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Is State Wasting Money on Bloated Car Fleet? Gov. Orders Car Cuts.
In an effort to balance the state budget, Governor Jerry Brown ordered all state agencies to immediately review their policies towards owning vehicles on behalf of the state and policies allowing permits for take-home vehicles, which allow state employees to use state-owned passenger cars for their daily commute.
January 28, 2011
House Transpo Committee Promises Bipartisanship, to Tackle Aviation First
Meet the new House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
January 27, 2011
(Updated: Item Moved to Next Wed. 2/2) This Week’s Big Transit Meeting: City Council Debates Wilshire BOL on Friday
(Update 4:04 P.M.: I just got the following message from Council Man Rosendahl's Office. We're cheered to know he's doing well, and wish him a speedy return.
January 26, 2011
Will President Obama Speak for the Transit-Starved Tonight?
President Obama is expected to make a strong push for infrastructure spending during the State of the Union address tonight. Ahead of the address, the Transportation Equity Network organized its members and supporters to write to President Obama, telling their personal stories of why transit funding is crucial to their communities. In all, TEN will deliver 1,000 personal letters to the President asking him to support transit investments. A few have already been sent.
January 25, 2011
Rosendahl Succesfully Undergoes Heart Surgery
Some good news to end the week. Yesterday, City Council Transportation Committee Chair Bill Rosendahl underwent successful surgery to treat atrial fibrillation, an abnormal rhythm of the heart. The Councilman is resting comfortably and is expected to return home later today and resume duties next week.
January 21, 2011
LaHood Goes to Detroit to Talk to Automakers About Distracted Driving
A year ago, the Department of Transportation helped launch FocusDriven, an advocacy group for victims of motor vehicle crashes involving drivers using cell phones.
January 21, 2011
How Obama Should Address Transportation in the State of the Union
Streetsblog Capitol Hill is pleased to publish this guest post from Deron Lovaas, Federal Transportation Policy Director for NRDC.
January 19, 2011
Mica’s Goal: More Cars Off of the Highway
In a recent interview with the Journal of Commerce, Transportation Chair John Mica (R-FL) indicated that he shares many transportation goals with the Obama administration.
January 14, 2011
Rosendahl Continues Process of Removing Westside from Wilshire Bus-Only Project
In an odd quirk of L.A. City Council rules, a Committee can "meet" with just the chair present and move legislation along to the full Council for a vote. Thus, with the majority of the City Council downstairs debating how to frame the outsourcing of political will to raise parking rates in a way that didn't make them look like a rubber stamp, Transportation Committee Chair Rosendahl served as a one man committee. Rosendahl's office explained to me that if the Full Council Meeting was still happening, that the Chairman would not ask all the witnesses who trekked Downtown to come back later and would hold the hearing himself.
January 13, 2011