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November 2009
Thu 19: Streetsblog Capitol Hill Q&A: Four Questions For Rob Puentes 0
Wed 18: Bipartisan Support Builds for Six-Month Extension of Current Transpo Law 0
Mon 16: Feds Propose to Expand Opportunities for Biking and Walking to Transit 3
Thu 12: Report: Even After MN Bridge Collapse, Transpo Earmarks Shun Repair 0
Thu 5: Boxer Okays Senate Climate Bill, Without Amendments or GOP 0
Wed 4: Congress Set to Double the Size of Sprawl-Centric Home Buyer’s Tax Credit 11
Tue 3: Buffett's Bet on Rail: What Does It Mean for Transport and Energy? 13
Mon 2: Obama Calls For 'More Creative' Ways to Pay For Infrastructure 9
October 2009
Wed 28: Transportation Policy Becomes the Proverbial Tree Falling in the Forest 5
Tue 27: Transport Policy Update: Senate to Pass 6-Month Extension This Week 0
Wed 21: GOPers Re-Name the Climate Bill Again: Now It's a 'Gas Tax'! 5
Tue 20: How the $8.7 Billion Transportation Contracting Gap Is Hitting Your State 1
Tue 20: New Study Shows $56 Billion in Hidden Health Damage From Autos 1
Fri 16: Transport Debate Still Stalled As Oberstar Decries "Lack of Political Will" 3
Wed 14: Obama Ally Breaks With White House on Timing of New Transport Bill 2
Fri 9: Inside the Rail Worker Disability Program That Never Says "No" 2
Fri 9: Bush DOT Chief Backs Transport Tech Funding 0
Wed 7: NYC, SF, and DC Sign Deals to Upgrade Transit Technology 1
Wed 7: Obama’s Engaged With Transit More in 9 Months than Bush Did in 8 Years 0
Tue 6: White House Urban Affairs Chief: Promising Words But Little Hint of a Plan 2
Fri 2: CA Guv Hopeful: Let’s Not Extend Parking Meter Hours in a Recession 3
Thu 1: Obama Bans Texting While Driving for Guv Workers — And There’s More 8
September 2009
Wed 30: Senate Climate Bill Released With Much Fanfare, Little Focus on Transport 0
Wed 30: The Assumption of Inconvenience 32
Tue 29: New Report: Feds Subsidizing Parking Six Times as Much as Transit 8
Thu 24: LaHood Praises NYC But Shrugs at Transport Reform to Empower Cities 3
Thu 24: Deja Vu: Congress Could Put Off Deal on Transport Bill Until Next Month 0
Wed 23: House Voting Today on Transport Law Extension -- Or Not? 0
Tue 22: Report: 10 Percent Transit Growth Would Help Meet House Climate Target 0
Mon 21: Bloomberg and Dems Blast Congressional Plan to Let Guns on Amtrak 14
Thu 17: Do Highway Users Pay for the Highway System? Not Even Close. 29
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: Planetizen Unveils Its Top 100 Urban Thinkers 7
Tue 15: Oberstar Stands Firm on Transportation Bill, Gets Industry Backup 0
Thu 10: How Much Would Most People Pay For a Shorter Commute? 3
Wed 9: What Should We Learn From Moses and Jacobs? 13
Tue 8: Compromise or Concession: Congress Faces Tough Transport Choices 2
Fri 4: Biden on Stimulus Aid to Cities: "We’re Trying … It’s Imperfect" 0
Thu 3: Killing the Myth of the "More Shovel-Ready" Road Stimulus 0
Tue 1: New Poll: Public Supports Congestion Tolling Over Gas Tax Hike by 2 to 1 6
August 2009
Mon 31: Senator Dukakis? What Kennedy's Loss Could Mean for Transport Policy 3
Wed 26: The Power of Transit-Oriented Development 7
Thu 20: As “Cash for Clunkers” Sputters, a Privately Funded Spinoff Picks Up 0
Wed 12: Transport Construction Industry Mobilizes for Oberstar's Bill 1
Wed 12: The Gas Needle and the Damage Done 3
Thu 6: Audit Finds U.S. DOT Transit Record-Keeping "Unreliable," "Inaccurate" 3
Thu 6: PBS NewsHour Takes on Alabama’s “Zombie Highway” Tonight 2
Wed 5: Portland’s Transport Research Guru Headed to Obama Administration 1
Wed 5: Following "Cash for Clunkers" With "Riches for Rail" 3
Tue 4: How to Judge "Cash for Clunkers" 7
Mon 3: Separating Myth From Fact on “Cash for Clunkers” 12
July 2009
Thu 30: McCain & Coburn: Let’s Make Roads Safer — by Slashing Safety Money 6
