Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Elections

Democratic Platform’s Scarce Words on Transportation Fail to Inspire

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 4, 2012 | No Comments

President Obama spent Labor Day touting his rescue of the U.S. auto industry, and today, like a chorus of backup singers, the Big Three automakers posted double-digit sales increases in perfect unison. Meanwhile, the Democrats kicked off their convention in Charlotte. Delegates will vote today on the Democratic platform, released late last night. The platform doesn’t say […]

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 […]

Voter ID Laws Marginalize People Without a Car

By Fran Taylor | Aug 8, 2012 | No Comments

Sustainable transportation advocates may read news headlines about new voter ID laws, roll their eyes at the prejudices of red-state legislators, and turn the page — at their own peril. This seemingly unrelated issue may have far-reaching consequences for transportation policy. New state laws mandating photo ID for voters threaten to disenfranchise nondrivers, and the […]

Mayoral Contenders Talk Transit, Part 2: Bill de Blasio

By Streetsblog | May 22, 2012 | 3 Comments

Election Day is more than a year away, but the race to become the next mayor of New York City is well-underway. In the last two issues of its magazine, Reclaim, Transportation Alternatives has been asking the would-be mayors for their thoughts on transit (in the more recent interviews, one question about cycling was added). […]

Mayoral Contenders Talk Transit, Part 1: Tom Allon

By Streetsblog | May 21, 2012 | 7 Comments

Challenger Attacks Marty Golden and Senate GOP for Anti-Transit Stance

By Noah Kazis | Mar 16, 2012 | 6 Comments

Andrew Cuomo may have handed continued control of the State Senate to the Republican Party by allowing them to draw their own districts, but 2012 is still an election year. With the Senate leadership’s latest attack on transit funding, they aren’t making it any easier for their New York City candidates to win. In passing a […]

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