Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Policy

Portland’s Transport Research Guru Headed to Obama Administration

By Elana Schor | Aug 5, 2009 | 1 Comment

The U.S. DOT is expected to announce today that it has tapped Robert Bertini, a Portland State University professor who headed Oregon’s state-wide transport research effort, as the No. 2 at the Research and Innovative Technology Administration — the government’s home for stats on all things transportation. Robert Bertini. Photo: Oregonian Bertini’s hiring is an […]

STAA Tuned: Transpo Bill Leaves Funding Question Hanging

By Ryan Avent | Jun 23, 2009 | 1 Comment

We now have in our hands the 775-page Surface Transportation Authorization Act, which was released yesterday by James Oberstar (D-MN), chairman of the House transportation committee. It is, in many ways, a remarkable bill — a blueprint for how transportation planning and infrastructure construction might undergo a significant shift away from the mindsets that have […]

LaHood Vows to Avert Federal Transpo Bankruptcy and Pay For It

By Elana Schor | Jun 4, 2009 | 5 Comments

The Obama administration is working on a plan to fill the shortfall in the nation’s highway trust fund by August without adding to the federal deficit, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told Congress today. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (Photo: HillBuzz) The circumstances behind the trust fund’s financial troubles are well-known: a nationwide decline in driving coupled […]

Randal O’Toole: Taking Liberties With the Facts

By Ryan Avent | Jun 2, 2009 | 56 Comments

The Cato Institute’s Randal O’Toole gets under the skin of many of those interested in building a more rational and green metropolitan geography, but in many ways he’s an ideal opponent. It would be difficult to concoct more transparently foolish arguments than his. The man is an engine of self-parody. Is this spaghetti bowl turning […]

On TV Tonight…

By Aaron Naparstek | May 20, 2009 | 15 Comments

For those who are not tuning in to the American Idol season finale tonight (Kris is going to win, watch), here are two shows worth looking out for: PBS’s Blueprint America series will be airing "Road to the Future" tonight at 8pm in New York City. Check your local PBS station for times. Part of […]

Does Your Commute Suck? Tell Us About It.

By Sarah Goodyear | May 15, 2009 | 1 Comment

This morning our friends over at Transportation for America are launching a new site called My Commute Sucks, designed to give people around the country a place to vent their frustration over the nation’s overburdened and inefficient transportation systems. Commuters can share their tales of commuting woe, upload photos and videos, and also take action […]

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