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Streetsies 2011: The Local Edition
Yesterday, we started our year-end 2011 round-up. We lamented transit cuts in places where transit is more important than ever, cheered the successful ballot initiatives that will fund transportation lifelines, took a moment to explore the nuances of some difficult issues, and called out Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin for some hare-brained ideas about the best way to spend money.
December 29, 2011
Streetsies 2011: Who’s Naughty, Who’s Nice?
Thanks for voting in the 2011 Streetsie award poll, where Streetsblog readers weigh in on the good, the bad, and the ugly of the year. Santa knows if you've been multimodal, and he knows if you've been using cost-effectiveness metrics and low-carbon forms of transportation, so price road use fairly for goodness' sake! We start our round-up of the year with the low point. (It can only get better from there.)
December 28, 2011
2011 Capitol Hill Round-Up: Cast Your Vote for the Streetsie Awards
It's been quite a year, Streetsblog readers. The transportation bill is still stalled in Congress, no one can agree on how to fund anything, bike-ped programs survived attack after attack only to get sucker-punched in the Senate bill, and we saw some states and cities make some pretty bad moves when it came to transportation policy.
December 23, 2011
Welcome, Ben Goldman!
Happy Holidays, everybody! We hope that you have wonderful and exciting plans to celebrate however you celebrate. Before this week is over we'll be posting our annual poll for the Streetsies, where you get to vote on the bests, the worsts, the most inspiring, and the most insipid of everything transportation in 2011. Once that's up and the voting has begun, we'll be signing off until the new year.
December 22, 2011
Today’s Headlines
Gang of Six Debt Plan Would Stabilize Highway Trust Fund, Not Change Gas Tax (Politico, AJC) Study: Young People Want Bike, Pedestrian, and Transit Options (Transpo Nation) Should the Dulles Metro Station Be Under or Above Ground? (Wash Times) Florida SunRail Gets Official Go-Ahead to Build (News-Journal) One-Hundred-Thirty-Two More Reasons to Ditch the Car (Public … Continued
July 20, 2011
Today’s Headlines
Bin Laden’s Death an Unexpected Boon for Capital Bike-Share (WAMU) Big Oil’s Profits Jump 38 Percent Over Last Year (Mother Jones) Most Americans Believe Gas Prices Will Hit $5-a-Gallon By July (Rasmussen) One More Study Won’t Solve Pennsylvania’s Infrastructure Problem (Transpo Nation) Mayors Favor Transit Over Highways (National Journal) Who Should Pay for the Underground Metro … Continued
May 4, 2011
Today’s Headlines
Budget Chair Ryan Open to Cutting “Corporate Welfare” for Energy Companies (The Hill) Ten States — Including Alabama — Move to Curb Distracted Driving (Landline) Wireless Sensors Could Help Cities Tackle Parking Problems (CNN) Should Utah Divert Sales Tax Money for Transportation? (Salt Lake Tribune) New Development Will Bring a Splash of Green to Downtown DC … Continued
April 29, 2011
Today’s Headlines
Budget Compromise Guts Obama’s High-Speed Rail Plan (NYT, Transpo Nation) Uncertainties Loom for California Bullet Train (Mercury News, LAT) Florida Gov. Scott Claims Credit for Cut (The Hill) In Another Blow to Transit, Cincinnati Streetcar Axed (Reuters) Debate Brews Over Earthquake-Damaged Seattle Highway (Infrastructurist) Earmark Ban Saved $10 Billion (TPM) The ABCs of Getting a Crosswalk … Continued
April 13, 2011
Today’s Headlines
Infrastructure Mired in Budget Battle (NYT) Oil Dependence Leaves American Economy Vulnerable (AP) How Can the U.S. Move Forward on Transportation? (National Journal) Water: An Untapped Transportation Resource? (The Hill) Mayor Gray Finds Room for Transit in DC Budget (GGW) Survey: Americans Prefer Walkable Neighborhoods (IBT) Does Bus Rapid Transit Have a Future? (Grist) Radiant … Continued
April 6, 2011
Today’s Headlines
White House Wants Oil Imports Reduced a Third in Ten Years (Politico) Bloomberg Administration Pushes Back Against Bike Lane Critics (NYT) Proposed $150 Million Cut Would Put Metro on the Slow Track (WaPo) Lawmakers Pitch Smart Transpo Technology for a Few Cities (The Hill) How Much Do Contrails Contribute to Global Warming? (New Scientist) Ped … Continued
March 30, 2011