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• Sobering Up: Why Cutting Overdependence, Not Oil Imports, is the Right Goal (May 11, 2012)
• How CBO Got it Wrong on Fuel Consumption and the Trust Fund (May 7, 2012)
• Getting Things Done: What's at Stake for Congress in the Transportation Bill (May 3, 2012)
• Steamrolling Environmental Reviews in the Transportation Bill (April 26, 2012)
• Failing to Communicate the Promise of Transportation Investments (April 24, 2012)
• Reckless vs. Responsible: Dueling Infrastructure Philosophies (April 18, 2012)
• National Transportation Program: Death By Extension? (March 29, 2012)
• Going Off the Rails: The Wrongheaded Ryan Budget (March 28, 2012)
• A House Divided: Transportation Law Delayed, Yet Again (March 27, 2012)
• House GOP Throwing Transportation Bill Tantrum (March 22, 2012)
• Restoring Parity Between Public-Transit Users and Drivers in Commuter Tax Breaks (March 16, 2012)
• Senate to House: Change Direction, Pass MAP-21 (March 14, 2012)
• Tuesday's Senate Votes Must Not Derail Transportation Bill (March 12, 2012)
• Don't Make A Good Transportation Bill A Pipe Dream (March 8, 2012)
• Cutting the Cost of Gasoline: It's About Gallons, Not Prices (March 6, 2012)
• Unless House Changes Course, Conference Committee Can't Save Transportation Bill (March 5, 2012)
• Promising to Slash Gas Prices is "Economic Nonsense" (February 27, 2012)
• Chamber of Commerce's ATM: Just Give Us the Money, Taxpayers (February 22, 2012)
• Something Wicked This Way Comes: House Leadership's Three-Ring Transportation Circus (February 17, 2012)
• House Transportation Bill Split Into Three Parts, Just Like Titanic (February 14, 2012)
• President's Budget: Solid Priorities for Investment, Wrong Turn on Revenue (February 13, 2012)
• User Fees' Triple Bonus: Cutting Traffic, Reducing Pollution, and Paying for Transportation Improvements (February 13, 2012)
• Demolishing Public Participation and Environmental Reviews: The Six Worst Ideas in H.R. 7 (February 11, 2012)
• Another Reason Congress Must Reject the House Transportation Bill (February 9, 2012)
• CBO Shows House Transportation Bill is Fiscally Reckless (February 8, 2012)
• Hundreds of Leaders Agree: Kill the House Transportation Bill (February 3, 2012)
• Worst Transportation Bill Ever (Video Version) (February 2, 2012)
• Declaring War on Public Transportation (February 2, 2012)
• Worst. Transportation Bill. Ever. (January 31, 2012)
• 2012: The Year of Transportation Infrastructure (January 25, 2012)
• Philadelphia Freedom: SEPTA Promises, SEPTA Delivers (January 24, 2012)
• Undressing for Success (January 11, 2012)
• Turning Iran's Threat to Our Advantage by Redoubling Efforts to Drive Down Oil Dependence (January 10, 2012)
• Puentes on the Problem of "Panamax Phantoms" (January 5, 2012)
• Thinking Outside the Box: Green Goods Movement (January 4, 2012)
• Where Do All The Presidential Candidates Stand on Transportation? (December 22, 2011)
• On Chanukah, Conserve Energy; Cooking Oil for Latkes, Maybe Not So Much (December 21, 2011)
• How to Finance More Rail and Bus Lines (December 19, 2011)
• Congress, Take Note: Deferring Road Repairs = Costly Wear and Tear for Autos (December 16, 2011)
• Senate Commerce Committee Pushes Improvements to Transportation Law (December 14, 2011)
• A "Green Lining" Emerges As We Deleverage Out Of Debt (December 1, 2011)
• Dynamic Transportation Leaders Are Transforming Our Cities (November 18, 2011)
• The Racetrack: Building High Speed Rail in the U.S. (November 14, 2011)
• MAP-21: Forward Progress from Senators Boxer and Inhofe (November 8, 2011)
