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2009
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Nov 06:
‘The Concrete is Cracking’: Front-Loaded New Transport Bill Gains Steam
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Nov 05:
Boxer Okays Senate Climate Bill, Without Amendments or GOP
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Nov 04:
Congress Set to Double the Size of Sprawl-Centric Home Buyer’s Tax Credit
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Nov 03:
Buffett’s Bet on Burlington: What Does it Mean for Transport and Energy?
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Nov 02:
To Limit Distracted Driving, Congress Leans Toward a Carrot-Stick Combo
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Oct 28:
Transportation Policy Becomes the Proverbial Tree Falling in the Forest
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Oct 28:
At Senate Climate Hearings, Lots of Transport Talk and All Eyes on Baucus
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Oct 27:
Transport Policy Update: Senate to Pass 6-Month Extension This Week
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Oct 26:
How Bus Transit Can Help the Auto Industry
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Oct 26:
GOP Senators Protest Evaluating the Climate Impacts of Transport Projects
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Oct 26:
Senate Climate Bill Triples the House’s Investments in Clean Transportation
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Oct 23:
Obama: Climate Pessimism More Dangerous Than Climate Deniers
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Oct 22:
Takeaway From This Week’s EPA Hearing: Fuel Efficiency is a Money-Maker
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Oct 21:
GOPers Re-Name the Climate Bill Again: Now It’s a ‘Gas Tax’!
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Oct 21:
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy: California Doing the Most
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Oct 20:
Think Tank Responds to Report on Hidden Costs of Fossil Fuels: Yawn
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Oct 20:
New Study Shows $56 Billion in Hidden Health Damage from Autos
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Oct 16:
Transport Debate Still Stalled As Oberstar Decries ‘Lack of Political Will’
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Oct 15:
The Oversight Gap in Team Obama’s High-Speed Rail Plan
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Oct 13:
Obama Ally Breaks With White House on Timing of New Transport Bill
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Oct 09:
Senate Climate Bill Delayed Yet Again As Obama Takes Nobel
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Oct 09:
Streetsblog Q&A: Bush DOT Chief Backs Transport Tech Funding
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Oct 07:
Obama’s Engaged With Transit More in 9 Months than Bush Did in 8 Years
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Oct 06:
Is a Bigger Transportation Bill — This Year — Back on the Table?
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Oct 05:
LaHood’s Twelve-Word Definition of ‘Livability’
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Oct 05:
Congress’ Transport Impasse Hits States — and Not Just Their Road Funds
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Oct 02:
SF’s Newsom: Let’s Not Extend Parking Meter Hours in a Recession
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Oct 01:
Boxer’s Climate Bill Released With Much Fanfare, Little Focus on Transport
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Sep 29:
New Report: Feds Subsidizing Parking Six Times as Much as Transit
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Sep 23:
House Voting Today on Transport Law Extension — What’s Next?
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Sep 23:
New Report: 10% Transit Growth Would Help Meet House Climate Target
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Sep 21:
Boxer Reminds Metrolink: Train Crew Members Shouldn’t Ride Solo
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Sep 18:
Pro-Tea Party Republican’s Angry Letter to D.C. Metro: Read it in Full
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Sep 17:
Oberstar to Back 3-Month Delay in Transport Bill As Soon As Next Week
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Sep 17:
Warner Scores a (Small) Win for White House’s Transportation Agenda
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Sep 16:
Senate R’s Attempts to Strip Bike/Ped Requirment Dies on Senate Floor
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Sep 16:
New Investigation Finds 2,100 Transport Lobbyists Working the System
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Sep 15:
The New White House Fuel Efficiency Rule: Count the Loopholes
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Sep 15:
Jane Jacobs’ Is Planetizen’s Top Urban Planner, Shoup Fifteenth
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Sep 14:
McCain’s List of Wasteful Transit Includes Wilshire Bus-Only Lanes and Gold Line Extension
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Sep 14:
Oberstar Stands Firm on Transportation Bill, Gets Industry Backup
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Sep 11:
Department of Energy Gets Basic Math Wrong in its Rail Analysis
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Sep 10:
Consensus on National Transport Goals Still Eludes Industry Pros
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Sep 09:
How Much Would Most People Pay For a Shorter Commute?
