Kathryn Reid Moore
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LaHood: Zero Tolerance for Drivers Who Disrespect Cyclists
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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. “We need to develop zero tolerance for people who don’t respect cyclists,” Secretary Ray LaHood said yesterday at the first of two national bike safety summits hosted by U.S. […]
Taxpayer Group: GOP Drill Bill “Not a Responsible Budget Approach”
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From an environmental perspective, the House GOP proposal to fund infrastructure with fees on fossil fuel extraction is clearly a disaster. But does it even pass the smell test from a dollars-and-cents perspective? On Friday, House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources discussed legislation to open up the Central Gulf of Mexico, the Outer Continental […]
Today’s Headlines
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USDOT to Congress: We Need a ‘Gargantuan Large’ Investment in Transportation (WaPo) More States Crack Down on Driving While Texting (USAToday) Critics of Seattle’s Car Tab Fee Want to Use Funds for Bridge Repairs, New Bus Lines (Seattle Times) Chicago Set to Speed Up Transit and Freight Trains With New Track (Transport Politic) Michigan Amtrak […]
Today’s Headlines
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As Construction Costs Rise, Bicycling Infrastructure Becomes Even More Cost Effective (LAB) DOT Marks $745 Million for Northeast Rail Corridor Targeted by GOP (TheHill) Red Light Cameras in NYC Receive Support From City Council and Mayor Bloomberg (TranspoNation) When Conservatives Fight the Free Market: Congestion Pricing, the Swedish Example (ThinkProgress) Rhode Island Pushes to Convert […]
Today’s Headlines
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Republican Presidential Hopeful Pawlenty Wants to Privatize Amtrak (The Hill) Public Pays the Price for Privatizing Infrastructure (Politico) Google Robot Cars Would Promote Sprawl (Fast Company) NRDC’s Kaid Benfield: City of Detroit isn’t Shrinking, ‘Right-size’ the Suburbs (Grist) Corporations Realizing Best & Brightest Don’t Want to Work in Suburbs (The New Republic) New Book Tells […]
Cutting Train Budgets Could De-Rail Transamerican Routes
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The idyllic cross-country train trips that many Americans still take could get derailed by today’s “slash and burn” federal budget policies. Meanwhile, fears for the safety of rail passengers in the post-bin Laden era are drumming up political support for costly security measures and raising, once again, questions about why the federal government funds rail […]
Funding Mass Transit Security After Bin Laden
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The demise of Osama Bin Laden has transit officials across the country preparing their agencies for possible retaliatory attacks. In Washington, Mayor Vincent Gray informed constituents via Twitter that “users will see an increase in # of officers throughout [Metro] system (trains & buses).” In New York, a spokesperson announced MTA had “increased security at […]
Amidst Budget Impasse, GOP Tries and Fails to Gut Clean Air Act
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With budget talks reaching a critical pass to avert a government shutdown, House Republicans have been busy passing an ideological wishlist, including an attempt to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from “raising taxes.” H.R. 910, which they are calling the “Energy Tax Prevention Act” would undermine the EPA’s ability to restrict greenhouse gas emissions from […]
Boxer Tests Out “America Fast Forward” at Senate Committee Hearing
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With House GOP leadership making it abundantly clear that they would be pleased to return federal transportation policy to the 1950s, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works met today to get serious about the who, what and how of funding a 21st century transportation system. Meeting with a panel of transportation officials and […]
House Members Make Their Case for Transpo Investment (and Earmarks)
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While House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan grabbed headlines with the release of a fiscal plan that would severely constrain the federal transportation program (more on that later), the theme of the day at the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee was the desperate need to invest in infrastructure, as members of Congress provided their own proposals […]
In the Budget Debate, Scarcely a Mention of the Word “Transportation”
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So Congress hasn’t resolved the 2011 budget impasse yet, and already there are bigger budget battles about to consume Capitol Hill. With the release of the Republican budget proposal for fiscal year 2012 due out tomorrow, we can expect proposals to drastically alter Medicare to overshadow every other program on the chopping block. But House […]
“Cut It or Shut It”: Partisan Ping-Ponging on the Budget Threatens Shutdown
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A government shutdown is looking like a real possibility as both sides dig in their heels in the budget debate for the year that’s already half over. Funding for transportation, livability programs, and everything else remains a question mark as Senate Democrats try to moderate the House Republicans’ budget cuts. House Republicans are on the […]