Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Mitt Romney

Which Mitt Would Shape U.S. Transpo Policy: The Governor or the Candidate?

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 5, 2012 | No Comments

Tomorrow, Americans will decide who will be President of the United States for the next four years. On Friday, we took a look at the last four years of White House transportation policy under President Barack Obama. Today we review the record and the platform of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. Streetsblog does not endorse candidates. […]

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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Romney Energy Plan: More Drilling, More Oil Dependence

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 23, 2012 | No Comments

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney unveiled his energy plan today [PDF]. The idea is to break our addiction to foreign oil — by increasing our addiction to domestic oil. If by “domestic” we mean Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. Essentially, the plan is to go bananas on oil drilling. States would have the right to […]