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Tanya Snyder

Tanya became Streetsblog's Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radio’s Washington bureau and for public radio stations around the country. She lives car-free in a transit-oriented and bike-friendly neighborhood of Washington, DC.
tanya@streetsblog.org

Posts by Tanya

• 2013

• May 15: Seven Ways Technology Is Rendering the Automobile Obsolete 0
• May 15: Refereeing the Raging Debate Over the “Specialness” of Cyclists 0
• May 15: Millennials Will Drive More as They Age, But Still Less Than Their Parents 0
• May 14: U.S. PIRG: The Driving Boom Is Over But the Road-Building Binge Continues 0
• May 10: How Green Is Grocery Delivery in Cities? 0
• May 10: Commuter Idyll Winner Jake Williams Tells His Dramatic Story of Salvation 0
• May 09: Dreamy Routines: Some of Our Readers’ Best “Commuter Idylls” 0
• May 06: Surviving a War Abroad Only to Die Back Home Behind the Wheel 0
• May 03: NHTSA: Traffic Deaths Shot Up 5.3 Percent to 34,080 in 2012 0
• May 02: Tell Us About Your “Commuter Idyll” 0
• May 01: A Golden Opportunity for Congress to Avoid the Transportation “Fiscal Cliff” 0
• Apr 29: Meet Your Next Transportation Secretary 0
• Apr 25: Pretty Please: U.S. DOT Asks Carmakers to Limit Onboard Distractions 1
• Apr 25: How TIGER Transformed Transportation Planning — And Lived to Tell About It 0
• Apr 24: FRA Responds: Amtrak Will Be Able to Use “Proven” Trainsets 0
• Apr 18: How Amtrak Can Provide World-Class Service on the Northeast Corridor 0
• Apr 16: Reps. Duncan (R) and Nadler (D) Will Lead New House Panel on Freight 0
• Apr 12: Counting Bikes and Cars Without a Clipboard 0
• Apr 04: Study: Too Many Drivers Fail to Look for Pedestrians When Turning Left 0
• Apr 02: What Should the Surgeon General Say to Get More People Walking? 0
• Mar 29: How Much Driving Is Avoided When Someone Rides a Bike? 0
• Mar 29: Congress to U.S. DOT: Streets Aren’t Safe Until They’re Safe For Everyone 0
• Mar 22: Study: Homes Near Transit Were Insulated From the Housing Crash 0
• Mar 21: Will Big Highway Projects Have to Consider Climate Change? 0
• Mar 20: Is ASCE Failing to Tell America to Spend Wisely on Infrastructure? 0
• Mar 18: Obama’s Clean Energy Policy Elevates Efficient Cars Over Efficient Modes 0
• Mar 15: CDC: Americans Drive Distracted Waaaay More Than Brits 0
• Mar 11: Transit Trips Rose Faster Than Driving in 2012, Despite Impact of Sandy 0
• Mar 08: Bicycling Means Business: How Cycling Enriches People and Cities 0
• Mar 06: AAA Releases Bike Safety PSA at Bike Summit 0
• Mar 04: How to Diversify Bicycle Culture in Three Easy Steps 0
• Feb 28: Budget Sequester Could Throw a Wrench Into Transit Expansion Projects 0
• Feb 28: U.S. DOT to Challenge AASHTO Supremacy on Bike/Ped Safety Standards 0
• Feb 26: Virginia’s Transpo Future: Charge Drivers Less to Build More Roads 0
• Feb 15: Ray LaHood: “It’s Not Just About Emissions” 0
• Feb 14: Ray LaHood: “Sitting on the Sidelines Doesn’t Accomplish Anything” 0
• Feb 13: The Ray LaHood Exit Interview 0
• Feb 13: Obama Proposes a “Fix-It-First” Program For Roads 0
• Feb 12: McClatchy Muckrakers Expose Seedy Underbelly of the Highway Bonanza 0
• Feb 07: Gary Toth: TTI Congestion Scores Prove Road Expansion Isn’t the Answer 0
• Jan 31: Keeping CNN Honest: 10 Ways Anderson Cooper Got the Rail Story Wrong 0
• Jan 30: How Will the Next Transpo Secretary Build on Ray LaHood’s Legacy? 0
• Jan 29: It’s Official: LaHood Is Out 0
• Jan 25: How Mayor Mick Cornett Fought Oklahoma City’s Brain Drain and Weight Gain 0
• Jan 24: Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett: We Have to Build This City For People 0
• Jan 22: Today’s Transit Dreams May Come True — 78 Years From Now 0
• Jan 18: Federal Transit Administration Grapples With Likely Funding Cuts 0
• Jan 16: Pro-Bike Republican Tom Petri to Chair Key House Transpo Panel 0
