Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Transportation Policy

Warner Scores a (Small) Win for White House’s Transportation Agenda

By Elana Schor | Sep 17, 2009 | No Comments

While it pushes for an 18-month delay in the next federal infrastructure bill, the Obama administration has proposed a data collection effort that would help states and localities begin tracking ridership and usage of transit, roads, buses, and the like — a small put pivotal step towards enacting national performance standards for transportation. Sen. Mark […]

Klobuchar & Webb: Dems’ Unlikely Opponents of Bike-Ped Investment

By Elana Schor | Sep 16, 2009 | 4 Comments

Sen. Tom Coburn’s (R-OK) attempt to curb federal investment in bicycle and pedestrian paths, as well as other "transportation enhancements," was defeated on the Senate floor today — but it managed to pick up two unlikely Democratic supporters in the process. A college-age Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), with her father at right. (Photo: Klobuchar for […]

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) […]

McCain’s Transit Hit List: Get the Details

By Elana Schor | Sep 14, 2009 | No Comments

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), a self-styled foe of what he labels wasteful government spending, has launched a broadside against transit projects in the U.S. DOT’s 2010 spending bill, which is slated for a vote this week in the upper chamber of Congress. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) (Photo: Scrape TV) McCain had proposed more than 20 […]

White House Tells Senate: Grants No Substitute For Infrastructure Bank

By Elana Schor | Sep 11, 2009 | No Comments

The White House has reiterated its commitment to a national infrastructure bank (NIB), urging the Senate to reconsider a 2010 transportation spending bill that would "substitute in its place" $1.1 billion in grants. Patty Murray (D-WA) heads the Senate panel in charge of U.S. DOT spending. (Photo: Seattle Times) In a statement of policy on […]

The ‘Movie Ticket’ Theory of Transportation Pricing

By Elana Schor | Sep 10, 2009 | No Comments

Let’s say you’re at the movies, and you look up at the box office only to see no ticket prices listed. You know you’re going to have to pay for the show eventually — perhaps even during income-tax season — but for now you can watch all you want, seemingly for free. (Photo: Roloff via […]

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