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Seven Transportation Improvements Everyone Can Agree On

By Tanya Snyder | May 17, 2011 | No Comments

The Reason Foundation, a free-market think tank, is not always a transportation reformer’s best friend. Its scholars gave Florida Gov. Rick Scott inaccurate advice he then used to justify killing high-speed rail in his state. They want to prevent the gas tax from funding “peripheral” programs like transit and active transportation. But Reason Foundation experts […]

So Many Subsidies for Big Oil, So Little Political Will to End Them

By Tanya Snyder | May 16, 2011 | No Comments

Lisa Margonelli, director of the New America Foundation’s Energy Productivity Initiative, hit the nail on the head on the problem with Congressional action on oil subsidies. Yesterday, she wrote in Politico that ending Exxon’s unjustifiable tax breaks would be nice, but there are far more egregious examples of U.S. government handouts to big oil: Really, […]

“Development-Oriented Transit”: Lessons From Hong Kong

By Angie Schmitt | May 13, 2011 | No Comments

It’s hard enough to build rail transit in the United States, and once a transit line gets built, that’s still only half the battle. Almost as important as securing the infrastructure itself is ensuring that nearby development will maximize the public’s investment, say Katlin Jackson and Julia Levitt at The City Fix. Surround a station […]

Don’t Hold Your Breath for a White House Transportation Bill

By Tanya Snyder | May 13, 2011 | No Comments

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told reporters today that the administration sent its draft bill to Capitol Hill two weeks ago. “It’s with the people that it needs to be with,” LaHood said, “the staff that’s working on a bill.” So while we reporters have been busy poring over draft bills that, it later turns out, […]

Sens. Rockefeller, Lautenberg Compete With Kerry’s Infrastructure Bank

By Tanya Snyder | May 13, 2011 | No Comments

In February, President Obama released his transportation plan, which included the launch of a national infrastructure bank. The next month, Sens. John Kerry (D-MA), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) and Mark Warner (D-VA) introduced a bill to create a similar bank, but with some key distinctions. And yesterday, Sens. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), […]

Senate Finalizing Transpo Bill — It’s Up to Boxer to Preserve Bike/Ped Funding

By Angie Schmitt | May 12, 2011 | No Comments

According to Congressional insiders, members of the Senate’s Committee on Environment and Public Works are meeting today and tomorrow to hash out the details of their proposal for a multi-year transportation reauthorization bill. Hanging in the balance of these negotiations may be the federal government’s only programs dedicated to funding infrastructure for biking and walking. […]

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