• Jan 15: Today in Foreign Policy: American Interests Demand Walkable Communities 0
• Jan 14: GAO: Mileage Fee Could Be More “Equitable and Efficient” Than Gas Tax 0
• Jan 10: What Does It Mean That LaHood Isn’t on the Second-Term List? Nothing. 0
• Jan 08: Do T&I Committee Members Get the Transpo Needs of American Cities? 0
• Jan 07: Study: Shorter Blocks May Be the Key to Cutting Traffic in Small Cities 0
• Jan 03: Mica’s New Post Gives Him a Good Vantage Point For Sniping at Amtrak 0

• 2012

• Dec 19: What Do Anti-Density NIMBYs and Road-Wideners Have in Common? 0
• Dec 18: Walk Score Ranks the Bikeability of Every Address in 36 Cities 0
• Dec 17: New Black Box Rule Isn’t Enough to Hold Drivers Accountable For Ped Crashes 0
• Dec 14: Ford Tries to Sell More Cars By Looking to a Future With Fewer Cars 0
• Dec 11: Seven Jiu-Jitsu Moves for Advocates to Use MAP-21 to Their Own Advantage 0
• Dec 06: A “Movement For Movement” Puts Walking Front and Center 0
• Dec 05: Surgeon General Announces Call to Action on Walking 0
• Dec 04: Four Republicans Who Might Work Across the Aisle on Transportation 0
• Dec 03: Eight Burning Questions About Post-Election Transpo Policy and Politics 0
• Nov 29: What Would Meaningful Amtrak Reform Look Like? 0
• Nov 28: How States Are Adapting to MAP-21’s Changes to Bike/Ped Funding 0
• Nov 21: GAO: States “Flexing” Fewer Federal Dollars to Transit 0
• Nov 20: Why Traffic Deaths Are More Common in Red States Than in Blue States 0
• Nov 16: Poll: Who Should Be the Next U.S. Transportation Secretary? 0
• Nov 15: Will the Next Transpo Chair Continue Attacks on Bike/Ped Funding? 0
• Nov 14: What Kind of Leadership Would Bill Shuster Bring to the Transpo Committee? 0
• Nov 13: Grover Norquist Buckles to Pressure From Koch-Backed Group on Carbon Tax 0
• Nov 12: Yes, We Have No Carbon Tax 0
• Nov 09: Communities Vote to Tax Themselves to Support Transit 0
• Nov 08: UPDATE: Boehner’s Cryptic Message on Taxes 0
• Nov 07: Election Reveals Who Will Shape the Next Transportation Bill 0
• Nov 06: Where to Get Your 2012 Transportation Ballot Results 0
• Nov 05: Which Mitt Would Shape U.S. Transpo Policy: The Governor or the Candidate? 0
• Nov 02: What Has President Obama Done to Improve American Transportation Policy? 0
• Oct 30: Who Should Foot the Bill for Sandy’s Damage to Tracks and Train Tunnels? 0
• Oct 25: At NACTO Conference, LaHood Delivers Straight Talk on MAP-21 0
• Oct 24: Not a Word About Transit in Obama Jobs Plan 0
• Oct 23: FHWA Helps Cities and Towns Land Bike/Ped Funding 0
• Oct 12: DIY Urbanism: No Permits, No Red Tape, No Going Back 0
• Oct 10: MassDOT Secretary: “We Will Build No More Superhighways” 0
• Oct 10: This Could Be the Biggest Year Ever for Transit at the Ballot Box 0
• Oct 05: NRDC Gives Gas Consumption Maps a Helpful Revision 0
• Oct 03: Scandalous Video: Obama Talks Sense About Road Building 0
• Oct 03: How MAP-21 Allocates Transpo Funds Where They’re Needed Least 0
• Oct 01: As MAP-21 Takes Effect, Road Builders Vie for TIFIA Funds 0
• Sep 28: Which Counties Have the Biggest Oil Addiction Problem? We Still Don’t Know. 0
• Sep 27: LaHood Incorrectly Blames 80 Percent of Pedestrians for Their Own Deaths 0
• Sep 26: The Economist: Don’t Expect Driving Rates to Rise Again 0
• Sep 25: Walk Score Factors In the Ineffable Qualities That Make Neighborhoods Great 0
• Sep 24: Colorado Authorities Cite Driver for Cyclist Harassment 0
• Sep 21: Reminder: Amtrak Subsidies Pale in Comparison to Highway Subsidies 0
• Sep 19: USA Today: Homebuilders Pass On Garages, Build Front Porches 0
• Sep 17: Here’s Your Chance to Influence MAP-21’s Implementation 0
• Sep 14: What Would Happen If Washington Cuts Transpo Funding 35 Percent? 0
• Sep 12: NRDC Poll: Americans Support New Transit Twice as Much as New Roads 0
• Sep 11: How Highway Spending Could Become as Transparent as Bike/Ped Spending 0
• Sep 06: NACTO Beats the Clock With Quick Update of Bike Guide 0
