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Senator Jim DeMint Wants to Eliminate Bike Stim Funds: Take Action!

By Bryan Goebel | Feb 6, 2009 | 2 Comments

Senator Jim DeMint, the South Carolina Republican who said that directing stim funds toward bicycle and hiking infrastructure will not help the economy or create jobs, has gone too far. He and Republican Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma have just proposed an amendment that would kill all stimulus funds for bike and hiking trails. In […]

Senate’s $50 Billion Highway Giveaway Nearly Dead

By Matthew Roth | Feb 5, 2009 | No Comments

The Inhofe/Boxer stimulus bill amendment for $50 billion in additional infrastructure funds appears to be dead, with official word expected soon from Senator Harry Reid’s office. Sources close to the negotiations say that at least five Democratic Senators were not going to support the amendment if transit and water provisions weren’t improved, while Senate Republicans […]

Boxer/Inhofe Ammendment: Better, But Not Good Enough

By Matthew Roth | Feb 5, 2009 | No Comments

A draft of the Boxer/Inhofe amendment just came over the transom from a source in DC close to the negotiations (PDF). This is a draft from yesterday and negotiations are ongoing, so expect changes. Specifically, enviros are trying to get a "green screen" put in place, so that USDOT can pick from the priority projects […]

Boxer’s Stimulus Saga Rolls On

By Matthew Roth | Feb 4, 2009 | 3 Comments

Boxer no stranger to new freeways Environmental groups in DC are guardedly optimistic that yesterday’s barrage of phone calls and emails to Senator Boxer and company urging them not to write a $50 billion blank check for the highway lobby has not been in vain. Boxer did not introduce the feared highway amendment yesterday and […]

Will Senator Boxer Give in to Global-Warming-a-Hoax Inhofe on Stimulus?

By Matthew Roth | Feb 3, 2009 | 2 Comments

Inhofe takes aim at transit funding A $5.5 billion discretionary fund for transit projects is in danger of being handed over to the highway lobby by Senators James Inhofe, Kit Bond, and Max Baucus. Inhofe you will recall is the former Chair of the Senate Environmental and Public Works (EPW) Committee who boasted in 2005, […]

Streetfilms: Timing Streets for Cyclists, Pedestrians, and Everyone Else

By Ben Fried | Feb 2, 2009 | No Comments

From the new San Francisco branch of Streetfilms, Janel Sterbentz takes a look at one of the city’s main bicycle routes — Valencia Street — and asks how it would function if signals were timed to give cyclists the "Green Wave" instead of cars. Cyclists would get a smoother ride and feel less compelled to […]

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