Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Secretary LaHood

LaHood on Transport: ‘We Don’t Want to Pit One Mode … Against Another’

By Elana Schor | Sep 4, 2009 | No Comments

While Vice President Biden was giving a candid take on cities’ difficulties taking advantage of the economic stimulus, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood was giving a recovery speech of his own in Chicago — where he sent a message of transport reform to an audience that might not have expected it. Transportation Secretary LaHood, with his […]

Obama Administration Touts Nation’s First All-Electronic Toll Road in N.C.

By Elana Schor | Aug 13, 2009 | 1 Comment

The U.S. DOT dispatched Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez to North Carolina yesterday to kick off construction of the $1 billion Triangle Expressway, the state’s first toll road and the nation’s first to use per-mile electronic tolling. The scene at yesterday’s N.C. toll road groundbreaking. (Photo: WRAL) The highway was financed by a package of […]

From the Dept. of Mixed Messages: LaHood Touts ‘Cash for Clunkers’

By Elana Schor | Jul 27, 2009 | 16 Comments

Two weeks ago, Ray LaHood candidly addressed the need to reduce the nation’s vehicle miles traveled in order to halt the devastating effects of climate change. But the Transportation Secretary had a decidedly different message today. (Photo: NYT) "Go out and buy a car, Americans!" LaHood decreed this morning as he and lawmakers from auto-producing […]

Ad Nauseam: What “Cash for Clunkers” Hath Wrought

By Ben Fried | Jul 24, 2009 | 18 Comments

The government’s Cash for Clunkers program officially begins today, but car dealers have been running ads like this one for a while already. They have to keep the public informed: Now you can trade in your old car and buy a brand-new SUV or pick-up truck with a hefty assist from Uncle Sam. Here we […]

White House Staying Quiet For Now on Transit’s Role in Climate Bill

By Elana Schor | Jul 15, 2009 | 1 Comment

Delivering his climate-change message to Congress yesterday, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood warned that fuel-efficiency advances secured by the Obama administration would not be enough to reduce emissions from transportation — not without encouraging Americans to drive less. Transportation Secretary LaHood said today he’ll weigh in later on climate-change money for transit. (Photo: HillBuzz) But when […]

Obama Talks Urban Policy as LaHood Seeks More Urban Transpo Money

By Elana Schor | Jul 13, 2009 | No Comments

The White House Office of Urban Affairs, which has drawn criticism for its inactivity at a rocky economic time for the nation’s cities, capped a day-long summit today with a speech by President Obama. Referencing his formative years as a Chicago community organizer, Obama urged the mayors, governors, and Cabinet secretaries who attended the urban […]

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