• Sep 05: September Brings “Back to School” Jump in Traffic Congestion 0
• Sep 04: Democratic Platform’s Scarce Words on Transportation Fail to Inspire 0
• Aug 30: Tennessee DOT Moves Past Road-Widening as a Congestion Reduction Strategy 0
• Aug 29: They Totally Went There: GOP Outlines Extremist Transpo Views in Platform 0
• Aug 27: Will DOT’s New Freight Council Focus on More Than Trucks? 0
• Aug 24: Stroller-Share: Can I Get an Amen? 0
• Aug 23: Romney Energy Plan: More Drilling, More Oil Dependence 0
• Aug 22: Finally, the Presidential Race Turns to Transportation 0
• Aug 15: There’s a Lot Riding on U.S. DOT’s Definition of “Congestion” 0
• Aug 13: International Funders Shift Investments Toward Sustainable Transportation 0
• Aug 09: The Strain of Job Sprawl on Two-Income Households 0
• Aug 07: In New NHTSA Report, Scarce Information on Causes of Pedestrian Deaths 0
• Aug 02: Governors Get on Board With Smart Growth 0
• Jul 31: How Much Bang Are Cities Getting From Federal BRT Bucks? 0
• Jul 26: MAP-21 Puts the Squeeze on Bridge Repair and Bikes 0
• Jul 24: No Explanations as Traffic Deaths Jump 13.5 Percent 0
• Jul 24: How State DOTs Got Congress to Grant Their Wish List 0
• Jul 19: Why Congress Can’t Kill the Partnership for Sustainable Communities 0
• Jul 19: Tea Party Deficit Hawks Don’t Mind Charging the Taxpayer For Personal Cars 0
• Jul 11: Brookings: Inadequate Transit and Sprawl Cut Off Workers From Jobs 0
• Jul 10: States Already Licking Their Chops Over Newly “Flexible” Bike/Ped Funds 0
• Jul 06: Obama to Sign Transpo Bill Today at 4:55 0
• Jul 03: Under New Bill, America’s Transpo Loan Program Ignores National Goals 0
• Jun 29: A New Bill Passes, But America’s Transpo Policy Stays Stuck in 20th Century 0
• Jun 28: Transpo Bill Preserves Transit Funding, Wastes Opportunities For Progress 0
• Jun 28: Transpo Bill Cuts Bike/Ped Funding, Lets States Spend It on Left-Turn Lanes 0
• Jun 28: Complete Streets Provision Eliminated From Final Transpo Bill 0
• Jun 27: Boxer Confirms: Some Bike/Ped Protections Remain in Final Bill [Updated] 0
• Jun 27: Conference Committee Reaches Agreement [Updated X 2] 0
• Jun 27: Transpo Bill Rumor: DeFazio Says Conference Committee “Gutted” Bike/Ped 0
• Jun 22: Boehner Masks GOP Attack on Safe Streets By Opposing Flowers 0
• Jun 21: Making Lawmakers Answer For Pedestrian Deaths In Their Districts 0
• Jun 21: Boxer and Mica Release Vague Reassurance of Progress 0
• Jun 20: House to Vote on Firming Up the Conference Deadline 0
• Jun 19: AASHTO Adds Designs to Bikeway Guide, But Not Protected Bike Lanes 0
• Jun 15: No More Mr. Nice Guy: Transit Advocates Get Organized 0
• Jun 12: House Attack on Safe Streets Makes Transpo Bill Ever More Elusive 0
• Jun 08: House GOP Threatens to Wipe Out Local Control Over Bike/Ped Funding 0
• Jun 07: Transpo Bill Conference Devolves Into Talk of Extensions 0
• Jun 05: Boxer and Inhofe Make Their Offer to the House, Try to Avoid 10th Extension 0
• Jun 05: Stakeholders Beg Conferees to Stop Acting Like Children 0
• Jun 04: FRA Chief: America Is Driving Less and Congress Needs to Catch Up 0
• May 23: Tea Party Republicans Take Aim at Bike-Ped Funding in Conference 0
• May 18: Study Predicts “Resilient Walkable” Places Will Lead the Housing Recovery 0
• May 17: From a Reader: Seven More Questions For the Transportation Conference 0
• May 14: Walk Score Calculates City Bikeability, and Minneapolis Comes Out on Top 0
• May 08: Seven Questions About the Transportation Bill Conference 0
• May 02: Mapped: Dramatic Changes on London Streets in the Congestion Pricing Era 0
• May 01: FHWA: Small Investments in Bike/Ped Infrastructure Can Pay Off in a Big Way 0
• Apr 30: Have a Question for Secretary LaHood? Ask It Here 0
• Apr 24: Five Ex-Secretaries Map Out a Communications Strategy For Transportation 0
• Apr 16: Patent Troll Sues Transit Agencies For Releasing Real-Time Transit Info 0
• Apr 13: House GOP Tries to Horse-Trade Senate Bill For Keystone Pipeline 0