Wed 29: Your Burger or Your Car! (And More Fun with False Dichotomies) 16
Tue 28: Oberstar to White House: On Emissions, Back Up Your Words With Action 2
Thu 23: Lawmakers Pitch Transport Funding Ideas, From VMT to Freight Taxes 1
Tue 21: Senate Agrees on $26.8 Billion Highway Trust Fund Rescue 1
Mon 20: Know Your Road Lobbyists: The American Highway Users Alliance 7
Fri 17: Transportation Reform Is Health Reform 8
Fri 17: Five Down, Five to Go: Plan Linking Transit to Climate Bill Wins Sponsors 1
Wed 15: White House Staying Quiet for Now on Transit’s Role in Climate Bill 0
Wed 15: Understanding Washington’s Metro Crash 0
Wed 15: Lawmakers Cross Party Lines on Transpo Funding as Debate Rages 6
Mon 13: Obama Talks Urban Policy as LaHood Seeks More Urban Transpo Money 2
Thu 9: Top 20 Metro Areas Get 28% of Road Stimulus, 61% of Transit Stimulus 0
Thu 9: Boxer Delays Senate Climate Bill Until September 4
Thu 9: Congestion Study Sparks Clever Headlines, But Little Transit Talk 4
Tue 7: The Imminent Irrelevance of Randal O'Toole 21
Mon 6: New Report on Roads Uses Old Assumptions 5
Thu 2: Obama Administration's Transportation Goals: Read Them Here 2
Wed 1: Cities See Population Gains -- But What About Political Power? 5
June 2009
Mon 29: Report: States Used $6.6B in Stimulus Cash on New Roads, Not Repair 1
Fri 26: The Wall Street Tax Shelter That Crashed Your Local Transit Agency 9
Wed 24: House Dems Agree: Climate Bill Can Help Pay for Greener Transportation 0
Tue 23: Senators Seek Rail Safety Funding in Aftermath of Metro Crash 2
Tue 23: STAA Tuned: Transpo Bill Leaves Funding Question Hanging 1
Mon 22: Oberstar’s Transportation Bill: The Early Word 2
Mon 22: Oberstar’s Transportation Bill: Download It in Full 0
Mon 22: New Report Quantifies Benefits of Adding Smart Growth to Climate Bill 0
Fri 19: House GOPers Propose Filling Trust Fund With Stimulus Money 5
Thu 18: House Transpo Leaders United — in Frustration With the White House 2
Thu 18: The Oberstar Bill: What About the Highways-Transit Split? 1
Thu 18: Oberstar’s New Transportation Bill: Get the Highlights 3
Wed 17: LaHood Asks for 18-Month Extension of Four-Year-Old Transpo Law 5
Wed 17: U.S. DOT Clocks High-Speed Rail at 110 MPH, Give or Take 19
Tue 16: WHO Report Highlights Global Health Risk of Traffic 2
Tue 16: GOP’s New Attack on Health Care Reform Bill: It Promotes Walking! 12
Tue 16: In the Works: Senate Bill to Promote Sustainable Development 1
Tue 16: Report: Nation’s Cities Not Getting Their Share of Stimulus Transpo Money 1
Mon 15: Oberstar to Release Transportation Outline on Wednesday 3
Fri 12: Congress Agrees to Keep Transit Operating Aid in War Bill 2
Thu 11: GOPers Blast the Newest Dem Star: How Dare He Pay for Transportation! 6
Thu 11: Carnahan Steps Up Push for Federal Help With Transit Operating 3
Wed 10: National Transportation Funding Is Ailing -- Is Michigan 'Patient Zero'? 5
Wed 10: When Will Oberstar’s Transportation Bill Drop? Place Your Bets Now 1
Tue 9: Lawmakers Push for Federal Help With Transit Operating: Read the Letter 3
Tue 9: GOP-ers and Dems Agree: Feds Need to Get Their Transpo Act Together 8
Mon 8: House to Vote This Week on Weak 'Cash for Clunkers' Plan 9
Thu 4: House GOP Urges Elimination of (GOP-Backed) Kid Safety Program 7
Thu 4: LaHood Vows to Avert Federal Transpo Bankruptcy and Pay For It 4
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 6
Tue 2: Obama's Highways Chief: Wishy-Washy on Emissions? 4
Tue 2: Randal O'Toole: Taking Liberties With the Facts 48
Mon 1: Solve the Congestion Crisis And Win $50,000 6
May 2009
Fri 29: Polly Trottenberg Tapped For Senior U.S. DOT Spot 2
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 1
Tue 19: The Long, Ugly Road to a Federal Transportation Plan 9
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? 6
Wed 13: Senators Hear From Obama's Transit Chief-in-Waiting 0