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• 2009

• Nov 06: ‘The Concrete is Cracking’: Front-Loaded New Transport Bill Gains Steam 0
• Nov 05: Boxer Okays Senate Climate Bill, Without Amendments or GOP 0
• Nov 04: Congress Set to Double the Size of Sprawl-Centric Home Buyer’s Tax Credit 0
• Nov 03: Buffett’s Bet on Burlington: What Does it Mean for Transport and Energy? 2
• Nov 02: To Limit Distracted Driving, Congress Leans Toward a Carrot-Stick Combo 1
• Oct 28: Transportation Policy Becomes the Proverbial Tree Falling in the Forest 0
• Oct 28: At Senate Climate Hearings, Lots of Transport Talk and All Eyes on Baucus 0
• Oct 27: Transport Policy Update: Senate to Pass 6-Month Extension This Week 0
• Oct 26: How Bus Transit Can Help the Auto Industry 3
• Oct 26: GOP Senators Protest Evaluating the Climate Impacts of Transport Projects 0
• Oct 26: Senate Climate Bill Triples the House’s Investments in Clean Transportation 1
• Oct 23: Obama: Climate Pessimism More Dangerous Than Climate Deniers 3
• Oct 22: Takeaway From This Week’s EPA Hearing: Fuel Efficiency is a Money-Maker 0
• Oct 21: GOPers Re-Name the Climate Bill Again: Now It’s a ‘Gas Tax’! 2
• Oct 21: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy: California Doing the Most 0
• Oct 20: Think Tank Responds to Report on Hidden Costs of Fossil Fuels: Yawn 1
• Oct 20: New Study Shows $56 Billion in Hidden Health Damage from Autos 1
• Oct 16: Transport Debate Still Stalled As Oberstar Decries ‘Lack of Political Will’ 0
• Oct 15: The Oversight Gap in Team Obama’s High-Speed Rail Plan 1
• Oct 13: Obama Ally Breaks With White House on Timing of New Transport Bill 0
• Oct 09: Senate Climate Bill Delayed Yet Again As Obama Takes Nobel 0
• Oct 09: Streetsblog Q&A: Bush DOT Chief Backs Transport Tech Funding 0
• Oct 07: Obama’s Engaged With Transit More in 9 Months than Bush Did in 8 Years 3
• Oct 06: Is a Bigger Transportation Bill — This Year — Back on the Table? 0
• Oct 05: LaHood’s Twelve-Word Definition of ‘Livability’ 1
• Oct 05: Congress’ Transport Impasse Hits States — and Not Just Their Road Funds 2
• Oct 02: SF’s Newsom: Let’s Not Extend Parking Meter Hours in a Recession 0
• Oct 01: Boxer’s Climate Bill Released With Much Fanfare, Little Focus on Transport 2
• Sep 29: New Report: Feds Subsidizing Parking Six Times as Much as Transit 2
• Sep 23: House Voting Today on Transport Law Extension — What’s Next? 0
• Sep 23: New Report: 10% Transit Growth Would Help Meet House Climate Target 0
• Sep 21: Boxer Reminds Metrolink: Train Crew Members Shouldn’t Ride Solo 3
• Sep 18: Pro-Tea Party Republican’s Angry Letter to D.C. Metro: Read it in Full 7
• Sep 17: Oberstar to Back 3-Month Delay in Transport Bill As Soon As Next Week 0
• Sep 17: Warner Scores a (Small) Win for White House’s Transportation Agenda 0
• Sep 16: Senate R’s Attempts to Strip Bike/Ped Requirment Dies on Senate Floor 0
• Sep 16: New Investigation Finds 2,100 Transport Lobbyists Working the System 0
• Sep 15: The New White House Fuel Efficiency Rule: Count the Loopholes 0
• Sep 15: Jane Jacobs’ Is Planetizen’s Top Urban Planner, Shoup Fifteenth 3
• Sep 14: McCain’s List of Wasteful Transit Includes Wilshire Bus-Only Lanes and Gold Line Extension 15
• Sep 14: Oberstar Stands Firm on Transportation Bill, Gets Industry Backup 1
• Sep 11: Department of Energy Gets Basic Math Wrong in its Rail Analysis 20
• Sep 10: Consensus on National Transport Goals Still Eludes Industry Pros 5
• Sep 09: How Much Would Most People Pay For a Shorter Commute? 3
