LaHood: Zero Tolerance for Drivers Who Disrespect Cyclists
First there was “Click It or Ticket.” Then there was Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Now, U.S. DOT is campaigning to end another life-threatening behavior: disrespecting cyclists.
April 12, 2013
Today’s Headlines
Boehner Warns House GOP: Don’t Make Me Take Up the Senate Transpo Bill (Hill) LaHood: Time Has Run Out to Pass a Long-term Transportation Bill (Governing) Do Real-Time Updates Boost Transit Use? (AtlanticCities) What Do Millennials Feel About Cars, Public Transit and Electric Vehicles? (Treehugger) Florida Considers Advertising on School Buses, Like 9 Other States … Continued
March 7, 2012
Today’s Headlines
Broad Coalition Leaning on Congress to Pass Transportation Bill (Hill) Senate Bill Improves, But Crucial Vote Looms (T4A) Reid Seems Pessimistic Republicans Will End Filibuster, Allow Bill to Reach Vote (Hill) Inhofe: GOP Afraid of Needed Transportation Spending (TulsaWorld) States Increasingly Looking to a Gas Tax Increase to Fund Transportation Infrastructure (WaPo) National Journal Transportation Experts … Continued
March 6, 2012
Today’s Headlines
What If Congress Can’t Pass a Transpo Bill or Even an Extension? (Politico) As Promised, Reid Sets up Cloture Vote on Transportation Bill (Hill) T4America Advocacy Blitz Gains Support From Policymakers As Pump Prices Soar, Drivers Turn to Public Transit (UTSD, BND) Drill, Baby, Drill Redux: What Really Causes High Gas Prices and What Doesn’t … Continued
March 5, 2012
Today’s Headlines
Rep. LaTourette, Boehner’s Centrist Friend, Holds Key to Transportation Bill (Hill) Santorum Blames High Gas Prices for the Recession. Is He Right? (WaPo) Whoever ‘Shafted Mass Transit,’ Can You Help Revive a Transpo Bill? (WaPo) Out of Reach: How Sprawl Jacks Up the Price of ‘Affordable’ Housing (Grist) …And Causes Increased Pollution (CityPaper) MD Governor … Continued
February 29, 2012
Today’s Headlines
Long-term Transportation Bill Facing Detour After Detour (Politico) Santorum: High Gas Prices to Blame for ’08 Mortgage Crisis (Hill) Senate Transportation Bill LaHood’s Clear Favorite: “Take Politics Out of Transportation” (WaPo) LaHood Honks at Motorists on the Phone (WTOP) US Mayors Throw Their Weight Behind Transportation Infrastructure Yet Again (JAXDaily) CNN: More People Going By … Continued
February 28, 2012
Today’s Headlines
Baltimore Sun: Partisan Gridlock Proves We Can’t Trust DC With Our Transportation Systems American Transportation System Doesn’t Meet the Needs of Aging Population (Consumer Reports) Sprawl: Quality of Life Killer for Americans Old and Young (Keystone Politics, Star-Ledger) Remember the Corner Store? It’s Back (Atlantic Cities) Transit Unions Turn to K Street for Help in Increasing … Continued
February 27, 2012
Today’s Headlines
Transportation Bills Getting a Tune-Up During Recess This Week (Politico) Just How Bad is It? T4A Lays Out the Worst of It DC Lobbyists Not Confident Either House or Senate Transportation Bill Will Pass (Hill) Illinois Congressmen: Mass Transit Will Take Hit Under House Bill (Chicago Tribune) Ohio Congressmen: House Bill Would Stop Desperately Needed … Continued
February 22, 2012
Today’s Headlines
Road to Ruin for America’s Transportation – Why Not Just Give Up Some Roads? (Grist) Financial Times: America Needs Its Own Infrastructure Bank Motorcycle Enthusiasts Happy About USDOT Anti-Distracted Driving Efforts (Clutch&Chrome) Maybe It’s Time for Angelenos to Embrace Public Transit (NBCLA) Driverless Cars Would Likely Lead to Sprawl (Bloomberg) How Do We Retrofit Suburbia? … Continued
February 21, 2012