Anti-Car Dems Don’t Have a Presidential Candidate
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If you believe in breaking car culture, you won't find a 2020 candidate committed to doing it.
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Joe Biden Doesn’t Go Far Enough On Transit
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Please wake us when the Democratic 2020 candidates get serious about transit in the 21st century.
How the Federal TIGER Program Revived a Cleveland Neighborhood
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Cleveland doesn’t look like a dying Rust Belt city these days in the Little Italy and University Circle neighborhoods. In fact, it looks like it’s thriving. At the corner of Euclid and Mayfield, a new mixed-use development — MRN’s “Uptown” — is filling out, hosting a bookstore, a bakery, bars, and new apartments. Just across the street, […]
Key House Republicans Aren’t Buying Administration HSR Proposal
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Vice President Joe Biden’s announcement of a $53 billion infusion for high-speed rail has fallen like a lead balloon on the ears of some key GOP leaders. House Transportation Committee Chair John L. Mica (R-FL) and Railroads Subcommittee Chair Bill Shuster (R-PA) expressed “extreme reservations” about the plan. “This is like giving Bernie Madoff another […]
“Amtrak Joe” Biden, in Philly, Announces a New Plan for High-Speed Rail
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The Obama administration is taking its infrastructure push on the road. First stop: Philadelphia, to announce a $53 billion plan to invest in high-speed rail. To Vice President Joe Biden, high-speed rail isn’t just another administration initiative. He’s Mr. Amtrak. He gets it. Biden says he’s made 7,900 round trips between Wilmington and Washington on Amtrak. […]
Biden Says High-Speed Rail Money Ignored Politics — Was He Right?
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During yesterday’s Tampa event awarding $8 billion in federal rail grants, Vice President Joe Biden pointed to the two states receiving the biggest share of stimulus money for true high-speed train projects: Florida and California, both run by GOP governors. The vice president takes the president’s coat yesterday. (Photo: AP via Politico) "We didn’t pick […]