• Sep 09: Was the Auto Industry Bailout Legal? It’s Debatable, Oversight Panel Says 1
• Sep 08: Compromise or Concession: It’s Not Just for Healthcare 0
• Sep 04: LaHood on Transport: ‘We Don’t Want to Pit One Mode … Against Another’ 0
• Sep 03: Feds Still Forcing Transit Agencies to Bow to Private Charter Buses 3
• Sep 01: ‘Clunkers’ Consequences: GM Sales Down, Ford Gas-Guzzlers Up 0
• Aug 31: Senator Dukakis? What Kennedy’s Loss Could Mean for Transport Policy 1
• Aug 21: D.C. City Government Considers “Cash for Close-in Urban Living” 2
• Aug 20: As “Cash for Clunkers” Sputters, a Privately Funded Spinoff Picks Up 0
• Aug 19: Crunching June Stimulus Numbers: Roads Create Pricier Jobs Than Transit 0
• Aug 19: Know Your Transportation Lobbyists: Transit Beats Roads — Sort Of 1
• Aug 18: Transit Cuts Report Underscores Cities’ Congressional Influence Gap 0
• Aug 17: Tracking Transport Subsidies: As Tough as Following the Stimulus Money 1
• Aug 17: Oil Industry Tears Page from Health Care Playbook to Battle Climate Bill 1
• Aug 14: Report: Boxer ‘Sympathetic to’ Backers of More Climate Money for Transit 0
• Aug 14: Could Electric-Car Tax Credits Become the Next “Cash for Clunkers”? 3
• Aug 13: Distracted Driving Laws Lack Teeth in Some States, Not CA 0
• Aug 13: Obama Administration Touts Nation’s First All-Electronic Toll Road in N.C. 1
• Aug 12: Electric Cars and the Future of the Gas Tax 6
• Aug 12: Transport Construction Industry Mobilizes for Oberstar’s Bill 0
• Aug 11: Senate’s New DOT Spending Bill Eases One Transit Funding Barrier 1
• Aug 11: New ‘Clunkers’ Analysis: Trucks, SUVs More Popular Than Suggested 0
• Aug 10: 30 Congressmen Propose Oil Futures Tax to Pay for Transportation 3
• Aug 10: The Peculiar Federalism of Transit Safety: No National Standards Exist 5
• Aug 07: Electrified Transportation’s Big Week in Washington 1
• Aug 06: Audit Finds U.S. DOT’s Transit Record-Keeping ‘Unreliable,’ ‘Inaccurate’ 1
• Aug 05: Portland’s Transport Research Guru Headed to Obama Administration 1
• Aug 04: Following ‘Cash for Clunkers’ with ‘Riches for Rail’ 3
• Aug 04: Separating Myth from Fact on “Cash for Clunkers” 3
• Aug 03: How — and When — Can D.C. Help Local Transport Reform Happen? 3
• Jul 31: Federal Government Racing to Give $2 Billion More for Cash for Clunkers 17
• Jul 31: ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Out of Cash — But Not Quite Finished 8
• Jul 30: McCain & Coburn: Let’s Make Roads Safer — by Slashing Safety Money 0
• Jul 29: Senate Panel Backs $1.2B for High Speed Rail, $1.4B Extra For Highways 3
• Jul 29: Your Burger or Your Car! (And More Fun with False Dichotomies) 7
• Jul 28: Oberstar to White House: On Emissions, Back Up Your Words With Action 0
• Jul 27: The Capitol’s 10 Transportation Players to Know 0
• Jul 27: From the Dept. of Mixed Messages: LaHood Touts ‘Cash for Clunkers’ 16
• Jul 23: Lawmakers Pitch Transport Funding Ideas, From VMT to Freight Taxes 0
• Jul 22: Dems. in Senate Pushing Transit Into Climate Change 0
• Jul 21: Senate Agrees on $26.8 Billion Highway Trust Fund Rescue 0
• Jul 15: White House Staying Quiet For Now on Transit’s Role in Climate Bill 1
• Jul 15: Lawmakers Cross Party Lines on Transpo Funding as Debate Rages 1
• Jul 13: Obama Talks Urban Policy as LaHood Seeks More Urban Transpo Money 0
• Jul 13: Transit Outsourcing Booms — But Are There Safety Trade-offs? 7
• Jul 10: Republicans Deem Transpo Stimulus — 6% of Total Spending — a ‘Failure’ 1
• Jul 10: Taking GOP Graphics a Bit Too Seriously 1
• Jul 09: Did Pelosi Just Side with Oberstar on Transportation Bill? 0
