Today’s Headlines
The National Bike Summit Starts Today in Washington President Obama Looks to Urban Rail Transit to Burnish Transportation Legacy (The Hill) Delaware’s Tom Carper to Lead Key Transportation Panel in U.S. Senate (WaPo) Alliance for Biking and Walking Announces “Navigating MAP-21” Workshop Dates for 2014 Seattle’s Bell Street Park Doing Everything a City Street Should (Pedestrian … Continued
March 3, 2014
Today’s Headlines
How Transit Oriented Development Can Get America Back to Work (HuffPo) Fellow Former Gov. Michael Dukakis Says Romney’s Transpo Record Was “Pathetic” (TranspoNation) Environmental Activists, Citing Gov’t Bailouts, Push Auto Industry on Emissions Standards (Hill) In Iowa, Gas Tax Hike Isn’t Off the Table, But Would Need to Be Counterbalanced (SCJ) Pittsburgh Union Helps Avert … Continued
August 21, 2012
Today’s Headlines
Boxer and Mica Among Transpo Bill “Winners,” But Jury Still Out on Boehner (Hill) Congressman-Cyclist Earl Blumenauer Considers Transpo Bill a Call to Arms (BikePortland) Secretary LaHood Just Grateful That Congress Passed Any Bill at All (Hill) Transpo Bill Compromise, While Necessary, Isn’t Progress (Next Am. City) …And That Means States Have to Pick Up … Continued
July 3, 2012
Today’s Headlines
Congress Gets Its Business Done Only After Doing Lots of Something Else (WaPo) Did You Think We Could Avoid a Tenth Extension? (It’s Only a Week Long.) (Hill) Transportation Issues Daily’s Great Cheat Sheet on MAP-21, Parts 1 and 2 The Transport Politic’s Yonah Freemark Adds His Voice to the “Status Quo” Chorus Transpo Bill … Continued
July 2, 2012
Today’s Headlines
Transpo Bill Deal Could Be Near, With Student Loan Rates Now in the Mix (Reuters, Bloomberg) One Dem Conferee Threatens Not to Sign On in Protest of GOP Tactics (Hill) Brookings Institution’s Robert Puentes Wants a Deal Done, Still Expects Extension First Sustainability Report From Northeast Ohio Org. Shows Costs of Sprawl (Plain Dealer) Still … Continued
June 27, 2012
Today’s Headlines
Transpo Bill Debate All Boils Down to This Week (Trans. Issues Daily) Unwalkable Communities Carry Serious Health Risks (AtlanticCities) How Pennsylvania DOT Wasted $77 Million and Won Two Awards for It (StrongTowns) More Cycling Infrastructure (Still) Key to Safer Streets for All (Metro) Prevailing Attitude Toward California HSR: “Oh, What the Heck.” (NBC San Diego) … Continued
June 25, 2012
Today’s Headlines
House, Senate Leaders Make Last Attempt to Save Transpo Bill by Deadline (AP, Hill) As Transpo Bill Debate Drags On, Cities Are Losing Out (Next American City) U.S. Conference of Mayors Issues Support for Bike-Ped Funding at Annual Meeting (LAB) Salt Lake City Mayor Announces Spring Arrival of Bike Sharing Program (Fox13) Mass. Bay Transit … Continued
June 20, 2012
Extension(s) Imminent — a Reflection on Neverending Transpo Gridlock
For the past six months, I have had the enviable task (seriously) of tracing the path of federal transportation legislation through Congress. And look how far we've come! When I first took the editor's chair in January, transportation funds were drying up, the deadline for a new bill was fast approaching, and none of the news made Congress look good. Today, essentially, nothing has changed, except everything is somehow even worse.
June 19, 2012
Today’s Headlines
The Three Big Obstacles to Passing a Transpo Bill This Week (Trans. Issues Daily) Congressional Leaders Meet Today With Time Running Out (WaPo) Sprawl: Where It’s Headed, and the People Who Cling to It (NYT) DC Bikeshare Avoided Five Million Automobile Miles Driven (TranspoNation) Gov. McDonnell Launches Surprise Attack on Northern Virginia Transit (GGW) Atlanta … Continued
June 19, 2012
Audio: Chris Wallace Caught Doing Interview via Cell Phone While Driving
Last Thursday, Fox News commentator Chris Wallace was interrupted in the middle of a radio interview with KFTK, a St. Louis talk radio station, when one of D.C.’s finest gave him some fair and balanced treatment for driving while using a handheld cell phone -- a practice banned by the District of Columbia in 2004.
June 18, 2012