Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Secretary LaHood

LaHood to Congress: It’s Time to Talk About a Gas Tax Increase

By Elana Schor | Nov 30, 2009 | 1 Comment

As Congress maneuvers to end the political impasse over the next long-term national transportation bill, lawmakers going to have to debate an increase in the federal gas tax, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said today. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (Photo: Getty Images) In his remarks at a Fort Worth transportation meeting, first reported by the local […]

Senior Dems Release New Distracted Driving Bill as LaHood Testifies

By Damien Newton | Oct 29, 2009 | No Comments

Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) today unveiled his plan to take an incentive-based approach to distracted driving as Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood testified on the Obama administration’s campaign to end the use of electronic devices behind the wheel. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) (Photo: Wired) Rockefeller’s bill, co-sponsored by three Republicans […]

Transport Debate Still Stalled As Oberstar Decries ‘Lack of Political Will’

By Elana Schor | Oct 16, 2009 | No Comments

Halfway through the extra month that Congress gave itself to resolve a long-simmering dispute over funding the nation’s transportation system, Democratic leaders remain deadlocked over whether — and how long — to wait before debating a broad reform of federal infrastructure policy. The Transportation Secretary and the president have a stalemate on their hands. (Photo: […]

LaHood’s Twelve-Word Definition of ‘Livability’

By Elana Schor | Oct 5, 2009 | 1 Comment

The White House’s effort to promote sustainable communities has prompted serious (and inadvertently humorous) hand-wringing from conservative pundits who fear the concept of livability will translate into governmental edicts on lifestyle choices. What’s the best way to counter such tactics? Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (Photo: Zimbio.com) The administration’s approach, it seems, is to define its […]

LaHood’s Distracted Driving Summit: Follow It Live

By Brad Aaron | Sep 30, 2009 | 1 Comment

If you’ve got some free time at your desk over the next couple of days, drop in on the U.S. DOT distracted driving summit. There are plenty of platitudes flying around about the obvious need for "awareness" of how dangerous it is to operate a multi-thousand pound projectile while reading or typing, but there are […]

The New White House Fuel Efficiency Rule: Count the Loopholes

By Elana Schor | Sep 15, 2009 | No Comments

The final fuel-efficiency rule released by the Obama administration this morning includes what some lobbyists have nicknamed "the German provision," giving automakers that sell less than 400,000 vehicles in the U.S. an exemption for 25 percent of their fleet. GM CEO Fritz Henderson’s company can earn fuel-efficiency "credits" for its Chevy Volt. (Photo: IB Times) […]

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