Adam Voiland

Relief Well Nearly Complete; Gulf Crabs Show Signs of Contamination (NYT, AP) Deconstructing the Climate Bill Collapse (NewsHour) Ohio GOP Senator: Raise the Gas Tax (Infrastructurist) Dan Maes Attempts to Explain UN Bike Plot Comments (TPMDC) How the Twin Cities Have Successfully Battled Traffic Congestion (Daily Planet) Kansas DOT Announces Transportation Enhancement Grants (KNSS)   Meghan … Continued

Two reports released last week underscored the increasing severity of America's obesity epidemic. And the eye-opening findings add to the mounting evidence that stopping the spread of obesity and its attendant health risks will require changes to the nation’s transportation system as surely as it demands altering our diets.

EPA Chief Still Hopes to See an Energy Bill This Year (The Hill) Voinovich Calls for Gas Tax Increase (BusinessWeek) Some Green Groups Rethinking Cap and Trade Strategy (Politico) Traffic Cameras Stir Controversy on the Campaign Trail (NYT) San Francisco Judge Lifts Injunction Against New Bicycle Lanes (SFGate, Streetsblog SF) Is America Ready for High-Speed … Continued

Energy Lobbyists Regroup During Spill Bill Delay; Reid Open to a Broader Approach (WSJ, The Hill) Grist: How Can We Make Housing in Walkable Places More Affordable? LaHood Watch: Secretary Unruffled By Threats to Block Rail Plan in Ohio (BusinessWeek) End in Site for Effort to Cap Gulf Gusher (CNN) Senators Nervous About EPA Plan … Continued

NOAA Claims Oil Spill Vanishing Fast; Independent Scientists Skeptical (WaPo) Meanwhile, Spill Bill Could Face Trimming From Republicans (The Hill) GAO: Nearly All States Depend on Federal Welfare to Fund Their Highway Programs (Fox News) States Are Broke, Have to Spend Billions Managing Expanding Obesity Epidemic (LAT, 247 Wall St) Reuters Special Report: Smart Growth … Continued

Dems Retreat on Energy, Oil-Spill Bills (The Hill) Obesity Rates Continue To Rise (NYT) BP’s “Static Kill” Called a Success (BBC) AJC Op-Ed: Transit, Not Roads, Will Drive Tomorrow’s Economic Growth Reason Foundation: Transit a “Peripheral Concern” to National Transpo Policy Voters Like Bridges to Nowhere in Their Own Districts (Des Moines Register) A Call … Continued

Gulf Oil Gusher 2nd Largest Ever; Still a Fraction of What Americans Consume Every Day (AP, Time) Obama’s “Plan B” on Climate Under Assault (Politico)  Livable Communities Act Faces Key Committee Vote Today (T4America) LaHood Watch: Secretary Pushes Light Rail in Detroit (Free Press) Who Needs the Gas Tax When You Can Build Tolls? (USA Today) … Continued

LA Mayor’s Bold Plan to Fast Track Transit Expansion Gains Momentum (AP) OMG: Most Teens Still Text-and-Drive Despite Warnings (USA Today) Spill Bill Passes House; Republicans Will Likely Filibuster in the Senate (Politico, The Hill)  New Poll Queries Americans on Energy Views (Rasmussen) LaHood Watch: Light Rail Announcement Likely Today in Detroit (MLive.com)   Massachusetts Lags in Building Bike and Pedestrian Paths (Boston Globe) Could a Mileage Tax Ever … Continued

Plenty of Fiddle Faddle During Climate Bill Debate But Little to Show For It (The Economist) Meanwhile, Scaled-Down Bill Likely to Hit the House Floor Next Wednesday (The Hill) House Dems Quarrel About Livability Provisions in Transpo Appropriations Bill (LAB blog) Retired Admiral LeRoy Collins Killed While Cycling in Tampa (UPI) House Committee Unveils Earmark … Continued

More Climate Bill Postmortem (Politico, Washington Post) Will Environmentalists Regroup Around a Carbon Fee Instead of a Carbon Cap? (The Nation) Meanwhile, Meet the “Energy Bill” (NYT, Atlantic)  Oil Spill: Less Catastrophic Than We All Thought? (Time) Defazio: Crumbling U.S. Transportation System Worthy of “Fourth World” Label (The Trucker)  Real Estate Booms and Busts Could … Continued