• Apr 09: Census Breaks the News We Already Knew: The Exurbs Are History 0
• Mar 27: Can a 100% Private Passenger Rail Line Turn a Profit? 0
• Mar 23: Why Bicyclists Are Better Customers Than Drivers for Local Business 0
• Mar 21: Why Are Three Out of Four Cyclists on the Street Men? 0
• Mar 16: House Won’t Take Up Senate Transpo Bill as March 31 Deadline Looms 0
• Mar 13: Don’t Count Out HR 7 Yet: House GOP Could Revive Their Bill This Week 0
• Mar 02: AASHTO’s Vision of Safe Streets for Seniors: Bigger Type on Highway Signs 0
• Feb 28: Don’t Call It a Merger: America’s Big Three Bike/Ped Advocates Join Forces 0
• Jan 05: Ron Paul: Stop Subsidizing Highways, Let “Transits” Flourish 0
• Jan 04: Romney Wins Iowa, Loses the Rail Passenger Vote 0

• 2011

• Dec 20: Lawmakers Push to Fund Transit Service During Economic Emergencies 0
• Dec 16: Lautenberg Introduces Bill to Limit Bridge and Tunnel Tolls 0
• Dec 15: Nearly Half of TIGER Award Money Goes to Roads, 29 Percent For Transit 0
• Dec 15: NTSB: States Should Ban Hands-Free Calls While Driving 0
• Dec 14: Senate Commerce Committee Sets the Standard For Transpo Performance 0
• Dec 14: TIGER III News Begins to Leak — Chicago Bike-Share Among the Winners 0
• Dec 12: Transit’s Not Bleeding the Taxpayer Dry — Roads Are 0
• Dec 07: OMB: Senate Seeking Too Much Highway Money to Fund Transportation Bill 0
• Nov 29: Mapped: How Federal Funding Fails to Match Demand for Transit in the U.S. 0
• Nov 29: Is Congress Trying to Put the Kibosh on TIGER Funding For Bike/Ped? 0
• Nov 23: HUD Awards Bring “Bittersweet” End to Sustainability Program 0
• Nov 23: Mapping the Fatal Consequences of Automobile Addiction 0
• Nov 17: House GOP Previews Transpo + Oil Drilling Bill, Details to Come Later 0
• Nov 16: 2012 Transpo Budget: Sustainable Communities and HSR Out, TIGER In 0
• Nov 15: Mica Warns Boxer on Highway Trust Fund; House Plans Hearing on “Drill Bill” 0
• Nov 14: Senate Bill May Weaken Smaller Metros, Empower State DOTs 0
• Nov 10: More Election Results: Transit Wins Big 0
• Nov 09: Two-Year Transpo Bill Moves on to Full Senate Without Bike/Ped Protections 0
• Nov 04: Coming Soon: Super-Partisan “Oil-For-Infrastructure” Transpo Bill 0
• Nov 04: Two Infrastructure Jobs Bills Die in Senate 0
• Nov 02: How Will the House Answer the Senate’s Transportation Funding Bill? 0
• Nov 01: Feds Put Off Issuing New Trucking Safety Rules 0
• Nov 01: Bike/Ped Funding Intact as Senate Rejects Rand Paul’s Amendment 0
• Oct 21: Senate Panel to Vote on Transportation Bill Next Month 0
• Oct 19: Even the Godfather of Rail~Volution Wouldn’t Raise the Gas Tax Right Now 0
• Oct 17: Rail~volution: Will New Americans Fuel Smart Growth or Suburbanism? 0
• Oct 14: Former House Transpo Chair James Oberstar on the Post-Interstate Era 0
• Oct 13: Ray LaHood Won’t Stay at USDOT Past 2012 0
• Oct 13: Will New Infrastructure Funding Survive the Demise of Obama’s Jobs Bill? 0
• Oct 11: Major Transpo Projects Chosen For Federal Fast-Tracking Lean Multi-Modal 0
• Oct 05: Transit Union Challenges NYPD Order to Help Arrest Fellow Protestors 0
• Oct 05: USDOT Tries to Resuscitate the HSR Dreams Congress Wants to Bury 0
• Sep 30: Republicans Have Their Own Plan to Pay for Infrastructure Jobs: Oil Drilling 0
• Sep 28: Will Obama’s Transportation Jobs Plan Avoid Funding Sprawl? 0
• Sep 27: TTI: Mass Transit Saved Drivers 45.4 Million Hours Last Year 0
• Sep 27: Would President Romney Build Roads or Rail? 0
• Sep 23: Mica, GOP Leadership Looking to Raise Transportation Spending Levels in Bill 0
• Sep 23: Dealbreaker: Senate Rejects House Budget Due to Lack of Car Subsidies 0
• Sep 22: Senate Saves a Sliver For High-Speed Rail 0
• Sep 20: Senate Strips High-Speed Rail Funding 0
• Sep 20: Federal Support for Smart Planning Is on the Line Today 0
• Sep 19: Obama: “I Will Veto Any Bill” Without Tax Increases on the Wealthy 0
• Sep 16: The Stranger: If Safer Streets Mean War, We’re Ready for Combat 0
