Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Ray LaHood

The Revolving Door Spins Again: LaHood Joins DLA Piper

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 24, 2014 | 1 Comment

When former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced earlier this month that he was going to co-chair Building America’s Future, I thought, “well that seems like a good place for him, but it’s not going to make his wife happy.” Mrs. LaHood has famously been needling him for years to get out of public office and […]

LaHood Heads Home for a Break and to “Hope the Phone Rings”

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 28, 2013 | 7 Comments

Outgoing U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said a few parting words yesterday at the National Press Club, just an hour before his successor, Anthony Foxx, was confirmed by the full Senate. The theme of LaHood’s prepared remarks was bipartisanship, but he admits he’s not seeing enough of it these days in Washington. That could doom […]

LaHood Announces Safety Summits to Help Shape New Bikeway Standards

By Dani Simons | Mar 5, 2013 | 2 Comments

In 2010, DOT Secretary Ray LaHood mounted a table at the National Bike Summit and proclaimed, “I’ve been all over America, and…people want alternatives. They want out of their cars, they want out of congestion, they want to live in… livable communities.” He added, to thunderous applause, “You’ve got a partner in Ray LaHood.” Shortly […]

U.S. DOT to Challenge AASHTO Supremacy on Bike/Ped Safety Standards

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 28, 2013 | 20 Comments

For years, the federal government has adopted roadway guidelines that fall far short of what’s needed — and what’s possible — to protect cyclists and pedestrians. By “playing it safe” and sticking with old-school engineering, U.S. DOT allowed streets to be unsafe for these vulnerable road users. But that could be changing. The bike-friendliest transportation […]

Could LaHood Stick Around to Oversee the Sequester Crisis?

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 27, 2013 | No Comments

It’s been almost a month since Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced his resignation — and longer than that since he tipped off the president that he was planning his exit — but no replacement has been named yet. They haven’t named an acting secretary and let him go, as happened in the Labor Department when […]

Ray LaHood: “It’s Not Just About Emissions”

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 15, 2013 | 4 Comments

This is the third and final installment of our exit interview with departing U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood. In the first, he talked about his proudest accomplishments, why he decided to leave, and why it’s important to fund bike/ped improvements with federal dollars – and he made it clear he’s still not giving us […]

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