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Sep 09:
Was the Auto Industry Bailout Legal? It’s Debatable, Oversight Panel Says
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Sep 08:
Compromise or Concession: It’s Not Just for Healthcare
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Sep 04:
LaHood on Transport: ‘We Don’t Want to Pit One Mode … Against Another’
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Sep 03:
Feds Still Forcing Transit Agencies to Bow to Private Charter Buses
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Sep 01:
‘Clunkers’ Consequences: GM Sales Down, Ford Gas-Guzzlers Up
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Aug 31:
Senator Dukakis? What Kennedy’s Loss Could Mean for Transport Policy
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Aug 21:
D.C. City Government Considers “Cash for Close-in Urban Living”
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Aug 20:
As “Cash for Clunkers” Sputters, a Privately Funded Spinoff Picks Up
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Aug 19:
Crunching June Stimulus Numbers: Roads Create Pricier Jobs Than Transit
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Aug 19:
Know Your Transportation Lobbyists: Transit Beats Roads — Sort Of
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Aug 18:
Transit Cuts Report Underscores Cities’ Congressional Influence Gap
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Aug 17:
Tracking Transport Subsidies: As Tough as Following the Stimulus Money
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Aug 17:
Oil Industry Tears Page from Health Care Playbook to Battle Climate Bill
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Aug 14:
Report: Boxer ‘Sympathetic to’ Backers of More Climate Money for Transit
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Aug 14:
Could Electric-Car Tax Credits Become the Next “Cash for Clunkers”?
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Aug 13:
Distracted Driving Laws Lack Teeth in Some States, Not CA
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Aug 13:
Obama Administration Touts Nation’s First All-Electronic Toll Road in N.C.
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Aug 12:
Electric Cars and the Future of the Gas Tax
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Aug 12:
Transport Construction Industry Mobilizes for Oberstar’s Bill
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Aug 11:
Senate’s New DOT Spending Bill Eases One Transit Funding Barrier
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Aug 11:
New ‘Clunkers’ Analysis: Trucks, SUVs More Popular Than Suggested
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Aug 10:
30 Congressmen Propose Oil Futures Tax to Pay for Transportation
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Aug 10:
The Peculiar Federalism of Transit Safety: No National Standards Exist
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Aug 07:
Electrified Transportation’s Big Week in Washington
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Aug 06:
Audit Finds U.S. DOT’s Transit Record-Keeping ‘Unreliable,’ ‘Inaccurate’
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Aug 05:
Portland’s Transport Research Guru Headed to Obama Administration
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Aug 04:
Following ‘Cash for Clunkers’ with ‘Riches for Rail’
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Aug 04:
Separating Myth from Fact on “Cash for Clunkers”
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Aug 03:
How — and When — Can D.C. Help Local Transport Reform Happen?
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Jul 31:
Federal Government Racing to Give $2 Billion More for Cash for Clunkers
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Jul 31:
‘Cash for Clunkers’ Out of Cash — But Not Quite Finished
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Jul 30:
McCain & Coburn: Let’s Make Roads Safer — by Slashing Safety Money
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Jul 29:
Senate Panel Backs $1.2B for High Speed Rail, $1.4B Extra For Highways
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Jul 29:
Your Burger or Your Car! (And More Fun with False Dichotomies)
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Jul 28:
Oberstar to White House: On Emissions, Back Up Your Words With Action
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Jul 27:
The Capitol’s 10 Transportation Players to Know
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Jul 27:
From the Dept. of Mixed Messages: LaHood Touts ‘Cash for Clunkers’
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Jul 23:
Lawmakers Pitch Transport Funding Ideas, From VMT to Freight Taxes
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Jul 22:
Dems. in Senate Pushing Transit Into Climate Change
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Jul 21:
Senate Agrees on $26.8 Billion Highway Trust Fund Rescue
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Jul 15:
White House Staying Quiet For Now on Transit’s Role in Climate Bill
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Jul 15:
Lawmakers Cross Party Lines on Transpo Funding as Debate Rages
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Jul 13:
Obama Talks Urban Policy as LaHood Seeks More Urban Transpo Money
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Jul 13:
Transit Outsourcing Booms — But Are There Safety Trade-offs?
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Jul 10:
Republicans Deem Transpo Stimulus — 6% of Total Spending — a ‘Failure’
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Jul 10:
Taking GOP Graphics a Bit Too Seriously
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Jul 09:
Did Pelosi Just Side with Oberstar on Transportation Bill?