• Sep 16: Last-Minute Deal Preserves Bike/Ped Funding. But For How Long? 0
• Sep 15: Boehner: Lets Build Highways to Transport Fossil Fuels 0
• Sep 14: Coburn Blocks Quick Senate Vote on Transportation Extension 0
• Sep 13: House Passes Transportation Extension Unanimously 0
• Sep 13: House Prepares to Vote on Extension, Coburn Will Try to Kill Bike/Ped 0
• Sep 12: Fact Check: Jeff Sessions Got It Wrong on Bike Paths in His Hometown 0
• Sep 12: House and Senate Agree on 6-Month Transpo Extension 0
• Sep 09: Obama Includes Infra Bank in His Jobs Push; Mica Rejects It Out of Hand 0
• Sep 08: Inhofe Supports Clean Extension, Won’t Vote Against Bike/Ped (This Time) 0
• Sep 07: Behind President Obama’s Call For More Infrastructure Projects 0
• Sep 06: Senate’s “Dr. No” Says He’ll Block Transpo Extension Unless Bike/Ped Is Cut 0
• Sep 06: GOP Leader’s Infra “Compromise” Is Just Another Ploy to Kill Bike/Ped 0
• Sep 02: Polluters Rejoice! Obama Caves on Proposed Ozone Standard 0
• Sep 01: Tennessee Mom Threatened With Arrest For Letting Daughter Bike to School 0
• Aug 31: President Obama Pushes Congress For a Clean Extension of Transpo Bill 0
• Aug 30: With Deadlines Looming, Mica Supports Transportation Extension 0
• Aug 30: Well That’s a Relief: Hurricane Irene Shouldn’t Affect Gas Prices Much 0
• Aug 15: Civil Rights Group Demands End to Car-Centric Transportation Policies 0
• Aug 11: It’s Official: Congress’s Next Spitting Contest Will Be Over the Gas Tax 0
• Aug 10: Feds Call “All Hands On Deck” For Detroit Transit 0
• Aug 09: Alex Steffen: We Can’t Avert Climate Change Without Dense Cities 0
• Aug 05: Larry Hanley: Part-Time Labor Won’t Save American Transit 0
• Aug 04: ATU President Larry Hanley on How to Build a Strong Coalition for Transit 0
• Aug 02: “This Is Not a Good Bill”: Congress Holds Its Nose, Passes Debt Bill 0
• Aug 01: Debt Deal Could Mean More Painful Cuts for Transportation 0
• Jul 25: Chamber of Commerce: Empty Asphalt = Good Transportation Performance 0
• Jul 25: Raquel Nelson Speaks on the Today Show About Her Son and Her Court Case 0
• Jul 22: The Streets and the Courts Failed Raquel Nelson. Can Advocacy Save Her? 0
• Jul 21: Boxer Confirms Bike-Ped Funding; “Gang of Six” Loves Infrastructure Spending 0
• Jul 20: Senate Staff Says Transpo Bill Maintains Dedicated Funding For Bike/Ped 0
• Jul 19: No Commitment to Bike-Ped Funding in Senate Transpo Bill Outline 0
• Jul 15: House Votes to Strip High-Speed Rail Funding 0
• Jul 14: Georgia Mom Convicted of Vehicular Homicide For Crossing Street With Kids 0
• Jul 13: Ford, Verizon Support National Distracted Driving Law — And Its Loophole 0
• Jul 12: Mica: Why Are the Democrats Picking On Me? 0
• Jul 07: Mica’s Transportation Proposal: Responses Flood In 0
• Jul 07: Mica Transpo Bill Shrinks Spending 33%, Eliminates Bike-Ped Guarantee 0
• Jul 07: Mica’s Measurements: $230 Billion, Six Years 0
• Jun 30: TIGER III Will Grant $527 Million For Innovative Transportation Projects 0
• Jun 29: Stimulus-Backed Programs Struggle to Stay Alive After Funds Run Out 0
• Jun 28: Rumor Mill: House Leadership Hostile to Transpo Reauthorization 0
• Jun 24: Expect Two (Radically Different) Transpo Bill Proposals Soon 0
• Jun 23: 25 Senators Demand Robust Transit Funding 0
• Jun 15: House Transportation Committee Will Unveil Part of Transpo Bill Next Week 0
• Jun 14: How Seniors Get Stuck at Home With No Transit Options 0
• Jun 13: Ray LaHood Wants to Hear From Streetsblog Readers 0
• Jun 10: Google Shows That When Transit Agencies Free Their Data, Riders Win 0
• Jun 08: GM CEO: “We Ought to Just Slap a Dollar Tax on a Gallon of Gas” 0
• Jun 07: Cul-de-Sacs Are Killing Us: Public Safety Lessons From Suburbia 0
• Jun 03: Highwayman Inhofe Still Wants to Rob Bike/Ped Funding From Transpo Bill 0
• Jun 02: Lawmakers Introduce Reality-Based Plan to Achieve “Freedom From Oil” 0
