Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Barack Obama

Not a Word About Transit in Obama Jobs Plan

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 24, 2012 | No Comments

President Obama released a blueprint for his second term yesterday, a 20-page booklet focused on job creation [PDF]. Let’s be clear: This came from his campaign machine, not the White House. In the booklet, called “The New Economic Patriotism: A Plan For Jobs and Middle-Class Security,” Obama touts his success at keeping the American auto […]

What Went Unsaid at Last Night’s Debate

By Ben Fried | Oct 17, 2012 | 8 Comments

At last night’s presidential debate in Nassau County, the best opening for Barack Obama and Mitt Romney to talk about transportation policy came when undecided voter Phillip Tricolla asked the following question of the President: QUESTION: Your energy secretary, Steven Chu, has now been on record three times stating it’s not policy of his department […]

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Scandalous Video: Obama Talks Sense About Road Building

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 3, 2012 | No Comments

You all excited to watch the presidential debate tonight? Here’s a glimpse back to 2007, when the old Barack Obama was getting us all hyped up on a sugar rush of hope and change. Check out this video, care of the conservative Daily Caller, which is making a lot of hay about some racially-charged remarks Obama […]

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Finally, the Presidential Race Turns to Transportation

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 22, 2012 | No Comments

The Obama campaign has fired the opening salvo in a new presidential campaign front: transportation. The campaign released seven radio ads in key swing states, each playing to major concerns of voters in those states. The ad now on the airwaves in Virginia focuses on the differences between the two tickets on infrastructure spending. Here’s […]

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Obama to Sign Transpo Bill Today at 4:55

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 6, 2012 | No Comments

The last thing the president will do during this hot, lazy recess week is to sign the transportation bill. He’ll be surrounded by construction workers, as this bill was always as much about jobs as it was about setting policy, and by college students, since the bill was combined with a provision keeping student loan […]

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Obama Takes a Stand, Threatens to Veto House Transpo Bill

By Ben Goldman | Feb 15, 2012 | No Comments

The White House issued a statement yesterday that spelled out President Obama’s opposition to the House transportation bill, also known as H.R. 7. The administration’s statement of policy, which coincided with the House Rules Committee hearing on H.R. 7, takes a stand in defense of transit, safety, and the environment: H.R. 7 does not reflect […]

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