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Jul 09:
“Environmental Champion” Boxer Delays Climate Bill Until Fall
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Jul 08:
Urban Traffic Report Sparks Clever Headlines, But Little Transit Talk
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Jul 08:
Lawmakers Aim to Bring ‘Sustainable Communities’ From Talk to Action
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Jul 07:
Senate Starts Climate Push With Nods to Jobs, Energy, and Transportation
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Jul 06:
Adding More Transportation to the Climate Change Mix
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Jul 06:
New Report on Old Roads Uses Old Assumptions
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Jul 01:
Cities See Population Gains — But What About Political Power?
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Jun 30:
EPA Okays Stronger Auto Emissions Standards Now in CA, 13 Other States
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Jun 30:
Lawmakers Investigating the Resignation of Amtrak’s In-House Watchdog
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Jun 29:
House Climate Bill on Green Transpo: The Details
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Jun 26:
The Wall Street Tax Shelter That Crashed Your Local Transit Agency
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Jun 25:
Ohio Republican Senator: Voinovich: Business Buy-in Can Get Transportation Bill Done
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Jun 25:
Boxer: Forget Transportation Bill, Work with Me on Something Else
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Jun 24:
The High-Speed Rail Numbers Game: Is $13 Billion and 110 MPH Enough?
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Jun 24:
House Dems Agree: Climate Bill Can Help Pay for Greener Transportation
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Jun 23:
Senators Seek Rail Safety Funding in Aftermath of Metro Crash
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Jun 22:
Oberstar’s Transportation Bill: The Early Word
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Jun 19:
House GOPers Propose Filling Trust Fund With Stimulus Money
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Jun 18:
Bi-Partisan Transpo. Team in House Ready to Take on Obama, LaHood
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Jun 18:
Oberstar’s New Transportation Bill: Get The Highlights
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Jun 18:
Boxer Thrilled Obama Wants Delay on Federal Transportation Bill
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Jun 17:
WHO Report Highlights Global Health Risk of Traffic
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Jun 16:
GOP’s New Attack on Health Care Reform Bill: It Promotes Walking!
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Jun 16:
Report: Nation’s Cities Getting Stiffed on Stimulus
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Jun 15:
AARP Sends Its Transportation Priorities to Congress
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Jun 12:
Congress Agrees to Keep Transit Operating Aid in War Bill
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Jun 11:
Carnahan Steps Up Push For Federal Help With Transit Operating
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Jun 10:
When Will Oberstar’s Transportation Bill Drop? Place Your Bets Now
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Jun 04:
LaHood Vows to Avert Federal Transpo Bankruptcy and Pay For It
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Jun 04:
Transit Planners to Congress: Please Figure Out How to Fund Us
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Jun 03:
Cycling in National Cemetery: Yea or Nay?
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Jun 02:
Bush Transpo Secretary’s Biggest Disappointment: Bush
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Jun 01:
Solve the Congestion Crisis And Win $50,000
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Jun 01:
Sotomayor’s Eminent Domain Stance: What Does It Mean for Cities?
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May 29:
Polly Trottenberg Tapped For Senior U.S. DOT Spot
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May 29:
Obama Keeps Roads Out of National Forests — For a Time
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May 28:
Flashback: Obama Once Led Push for ‘Complete Streets’
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May 27:
Why Buy More Trains If You Can’t Afford to Run Them?
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May 20:
Portland Congressman to George Will: Let’s Debate
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May 20:
Watson One of Four Lawmakers Who Show Up To Pitch Local Projects
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May 19:
Illinois Congressman Pushes For Pro-Bike Transportation Bill
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May 19:
The Long, Ugly Road to a Federal Transportation Plan
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May 19:
Congress Reluctant to Shine Light on Transportation Earmarks
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May 18:
Obama’s Energy Secretary Reclaims His Bike, For A Day
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May 18:
Will: Government Shouldn’t Interfere — Except To Benefit Big Highways
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May 18:
Waxman’s Climate Bill Includes ‘Complete Streets’ But Not CLEAN TEA
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May 15:
Congress Takes a First Step Towards Reshaping Transportation Policy
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May 14:
Senators Hear From Obama’s Transit Chief-in-Waiting
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May 13:
Less Than One Percent of Transpo Stimulus Money Paid Out So Far
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May 13:
A Federal Transportation Bill is Coming… But When?