Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Sierra Club

Transit Union and Sierra Club Join Forces for Earth Day and Beyond

By Tanya Snyder | Apr 15, 2014 | 18 Comments

Earth Day is a week from tomorrow. How many people will drive to their local environmental festival without even a second thought to how they got there? The Amalgamated Transit Union and the Sierra Club will announce tomorrow that they are joining forces to highlight the connection between transportation and climate change. Transit is important, […]

A Sensible Alternative to Wisconsin’s Gold-Plated Highway Budget

By Angie Schmitt | May 1, 2013 | No Comments

If you value principles like social and fiscal responsibility, the Wisconsin transportation budget is an unmitigated disaster. Not only does Wisconsin DOT’s spending plan gut funds to transit and local streets, it lavishes $900 million in borrowed money to pay for extravagant highway projects of dubious value to the public. Good government groups and environmental advocates […]

Here They Are: The Best and Worst American Transportation Projects

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 12, 2012 | 18 Comments

Which transportation projects are the smartest investments, and which are the most ridiculous boondoggles? The Sierra Club has put together a solid list in a new report titled “Smart Choices, Less Traffic: The 50 Best and Worst Transportation Projects in the United States.” The Sierra Club evaluated each project based on five criteria, including its […]

Atlanta Transpo Referendum Draws an Unlikely Opponent in Local Sierra Club

By Angie Schmitt | May 1, 2012 | 12 Comments

One of the most exciting transit expansion dramas unfolding in the United States right now is Atlanta’s transportation referendum: the Transportation Investment Act, or TIA, for short. This one-cent sales tax would raise more than $7 billion for local transportation projects — at least $3.14 billion of which would be dedicated to transit. This issue […]