Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Elections

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Wastefulness

By Charles Komanoff | Feb 6, 2012 | 19 Comments

The Republican presidential campaign recently produced a couple of characteristic bits of what Americans, for lack of a better word, call “news”: Newt Gingrich declaring that New Yorkers “live in high rises and ride the subway” and thus don’t care about gasoline prices; and Tea Party “activists” in Virginia, Florida and Maine convinced that smart-growth […]

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Romney Wins Iowa, Loses the Rail Passenger Vote

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 4, 2012 | No Comments

In a landslide (er, eight-vote) victory over former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum in the Iowa caucus last night, Mitt Romney solidified his lead over the rag-tag field of GOP nominees. He also took an opportunity, the day before the caucus, to make a tired old argument against public support of passenger rail service. I gotta […]

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In Iowa, GOP Candidates Ignore Transportation and Urban Issues

By Ben Goldman | Jan 3, 2012 | No Comments

With all eyes on today’s Iowa caucuses, it’s worth noting that this year’s vocal crop of GOP candidates has been mostly silent on the subject of transportation and urban issues in general. A common theme across most candidates’ platforms is the elimination of federal programs in favor of state ones, and incentives (read: tax cuts) […]

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More Election Results: Transit Wins Big

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 10, 2011 | No Comments

Out of 11 transportation-related measures that were voted on Tuesday, seven represented a victory for transit, two were losses to learn from, and two more aren’t really a win one way or another but are worth noting. According to the Center for Transportation Excellence, these numbers bring the year’s total to an impressive 79 percent […]

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Auto Industry Celebrates a Republican House It Helped Put In Power

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 15, 2010 | No Comments

You might still be recuperating from your post-election hangover, but automotive executives are celebrating victory after victory. Auto industry lobbyists are predicting a good couple of years, according to a report by Automotive News. They’re betting the Republican majority in the House will “investigate, slow and try to block Obama administration initiatives that it considers […]

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An Open Letter to Ohio Governor-Elect John Kasich

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 5, 2010 | No Comments

Dear Governor-Elect Kasich, Congrats on your victory in the Ohio governor’s race this week. You’ve got a tough job on your hands and I don’t envy you, taking the reins in a state with an $8 billion budget deficit and a 10 percent unemployment rate. I didn’t vote for you, but I considered it. Even […]

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