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Paul Steely White and Brian Lehrer Analyze DOT Plan

By Brad Aaron | | No Comments
With more on DOT’s Sustainable Streets plan, here’s Transportation Alternatives’ Paul Steely White on this morning’s Brian Lehrer Show. Over the course of the 17 minute clip, White and Lehrer discuss parking policy, bike commuting and Bus Rapid Transit. Don’t miss the Streetsblog plug. Also this morning, Lehrer hosted New York Times reporter John Broder […]

Is Big Environment Ready to Say America Is Hooked on Cars?

By Ben Fried | | 13 Comments
The NRDC’s "Beyond Oil" campaign. Are national environmental groups ready to shift their strategy? Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal’s Joseph White, who covers the auto industry in his "Eyes on the Road" column, made a prediction that livable streets advocates will welcome. In the next year, he forecast, national environmental groups will re-focus […]

What Is “Mode-Neutral” Funding?

By Ben Fried | | 16 Comments
Different modes could be funded from the same pot, with allocations based on performance measures. The beginning of 2008 has seen a flurry of debate — at least in wonkish circles — over federal transportation spending. In January, the bi-partisan Surface Transportation Commission released a report two years in the making, "Transportation for Tomorrow," which […]

Secretary Peters Says Bikes “Are Not Transportation”

By Brad Aaron | | 56 Comments
We’d expect this kind of thing from some people, but not U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters.  On PBS’ "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" this week, Peters stated that instead of raising taxes on gasoline to renew the nation’s sagging infrastructure, Congress should examine its spending priorities — including investments in bike paths and trails, which, […]