• May 31: Study: Building Roads to Cure Congestion Is an Exercise in Futility 0
• May 27: Complete Streets Bill Introduced in Senate 0
• May 25: Boxer: Transpo Funding Will Rise in Senate Bill, Bike/Ped Will Be Preserved 0
• May 25: Senate Transportation Bill, MAP-21, Freezes Spending at Current Levels 0
• May 24: T4America: Just Like Plane Crashes, Pedestrian Deaths Are a National Issue 0
• May 24: Dangerous By Design: How the U.S. Builds Roads That Kill Pedestrians 0
• May 20: Scenes From National Bike to Work Day 0
• May 20: Experts Agree: Six-Year Transportation Bill Won’t Pass This Year 0
• May 19: Good News From the Senate: Transit Operating Assistance and Much More 0
• May 18: Kerry on Transportation Funding: “We’re in a Crazy Place Right Now” 0
• May 13: Brookings: Transit Access to Jobs Is the Missing Link 0
• May 12: Don’t Hold Your Breath for a White House Transportation Bill 0
• May 12: Knowing Is Half the Battle: States Lack Data to Make Good Transpo Decisions 0
• May 11: How Would Blumenauer’s New Commuter Benefit Proposal Work? 0
• May 10: Tales From the Post-Earmark Era: Pork Won’t Hog the Transpo Money 0
• May 09: Northeast Corridor, the Midwest, and California Say “Thanks, Florida!” 0
• May 06: Mica Wants to Abandon Federal Commitment to Bike-Ped Funding 0
• May 06: Why (Much of) Obama’s Transpo Plan Can Survive the GOP Knife 0
• May 05: Reps. Matsui, LaTourette Introduce Complete Streets Bill 0
• May 05: Well That Was Quick: Obama Disavows Mileage Fee Proposal 0
• May 05: Obama Wants to Study Viability of Mileage-Based Fee for Transpo Revenue 0
• May 04: President Obama’s Transportation Bill Prioritizes Livability, High-Speed Rail 0
• May 03: Mayors Rebel Against State-Controlled Highway Expansion, Fight For Transit 0
• May 02: How Much Do You Walk? …And Other Questions From America Walks 0
• Apr 29: President Obama Expected to Release Proposed Transportation Bill 0
• Apr 25: Without Adequate Federal Funding, Will States Raise Their Own Gas Taxes? 0
• Apr 20: What the Feds Giveth, the States Taketh Away — From Bike/Ped Programs 0
• Apr 18: $100 Million for HUD Sustainability Program Survives in This Year’s Budget 0
• Apr 15: Senate Introduces a Narrower Bill for Wider Sidewalks 0
• Apr 12: High-Speed Rail Funds Get Slashed in Detailed Budget Plan 0
• Apr 11: You Can Open Your Eyes Now: Budget Deal Spares Transpo the Worst 0
• Apr 08: Government Shutdown Would Be a Punch in the Gut to Transit Agencies 0
• Apr 01: More From the House Transpo Hearings: The Advocates Edition 0
• Mar 31: Strange Bedfellows Unite for Infrastructure Investment, Financing Tools 0
• Mar 25: The Week Ahead: Congress Fights About Budget Cuts and Talks Transpo 0
• Mar 24: The Secrets to Success for Transit-Oriented Development 0
• Mar 22: WSJ: Mica Says Transit Funding Will Stay “About the Same” 0
• Mar 22: House Transportation Committee Rejects Obama’s 2012 Budget Request 0
• Mar 16: Rep. LaTourette Tells Transit Advocates to Ask Congress for What They Need 0
• Mar 15: “Grab a Hold of Your Shorts”: Mica and LaHood Talk Transportation Bill 0
• Mar 15: Kerry, Hutchinson, and Warner Introduce New Infrastructure Bank Bill 0
• Mar 14: Will Senate Republicans Send Back Their Own States’ TIGER Money? 0
• Mar 11: Cyclists Descend on Capitol Hill, Ask Lawmakers to Preserve Bike Funding 0
• Mar 09: LaHood Kicks Off National Bike Summit 0
• Mar 08: State Transpo Officials Push to Toll for Maintenance, Not Just Capacity 0
• Mar 07: Transpo’s Losses in First Round of Spending Cuts Look Worse Than They Are 0
• Mar 02: House Passes Seventh Extension of Transportation Bill 0
• Mar 02: Mica, LaHood Stump at AASHTO Meeting 0
• Mar 01: Mica on the Next Transportation Bill: Size Matters 0
• Feb 28: AASHTO: Government Shutdown Could Cost Transportation Sector $100M/Day 0
• Feb 24: The Economist: Rock-Bottom U.S. Gas Tax Makes Gas Cheaper Than Water 0
• Feb 22: How Hard Will the Senate Fight Back Against House Spending Cuts? 0
