP-Backed) Kid Safety Program 7
• Jun 04: LaHood Vows to Avert Federal Transpo Bankruptcy and Pay For It 5
• 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 6
• 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 2
• 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 29
• May 19: Illinois Congressman Pushes for Pro-Bike Transportation Bill 1
• May 19: The Long, Ugly Road to a Federal Transportation Plan 9
• 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 8
• May 14: Congress Takes a First Step Towards Reshaping Transportation Policy 5
• May 14: Who Cares About the Highway Trust Fund? 6
• 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