Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Transportation Policy

How Bus Transit Can Help the Auto Industry

By Elana Schor | Oct 26, 2009 | No Comments

A map of the companies involved in the supply chain for U.S. transit buses. (Image: EDF) When Vice President Joe Biden visited Minnesota’s New Flyer bus company to tout the economic stimulus law’s $8.4 billion investment in transit, hopes were high for a boom in cleaner-burning vehicle production — which made for some bad press […]

GOP Senators Protest Evaluating the Climate Impacts of Transport Projects

By Elana Schor | Oct 26, 2009 | 1 Comment

The 40-year-old National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA), which requires the federal government to evaluate the environmental consequences of future projects, is a valuable tool for local residents and green groups that work to defeat highway expansions — but as Streetsblog L.A. noted earlier this year, NEPA can be an equally valuable tool for opponents of […]

Senate Signals 6-Month Delay for Transport Bill — But Will the House Agree?

By Elana Schor | Oct 23, 2009 | No Comments

The Senate is leaning towards abandoning the Obama administration’s push for an 18-month delay of the next long-term transportation bill and now plans to pursue a six-month extension of existing federal infrastructure law, according to a report from CQ this afternoon: Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN) (Photo: Capitol Chatter) An industry official said the senators realized […]

The Top 10 States for Energy Efficiency — And Some Surprising Achievers

By Elana Schor | Oct 21, 2009 | No Comments

As Congress continues to debate climate change legislation that would include energy efficiency measures, states are already making progress in reducing the consumption of vehicles, utilities, and other fuel users. Downtown Memphis, Tennessee, where new building energy efficiency codes were recently adopted. (Photo: About.com) The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) singled out the […]

The Political Climate That Makes Transportation Reform Run

By Elana Schor | Oct 20, 2009 | No Comments

When House transportation committee chairman Jim Oberstar (D-MN) recently accused his colleagues of lacking the "political will" to pursue long-term reform of infrastructure policy, he wasn’t simply employing a D.C. rhetorical flourish. To understand what Oberstar meant, let’s travel to Berlin for a moment. A German-made high-speed rail car. (Photo: Spiegel) Colby Itkowitz, CQ’s crack […]

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