Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Earl Blumenauer

Wiki Wednesday: Funding Green Transportation With CLEAN TEA

By Ben Fried | Mar 18, 2009 | 2 Comments

The decline in driving makes the gas tax less reliable as a transportation funding stream. VMT graph: FHWA. One of the big challenges that federal policymakers will soon have to address is how to pay for a new generation of transportation investment. The federal gas tax, pegged at 18.4 cents per gallon since 1993, just […]

Streetfilms: A Conversation With Congressman Earl Blumenauer

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Feb 10, 2009 | 4 Comments

Moments after he delivered the keynote address to the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), Oregon’s Rep. Earl Blumenauer, head of the Congressional Bike Caucus, met with us for this exclusive one-on-one chat. Streetsblog Editor-in-Chief Aaron Naparstek talks with the congressman about the current federal stimulus bill and how advocates can better engage their […]

$2 Billion for Bicycling in Stimulus Package?

By Ben Fried | Jan 13, 2009 | 10 Comments

Earl Blumenauer. Photo: New York Times The most tantalizing tidbit in today’s Times profile of Earl Blumenauer comes from fellow cycling Congressman James Oberstar: With an eye on the potential stimulus package, cycling advocates "have compiled a list of $2 billion of projects that can be under construction in 90 days," Mr. Oberstar said, adding […]

Sadik-Khan Said to Be Obama Cabinet Contender

By Brad Aaron | Nov 5, 2008 | 16 Comments

Her post-Bloomberg career has been the province of wishful speculation. But a report published today indicates that DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan may be considered for a position in Barack Obama’s Department of Transportation — possibly its top spot. Conventional wisdom held that front runners for transpo secretary were known progressive brands like Reps. Earl Blumenauer […]

On Election Eve, Reading the Transpo Tea Leaves

By Brad Aaron | Nov 3, 2008 | 2 Comments

Though we found plenty of fodder this election season, transportation policy never emerged as a consistent talking point in the presidential race. This is more than a little surprising, considering the sad state of American infrastructure and the importance of same to this country’s economic and strategic well-being. Then again, what kind of dialogue can […]

Bailout Bill Includes Bike Commuting Benefit

By Brad Aaron | Oct 2, 2008 | 24 Comments

Remember Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer’s long-sought $20 per month tax credit for bike commuters, intended to extend a benefit to cyclists that motorists have received for decades? The measure ridiculed by North Carolina Rep. Patrick "Give Me Fossil Fuels or Give Me Death" McHenry? It didn’t make it into law last year, but it seems […]

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