Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Policy

GM’s Ransom Note to America

By Brad Aaron | Nov 17, 2008 | 30 Comments

With the president-elect, Congress and the current White House divided on how or if American taxpayers should save the domestic auto industry, General Motors is taking its case directly to the public with this video and accompanying web site. More threat than appeal, the message, in a nutshell, is "Do it, or else." On gmfactsandfiction.com, […]

Obama Names Transpo Transition Team

By Sarah Goodyear | Nov 14, 2008 | 12 Comments

The Obama-Biden transition team today unveiled its "Agency Review Teams" — the people charged with "a thorough review of key departments, agencies and commissions of the United States government, as well as the White House, to provide the President-elect, Vice President-elect, and key advisors with information needed to make strategic policy, budgetary, and personnel decisions […]

John Liu Wants Federal Bailout for MTA, Calls Bridge Tolls a “Distraction”

By Brad Aaron | Nov 14, 2008 | 10 Comments

While Washington is bailing out banks and carmakers (maybe), City Council Member John Liu thinks an allocation to the MTA is in order. On WNYC’s "The Brian Lehrer Show" Tuesday, Liu said an infusion of cash from city, state or federal coffers is the best hope for putting the transit system on solid ground, and […]

Urbama Admin? Prez-Elect ‘The Real Deal’ Says Metro Policy Guru

By Ben Fried | Nov 13, 2008 | 2 Comments

If Barack Obama’s soft spot for Detroit has you doubting his urban policy bona fides, Bruce Katz offers a few words of reassurance. The Stamford Advocate reports from Katz’s recent appearance before a Connecticut smart-growth group: Katz is vice president and founding director of the Washington, D.C.-based Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy, […]

Obama Wants Car Czar to Accompany Big Three Aid

By Brad Aaron | Nov 12, 2008 | 7 Comments

More details of a possible Obama administration-led auto industry bailout emerged yesterday when Politico reported that the president-elect wants a "high-profile point person to oversee reforms" attached to any financial aid. Specifics about the proposal remain unclear. But the transition team says Obama suggested to President Bush on Monday that aid to the auto industry […]

Pelosi, Reid and Emanuel Push for Carmaker Bailout

By Brad Aaron | Nov 10, 2008 | 27 Comments

Cadillac assembly line replica at the Detroit Historical Museum Over the weekend, Democratic leaders in the House and Senate urged the Bush administration to extend financial aid intended for Wall Street to struggling domestic carmakers, a move that could have the support of President-elect Obama. The Times reports that on Saturday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi […]

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