Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Joe Biden

Biden Says High-Speed Rail Money Ignored Politics — Was He Right?

By Elana Schor | Jan 29, 2010 | No Comments

During yesterday’s Tampa event awarding $8 billion in federal rail grants, Vice President Joe Biden pointed to the two states receiving the biggest share of stimulus money for true high-speed train projects: Florida and California, both run by GOP governors. The vice president takes the president’s coat yesterday. (Photo: AP via Politico) "We didn’t pick […]

Is the Obama Administration Poised to Push Transit?

By Brad Aaron | Apr 24, 2009 | No Comments

While President Barack Obama promoted wind power and cap-and-trade legislation, VP Joe Biden spent Earth Day talking up transit. Public radio’s "The Takeaway" reports that Biden held a presser at a bus maintenance facility in Landover, Maryland, to tout a $300 million investment in hybrid buses and other municipal vehicles as part of the federal […]