• Feb 18: Bike-Ped Funding Survives 583 Amendments 0
• Feb 16: AFL-CIO and Chamber of Commerce Ask For a Gas Tax Hike; Senators Agree 0
• Feb 16: Florida Gov. Rick Scott Chooses Politics Over Constituents, Rejects HSR Funds 0
• Feb 15: Are Environmental Reviews to Blame for Infrastructure Project Delays? 0
• Feb 14: Obama Admin’s Bold Transpo Plan Leaves Funding Question to Congress 0
• Feb 14: Obama Proposes Infra Bank, Livability Grants, Doubling Transit Funds 0
• Feb 14: Obama Budget Proposes $556B, Long-term Transportation Bill 0
• Feb 11: What to Look For in President Obama’s Budget Request on Monday 0
• Feb 10: Retired Military Leaders, Corporate CEOs: Driving Alone Aids Terrorists 0
• Feb 09: GOP Moves Ahead With Deep Cuts to Transportation, Housing 0
• Feb 08: “Amtrak Joe” Biden, in Philly, Announces New Plan for High-Speed Rail 0
• Feb 04: GOP Targets Transportation and Housing For the Deepest Cuts 0
• Feb 03: Transpo Committee Adds Southern Locations to Field Hearing Schedule 0
• Feb 02: APTA Survey: Transpo Bill Delay May Force Job Losses in U.S. Transit Industry 0
• Jan 28: House Transpo Committee Shrinks, Senate EPW Announces New Members 0
• Jan 28: New T&I Rep. Richard Hanna: a Little Bit Upstate NY, a Little Bit Portland 0
• Jan 27: CA Rep. Hunter: Roads Constitutionally Mandated, Transit Must Pay for Itself 0
• Jan 26: Senate Committee Backs Infrastructure Spending (But Not For Bike Lanes) 0
• Jan 26: Top DOT Officials Preview the Push for a Transportation Bill 0
• Jan 25: Obama: Europe and Russia Invest More in Roads and Railways Than We Do 0
• Jan 25: Will President Obama Speak for the Transit-Starved Tonight? 0
• Jan 21: Get Rich While Reducing Emissions: Smart Growth Keeps Looking Smarter 0
• Jan 21: Republicans Propose Spending Cuts Targeting Amtrak, Transit Funding 0
• Jan 20: LaHood Goes to Detroit to Talk to Automakers About Distracted Driving 0
• Jan 20: Highway-Affiliated Pew Climate Report Favors “Clean” Cars Over Transit 0
• Jan 14: Mica’s Goal: “More Cars Off of the Highway” 0
• Jan 13: Is the Livability Movement Doomed to Homogeneity? The CDC Says No. 0
• Jan 12: High Speed Rail: Which Corridors Have the Best Chance for Success? 0
• Jan 10: Household Deficit Reduction: Transit Saves People Almost $10K a Year 0
• Jan 10: We’re Pulling for You, Gabby Giffords 0
• Jan 07: New House Rules Threaten TIGER and Livability Programs 0
• Jan 06: Sen. Boxer: Working With Mica, Inhofe on a Long-Term Transpo Bill 0
• Jan 05: Send in Your Transpo Questions for the 112th Congress 0
• Jan 05: Food Deserts: Another Way the Deck Is Stacked Against Car-Free Americans 0
• Jan 04: Actually, Highway Builders, Roads Don’t Pay For Themselves 0
• Jan 03: And the Capitol Hill Streetsies Go To… 0

• 2010

• Dec 21: Senate Vote Will Give GOP a Crack at the Transpo Bill Sooner 0
• Dec 20: “Gravity Always Wins”: How the U.S. Can Face the Crisis of Unsafe Bridges 0
• Dec 17: Transit Riders Keep Same Tax Benefits As Drivers 0
• Dec 16: Mica Names New GOP Transpo Committee Members, Rahall Officially Top Dem 1
• Dec 16: Don’t Waste the Next Two Years: A Blueprint for Reform Under GOP Control 0
• Dec 15: Transit Benefit (Wrapped in Tax Cuts) Clears the Senate 0
• Dec 14: Inside the Bush Tax Cut Compromise is a Gift for Transit Riders 0
• Dec 14: California Leads Nation in Green Transpo Policies. How Does Your State Rank? 0
• Dec 13: AAA Gets an Earful From Members About Equality For Bikes 0
• Dec 10: Bikes on Bridges: A How-To Guide for Advocates 0
• Dec 09: Would an Infrastructure Bank Have the Power to Reform Transportation? 0
• Dec 08: Mica Confirmed as Transpo Committee Chair 0
• Dec 08: House Punts on Budget, Votes on Yearlong Extension Instead 0
• Dec 07: What the GOP Spending Rollback Would Mean for Transportation 0
• Dec 06: Why Reformers Should Care How We Pay for Transportation 0
• Dec 03: Deficit Commission Pushes For Anti-Sprawl Reforms 0
• Dec 02: EPA Recognizes Small Towns and Big Cities For Smart Growth Efforts 0
