Deadline Extended! Vote for the Best Rainy/Snowy Picture
UPDATE: Well, this is embarrassing and a little maddening. We have been hacked through our hack-proof captcha coding. So, we're shutting this sucker down and calling the winners based on voting as of May 10, when the hacking started. We will steer clear of Google polls in the future, and we sincerely apologize to everyone who voted and most especially to everyone who submitted photos. Winners will be announced tomorrow.
May 13, 2014
Today’s Headlines
Senate EPW Committee Releases Six-Year Bill (Summary, Text) Anthony Foxx Says EPW Bill Is Too Small (The Hill) Off-Topic Chat With Anthony Foxx (WaPo, McClatchy) Full Court Press From Business and Labor for Infrastructure Spending This Week (USA Today) Everyone Knows the Gas Tax Needs to Be Raised But No One Is Willing to Do It (Slate, Vox) … Continued
May 13, 2014
Donate Today to Support Streetsblog and Win Bike Gear
You all make my day. Listen to what people are saying as they donate to Streetsblog's spring pledge drive event:
May 12, 2014
Talking Headways Podcast: A Deep Dive Into Biking and Walking Census Data
We were so excited about the first-ever Census report exclusively on biking and walking that we devoted this entire episode of the Talking Headways podcast to an interview with its author, Brian McKenzie.
May 12, 2014
Today’s Headlines
Obama Will Push Congress on Infrastructure Investment This Week (AP) Reflections From Congressman Jim Oberstar‘s Funeral (WaPo) TOD Bill Would Help Build the Kinds of Communities Young People Want to Live In (Grist) A History of Ann Arbor’s Last Transit Tax Vote — In 1973 (MLive) Could Parks and Green Spaces Fill in the “Hollow Blocks” … Continued
May 12, 2014
Low-Income Americans Walk and Bike to Work the Most
The U.S. Census Bureau just released its first-ever report exclusively on walking and biking [PDF]. Using data from the American Community Survey, the report shows how rates of active transportation vary by age, income, education, race, and the availability of a vehicle. It's a lot more detail than the usual Census data release on how people get to work, which only breaks active commuting down by gender.
May 8, 2014
Cast Your Vote for the Best Photo of All-Weather Biking and Walking
UPDATE 5/13: Hey folks, we got hacked. Deadline extended, vote in our new-and-improved, more secure poll by 11:59 p.m. May 14!
May 8, 2014
GOP Appropriations Bill Would Turn TIGER Into a Roads Program
As the president’s transportation proposal fades from the news cycle and we eagerly await the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee’s six-year reauthorization bill, here comes the House Republicans’ proposed budget for transportation and housing for next year.
May 7, 2014
Uh-Oh: Senate Finance Committee Draws a Blank on Transpo Funding
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is on the verge of releasing its proposal to reauthorize the federal transportation program until 2021. But it's counting on the Senate Finance Committee to figure out how to pay for it. And that committee seems disturbingly far from an answer.
May 6, 2014
Today’s Headlines
Senate Expected to Unveil Transpo Bill This Week Bearing No Resemblance to Obama’s (Roll Call) A Reminder Why Congress Really Has to Pass a Transpo Bill This Year (WaPo) 5 Reasons Oregon Everyone Should Be Freaking Out About Trust Fund Crisis (Oregonian, Pew) Jill Abramson’s Painful, Personal Tale as a Pedestrian Injury Statistic (NYT) Seven Transit Projects … Continued
May 6, 2014