Gabe Klein
Streetsblog Board Member Lands Major Job with Biden White House
Gabe Klein, a former Chicago and D.C. transportation agency leader — and a Streetsblog NYC and USA board member — has been chosen by “Electric” Joe Biden to head the administration’s Joint Office of Energy and Transportation, which was established by the bipartisan infrastructure bill and will hand out $7.5 billion in funding for the coming EV charging network.
September 20, 2022
Free advice to Biden: Do yourself a favor and don’t hire Rahm Emanuel as USDOT chief
November 30, 2020
Rahm was good for transportation, but McDonald coverup disqualifies him for USDOT post
November 11, 2020
High Stakes for Cities as Feds Start Regulating Self-Driving Cars
Last week as part of his State of the Union Address, President Obama announced a $4 billion investment over the next 10 years to test autonomous vehicles and get them ready for the market. Two days later at the Detroit Auto Show, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced that federal regulators would begin to develop coherent safety regulations for autonomous vehicles -- something industry leaders have been pushing.
January 21, 2016
The Inside Story of How Chicago Built the Dearborn Street Bike Lane
Editor's note: As transportation commissioner for DC and later Chicago, Gabe Klein was pivotal in the development of a new model for big-city DOTs. Along with Janette Sadik-Khan in New York, Klein (who sits on the board of OpenPlans, the organization that publishes Streetsblog) pioneered an approach that prioritized people instead of cars and emphasized the importance of quick action to gain the public's confidence.
October 26, 2015
Gabe Klein Talks About Getting Sh*t Done in His New Book, “Start-Up City”
Streets can be tough to change. Between institutional inertia, tight budgets, bureaucratic red tape, and the political risks of upsetting the status quo, even relatively simple improvements for walking, biking, or transit can take years to pull off -- if they ever get implemented at all.
October 13, 2015
Streetsblog Readers Have Spoken: Janette Sadik-Khan For DOT Secretary
On Friday, we put this question to our readers: Who should be the next Transportation Secretary? And lucky for us, 323 of you had nothing better to do with your weekend than answer our poll.
November 19, 2012
Chicago Unveils Its Ambitious Pedestrian Safety Plan
Yesterday, the city of Chicago rolled out a sweeping new plan for pedestrian safety [PDF]. With some 250 recommendations -- including traffic-calming measures like pedestrian islands, chicanes and midblock curb bumpouts -- Chicago joins cities like New York and Portland in formalizing a plan to meet targets for reducing pedestrian injuries and deaths.
September 6, 2012
Chicago Aims for Zero Traffic Deaths by 2022
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his DOT head Gabe Klein have introduced a bold, 100-page plan to make the Windy City's transportation system more safe and sustainable.
May 14, 2012
11 Transportation Officials Who Are Changing the Game
America's streets are changing for the better. The signs are everywhere: Whether it's bike sharing in Chattanooga, complete streets in New Orleans or bus rapid transit in Cleveland -- cities across the country are trying new things and making impressive progress in the pursuit of safer streets and sustainable transportation.
April 16, 2012