Elections
Basics
ANALYSIS: So You Wanna Be New York City Mayor, Huh?
December 28, 2020
What to Do Today: A Walking Meditation, and Distractions
November 3, 2020
Kamala Harris Took a Political Risk to Fight Climate Change
August 12, 2020
ELECTION ROUNDUP: Transit (Mostly) Wins
Voters across the country showed that they support transit.
November 6, 2019
Florida GOP Trying to Kill Transportation Measure
A wide majority of Hillsborough County voted to tax themselves for transit and safer streets. The Florida GOP is trying to block it anyway.
September 5, 2019
Democrats Vow to Fight for Cheap Gas
Meet the party fighting for cheap gas and against global warming at the same time.
May 23, 2018
Bikes and Transit Keep Racking Up Ballot Wins
In one U.S. city after another, voters keep making their opinions clear.
November 14, 2017
Transit Vote 2016: California’s Transportation Funding Ballot Initiatives
We continue our overview of what’s at stake in the big transit ballot initiatives next week with a look at California. Previous installments in this series examined Indianapolis, Seattle, Detroit, Atlanta, and Raleigh. All three of Streetsblog's west coast editors contributed to this article: Melanie Curry of Streetsblog CA, Roger Rudick of Streetsblog SF, and Joe Linton of Streetsblog LA.
November 7, 2016
Transit Vote 2016: Indianapolis’s Chance to Get a Real Transit System
The presidency and Congress aren't the only things at stake when voters go to the polls next month. In several cities, people will also be deciding the future of their transit and transportation systems. With the odds of increasing federal transit funding looking remote in gridlocked Washington, these local ballot measures take on even more importance. Before the election, Streetsblog will be looking at what's at stake in some of the big transit ballot initiatives, starting with Indianapolis.
October 13, 2016
Talking Headways: You’ve Got to Fight for Your Right to Party Politics
Has the stupor worn off yet? Election Day was last Tuesday, and we'll be living with the results for years. But Beth Osborne, a former Hill staffer and U.S. DOT official now at Transportation for America, says the changes on the Hill are no big deal: Nothing was getting done anyway.
November 13, 2014