Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Energy

How Do We Make Clean Transportation Part of the National Discussion?

By Brad Aaron | Aug 29, 2008 | 22 Comments

Like Joe Biden, Barack Obama also mentioned Amtrak in his acceptance speech to the Democratic National Convention, but only in reference to his running mate’s preferred mode of transportation. There were many, many things to be excited about yesterday, but any livable streets advocate anticipating a call to rebuild and expand our nation’s transit infrastructure, […]

Pew Poll: Most Americans Want More Transit Investment

By Brad Aaron | Aug 27, 2008 | 5 Comments

A new Pew Research Center study on political preferences includes polling data that show almost three-fourths of Americans favor more spending on public transportation: Column one indicates responses for all those surveyed. Columns two, three and four show responses among those who identify as Republicans, Democrats and Independents, respectively. The poll was taken last February. […]

Cartoon Tuesday: Conventional Wisdom

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 26, 2008 | No Comments

As the Democratic convention convenes in Denver, Matt Davies of the Journal News drills down on the national energy policy debate. Click through for the punchline.

Cartoon Tuesday: No Pressure

By Brad Aaron | Aug 19, 2008 | No Comments

Signe Wilkinson of the Philadelphia Daily News has a different spin on the Obama-McCain tire inflation hulabaloo. Click through for the full strip.

Cartoon Tuesday: In Which We Blog About the Other Paris

By Brad Aaron | Aug 12, 2008 | 7 Comments

Click through for this cartoon by Gary Varvel of The Indianapolis Star, referencing the now infamous tussle between John McCain and Paris Hilton. (And click here if you have no idea what we’re talking about.) While the ‘toon itself bears a ring of truth, the bigger irony may be that the presidential candidate who’s now […]

Obama’s Energy Platform Has a (Small) Livable Cities Plank

By Ben Fried | Aug 7, 2008 | 10 Comments

When Barack Obama gave his big energy speech on Monday, his campaign released an eight-page fact sheet [PDF] to go with it. All the way at the end, at the very bottom of the last page — after the parts about plug-in electric vehicles, oil shale, and clean coal technology — there’s this paragraph: Build […]

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