Today’s Headlines
President Obama Re-elected to Second Term (WaPo) Environmentalists Hope For More Action on Climate Change This Time Around (SF Chronicle) An Eight-Step Plan For America’s Cities in the Next Four Years (Atlantic Cities) John Mica Re-elected (WKMG Local 6) Pro-Rail Candidate Comes From Behind to Be Elected Mayor of Honolulu (Star Advertiser) LA’s Measure J … Continued
November 7, 2012
Where to Get Your 2012 Transportation Ballot Results
It's Election Day -- finally! The top of the ticket has sucked most of the oxygen out of the room, but don't forget that there are 19 transportation-related measures on ballots across the country. So far this year, pro-transit measures have an 86 percent success rate at the ballot, and there are more transportation amendments being voted on this year than any other in recent memory. Here's Streetsblog's overview of the big ones.
November 6, 2012
Don’t Forget the Third Party Candidates!
In recent posts, we've explored the impact President Obama has had on transportation and land-use policy, and we've tried to square Candidate Mitt Romney's oil-soaked rhetoric with Governor Mitt Romney's smart growth record.
November 6, 2012
Today’s Headlines
It’s Election Day! Go Vote! Candidates Silent on Transportation Because They Still Refuse to Deal With Revenue (WaPo) Superstorm Shows Why We Can’t Keep Passing Short-Term Infrastructure Bills (National Journal) How You Can Have Gas Rationing, Mile-Long Lines — And Dropping Gas Prices (Businessweek) Workers at the Factory that Builds NJ Transit Cars Are on … Continued
November 6, 2012
Which Mitt Would Shape U.S. Transpo Policy: The Governor or the Candidate?
If Mitt Romney the President reverts back to the positions of Mitt Romney the Governor, transportation policy in America could see significant steps forward. Better-maintained roads. Smarter growth. Cleaner air.
November 5, 2012
Today’s Headlines
Photos, Video Show Devastation of Flooded NYC Subway Tunnels (Examiner) Sandy Exposes Need to Invest in Transit Maintenance (McClatchy) Why Roads, Not Transit, Are Getting Emergency Aid (Transpo Nation) Bicycles Become Essential Transportation During Natural Disasters (Carson Now, Good) Toledo-Area Counties to Decide Whether to Decede From Regional Transit (Toledo Blade) Electric Vehicles Lower Carbon … Continued
November 5, 2012
What Has President Obama Done to Improve American Transportation Policy?
With the election just days away, it’s a good time to reflect on what the Obama administration has done with transportation policy – and what a Romney administration might have in store. Streetsblog does not endorse candidates. This is an overview of their respective records and a look back at what we know of these two men. We’ll start with President Obama in this post and move on to Mitt Romney in the next one.
November 2, 2012
Why Recovery Aid Is Getting to Roads Faster Than Transit
As we reported yesterday, MAP-21 went into effect just in time for Hurricane Sandy, allowing the Federal Transit Administration similar emergency grant-making authority as FHWA. But Adam Snider at Politico reminded us this morning that the change is easier said than done.
October 31, 2012
San Diego Chooses Between Two Bicycle Boosters For Mayor
The election is less than a week away. Americans have a choice between a) a president who has overseen notable transportation and land use innovations but failed to provide leadership when the national transportation bill could have been reformed, and b) a former governor who enacted a progressive, pro-smart-growth agenda but who has renounced those positions as a candidate.
October 31, 2012
Who Should Foot the Bill for Sandy’s Damage to Tracks and Train Tunnels?
As the East Coast surveys the damage from Hurricane Sandy, cities are still struggling to get their transit systems back up and running.
October 30, 2012