• Jul 09: “Environmental Champion” Boxer Delays Climate Bill Until Fall 2
• Jul 08: Urban Traffic Report Sparks Clever Headlines, But Little Transit Talk 0
• Jul 08: Lawmakers Aim to Bring ‘Sustainable Communities’ From Talk to Action 1
• Jul 07: Senate Starts Climate Push With Nods to Jobs, Energy, and Transportation 0
• Jul 06: Adding More Transportation to the Climate Change Mix 8
• Jul 06: New Report on Old Roads Uses Old Assumptions 0
• Jul 01: Cities See Population Gains — But What About Political Power? 0
• Jun 30: EPA Okays Stronger Auto Emissions Standards Now in CA, 13 Other States 2
• Jun 30: Lawmakers Investigating the Resignation of Amtrak’s In-House Watchdog 0
• Jun 29: House Climate Bill on Green Transpo: The Details 0
• Jun 26: The Wall Street Tax Shelter That Crashed Your Local Transit Agency 8
• Jun 25: Ohio Republican Senator: Voinovich: Business Buy-in Can Get Transportation Bill Done 3
• Jun 25: Boxer: Forget Transportation Bill, Work with Me on Something Else 4
• Jun 24: The High-Speed Rail Numbers Game: Is $13 Billion and 110 MPH Enough? 2
• Jun 24: House Dems Agree: Climate Bill Can Help Pay for Greener Transportation 1
• Jun 23: Senators Seek Rail Safety Funding in Aftermath of Metro Crash 0
• Jun 22: Oberstar’s Transportation Bill: The Early Word 1
• Jun 19: House GOPers Propose Filling Trust Fund With Stimulus Money 0
• Jun 18: Bi-Partisan Transpo. Team in House Ready to Take on Obama, LaHood 1
• Jun 18: Oberstar’s New Transportation Bill: Get The Highlights 0
• Jun 18: Boxer Thrilled Obama Wants Delay on Federal Transportation Bill 3
• Jun 17: WHO Report Highlights Global Health Risk of Traffic 1
• Jun 16: GOP’s New Attack on Health Care Reform Bill: It Promotes Walking! 2
• Jun 16: Report: Nation’s Cities Getting Stiffed on Stimulus 0
• Jun 15: AARP Sends Its Transportation Priorities to Congress 0
• Jun 12: Congress Agrees to Keep Transit Operating Aid in War Bill 0
• Jun 11: Carnahan Steps Up Push For Federal Help With Transit Operating 0
• Jun 10: When Will Oberstar’s Transportation Bill Drop? Place Your Bets Now 0
• Jun 04: LaHood Vows to Avert Federal Transpo Bankruptcy and Pay For It 0
• Jun 04: Transit Planners to Congress: Please Figure Out How to Fund Us 1
• Jun 03: Cycling in National Cemetery: Yea or Nay? 1
• Jun 02: Bush Transpo Secretary’s Biggest Disappointment: Bush 1
• Jun 01: Solve the Congestion Crisis And Win $50,000 6
• Jun 01: Sotomayor’s Eminent Domain Stance: What Does It Mean for Cities? 1
• May 29: Polly Trottenberg Tapped For Senior U.S. DOT Spot 1
• May 29: Obama Keeps Roads Out of National Forests — For a Time 0
• May 28: Flashback: Obama Once Led Push for ‘Complete Streets’ 0
• May 27: Why Buy More Trains If You Can’t Afford to Run Them? 0
• May 20: Portland Congressman to George Will: Let’s Debate 3
• May 20: Watson One of Four Lawmakers Who Show Up To Pitch Local Projects 0
• May 19: Illinois Congressman Pushes For Pro-Bike Transportation Bill 0
• May 19: The Long, Ugly Road to a Federal Transportation Plan 2
• May 19: Congress Reluctant to Shine Light on Transportation Earmarks 0
• May 18: Obama’s Energy Secretary Reclaims His Bike, For A Day 0
• May 18: Will: Government Shouldn’t Interfere — Except To Benefit Big Highways 3
• May 18: Waxman’s Climate Bill Includes ‘Complete Streets’ But Not CLEAN TEA 0
• May 15: Congress Takes a First Step Towards Reshaping Transportation Policy 0
• May 14: Senators Hear From Obama’s Transit Chief-in-Waiting 0
• May 13: Less Than One Percent of Transpo Stimulus Money Paid Out So Far 0
• May 13: A Federal Transportation Bill is Coming… But When? 0