Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Michael Bloomberg

Car Crashes Are An Epidemic We Can Solve

By Kea Wilson | Feb 18, 2020 | No Comments

"Government and public health officials routinely face problems that exceed their capacities and powers. Traffic deaths are not one of them," says the transportation aide to would-be president Mike Bloomberg.

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Anti-Car Dems Don’t Have a Presidential Candidate

By Kea Wilson | Feb 13, 2020 | No Comments

If you believe in breaking car culture, you won't find a 2020 candidate committed to doing it.

Bloomberg and Dems Blast Congressional Plan to Let Guns on Amtrak

By Elana Schor | Sep 21, 2009 | 1 Comment

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg teamed up with two Democratic members of Congress yesterday to blast the Senate for its vote in favor of forcing Amtrak to allow guns and ammunition in passengers’ checked baggage. New York City Mayor Bloomberg, far left, with members of Congress at yesterday’s press conference. (Photo: Epoch Times) Bloomberg, […]

Money or Nothing

By Ryan Avent | Jun 25, 2009 | No Comments

Building America’s Future is a kind of DreamWorks for the infrastructure set. It’s an organization put together by Govs. Ed Rendell (D-PA) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA) and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg — men strongly committed to the idea that infrastructure investment is of critical importance for a nation’s economic health, and should enjoy […]

Want a Clean Bill of Health for the MTA? Call Obama.

By John Kaehny | May 8, 2009 | 10 Comments

Photo: AP/Post-Standard Former MTA CEO Lee Sander spent the last two-and-a-half years doing his best to make the MTA a transparent, accountable public agency, and in doing so restore its reputation. He let the sunshine in, but was unable to undo the damage to the agency’s image caused by years of attacks from transit advocates, […]

Bloomberg to Obama: Stimulus Aid Should Go Directly to Cities

By Ben Fried | Jan 9, 2009 | 8 Comments

A face-to-face back in April. Photo: Scoop08. Yesterday the President-elect unveiled the broad strokes of his economic recovery plan at a DC press event, and Mayor Bloomberg was there to give his response. Bloomberg’s message is critical for the prospects of green transportation in the upcoming stimulus package. Here’s the abbreviated version via Liz Benjamin […]

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