• Dec 01: GOP Demands a Stop to Stim Spending. What Will It Mean for Rail Projects? 0
• Nov 30: Rahall Responds, Says His Transpo Record Is About More Than Just Highways 0
• Nov 30: Earmark Ban Goes Down to Defeat in the Senate 0
• Nov 29: Another Day, Another Revelation That a Gas Tax Hike Is Necessary 0
• Nov 23: Livability and the GOP: A Conversation With HUD’s Mariia Zimmerman 0
• Nov 19: GOP Wants to Bring Transpo Policy Back to the 1950s 0
• Nov 18: Bachmann: It’s Not an Earmark If It’s for Highways and Bridges 0
• Nov 18: Dutch Planners School U.S. Cities on Bikeability 0
• Nov 17: Seatbelts and Tickets Alone Won’t Cure America’s Traffic Death Epidemic 0
• Nov 16: Oberstar’s Final Words of Wisdom 0
• Nov 16: How Pedestrian! The Walking Movement Flexes Its Muscle 0
• Nov 15: Auto Industry Celebrates a Republican House It Helped Put In Power 0
• Nov 12: Our Stagnant Gas Tax Rate Is Making the Deficit Worse 0
• Nov 11: The Power of the Pursestrings Shifts to a Livability Denier in the House 0
• Nov 10: Could a Coal-n-Highways Dem Take Oberstar’s Place on Transpo Committee? 0
• Nov 09: Just How Lame Will This Lame Duck Be? 0
• Nov 08: Obama Still Believes in a Bipartisan Push for Infrastructure. Do You? 0
• Nov 04: Eliminate Waste or Kill Good Projects? Earmark Ban Could Cut Both Ways 0
• Nov 03: Oberstar Says Goodbye, Mica Promises Rail and a Long-Term Bill 0
• Nov 03: The Silver Lining: 73 Percent of Transpo Ballot Measures Win 0
• Nov 03: Election Results: GOP Govs Win Big, Dems Take California, Oberstar Ousted 0
• Nov 02: Will Georgia’s Next Governor ‘Unclog Atlanta’? 0
• Nov 02: Election Day Finds Two Livability Champions on the Ropes 0
• Nov 02: Will Florida’s Next Governor Sink the State’s Chances for Rail? 0
• Nov 01: Bike-Ped Funding Dips as Stimulus Spending Slows 0
• Oct 29: Anti-Rail Candidates Take Aim at High Speed Dreams in the Midwest 0
• Oct 28: T4America Maps TIGER Grantees: Find One Near You 0
• Oct 27: Texas Gov Rick Perry Could Get Four More Years to Build Mega-Highways 0
• Oct 26: Will Bike-Phobic Dan Maes Cost the Colorado GOP Major Party Status? 0
• Oct 25: Light Rail Line Hangs By a Thread as Maryland Goes to the Polls 0
• Oct 25: Avoiding the Unintended Consequences of Transit-Oriented Development 0
• Oct 22: Why Transit Agencies Expand Capacity While They Cut Service 0
• Oct 21: If You Come, They Will Build It: Notes on Livability From Rail~volution 0
• Oct 19: How to Slay a Highway: Notes on the Mt. Hood Freeway and Harbor Drive 0
• Oct 19: Fighting Freeways: War Stories From Portland 0
• Oct 15: TIGER II Leaks Begin: New Haven’s Highway-to-Boulevard Project a Winner 0
• Oct 15: HUD Announces Winners of $100M in Sustainability Grants 0
• Oct 14: Angela Glover Blackwell on Equity, Infrastructure, and the President 0
• Oct 13: Five Reasons Reformers Are Rallying Behind Obama’s Transpo Push 0
• Oct 11: Drawing Ideas From Reformers, Obama Gets Behind 6-Year Transpo Plan 0
• Oct 08: Frontrunner for Tenn. Gov Gets Bike Award — But Look Behind the Curtain 0
• Oct 07: How the Information Age Can Make Streets and Transit More Efficient Comments Off
• Oct 06: High-Speed Rail vs. Low-Cost Bus 0
• Oct 06: If Republicans Take the House, What Happens to Transportation Reform? 0
• Oct 04: FTA: Transit Maintenance — Not Just Expansion — Will Grow Ridership 0
• Oct 01: State DOTs Make Deeper Bike-Ped Budget Cuts Than Expected 0
• Sep 29: High-Speed Rail: Do We Have the Will? 0
• Sep 28: Obama Admin Will Make Its Transportation Push… During the Next Congress 0
• Sep 28: Barbara Boxer Questions Need for Infrastructure Bank 0
• Sep 27: Applications for TIGER II Funding Overwhelm What U.S. DOT Can Dish Out 0
• Sep 20: Will the Next Merit-Based Transpo Program Rock Harder Than TIGER? 0
• Aug 18: Street Safety Projects Threatened as States Give Transpo $ Back to Feds 0
• Aug 06: The Problems With Ports, or Why We Need a National Freight Act 0