• Senate Transportation Bills a Stark Contrast: One is Pro-Jobs, the Other is Pro-Pollution (November 3, 2011)
• Evidence Mounts That Car Usage Is Declining (October 31, 2011)
• Car Companies Prepare for Global Gridlock (October 25, 2011)
• Why a Fix-It-First Policy is Critical in Transportation Investments (October 6, 2011)
• Building New York's Future: Transit Investment and Manufacturing Jobs in New York (October 4, 2011)
• Reducing the Deficit and Funding Transportation Investment: A Perfect Use for Oil Subsidies (September 28, 2011)
• The American Planning Association's Annual Policy Briefing: Sobering, but Hopeful (September 23, 2011)
• Obama to Congress: "Rebuild this bridge!" (and thousands more like it) (September 22, 2011)
• Transportation Extension Imminent (September 16, 2011)
• Senator Coburn Targets Walking and Biking (No Kidding) (September 14, 2011)
• New Study Shows Intercity Shuttles Can Provide Cheaper, Cleaner Service than "Essential Air" (September 13, 2011)
• Obama, Boxer, Inhofe: Invest in Transportation, Create Jobs (September 8, 2011)
• Obama to Congress: Extend Transportation Funding, Save Jobs (August 31, 2011)
• Cars and the City: A Look at the Future of the Automobile (August 30, 2011)
• Failing to Renew the Gas Tax Is Just Plain Crazy (August 26, 2011)
• Maine Passes Historic Law to Reduce Oil Use (August 16, 2011)
• Solving State Oil Addiction, Deep in the Heart of Texas (August 12, 2011)
• Fixing the Transportation Program: What the DOT Can Do Right Now (August 10, 2011)
• The Value of Value Pricing: Less Traffic, Less Pollution, More Fuel and Time Saved (August 5, 2011)
• Making Buses Better (August 1, 2011)
• Rough Ride for Rail (July 29, 2011)
• New Report: Failure to Invest in Transportation Infrastructure Will Cost Jobs, Shrink GDP (July 28, 2011)
• Lessons from Carmageddon (July 25, 2011)
• Testifying About the New Senate Transportation Bill (July 22, 2011)
• Demand for Fuel Efficient Cars Drives Hiring Spree (July 22, 2011)
• Weirdness on the Web: Odd Little Online Piece Brandishes My Name (July 19, 2011)
• Big Oil Lobbies to Keep Its Tax Breaks Off the Table in Debt Talks (July 14, 2011)
• Transportation Bill Update (July 6, 2011)
• The Transportation Bill Our Country Really Needs (July 6, 2011)
• Boosting Our Energy Independence: Cause to Celebrate (June 30, 2011)
• An Infrastructure Bank for Transportation (June 28, 2011)
• Facing Facts: Only Transportation Choices Can Trump Oil Addiction (June 23, 2011)
• Fiscal Constraints Spark Debate on Transportation Funding (June 22, 2011)
• Cities Leading the Way: The Mayors Climate Protection Awards (June 20, 2011)
• Running on Empty Tour Is Empty of Facts, Full of Misinformation (June 17, 2011)
• Smart Drivers, Big Savings: Dennis Bull, Loma Linda CA (June 14, 2011)
• Dump the Pump Day: Take Transit on June 16 (June 10, 2011)
• Transportation Bill Gridlock: Is Doctrine Driving Our Country Into a Ditch? (June 9, 2011)
• Smart Drivers, Big Savings: Susan Myers, Northport NY (June 7, 2011)
• Oil Addiction: Is Your State Working to Break It? (June 3, 2011)
• Smart Drivers, Big Savings: Holt Andrus, Milwaukee WI (June 1, 2011)
• New Report on Gas Price Vulnerability: Who's Smarting, and Who's Smart (May 26, 2011)
• Keep Your District Moving: Scranton, PA (May 25, 2011)
• Smart Drivers, Big Savings: Laura Woodford, Albuquerque NM (May 20, 2011)
• Seven Bipartisan Fixes to Our Transportation Problems (May 19, 2011)
• Smart Drivers, Big Savings: Julie Ames, Clarksville VA (May 16, 2011)
• Big Hearing on Federal Tax Breaks for Big Oil (May 12, 2011)
• Give Buses a Chance (May 10, 2011)
• Mother's Day Gift Idea: Help Mom Go Car-Free (May 6, 2011)
• Telling the Simple, Hard Truth About Oil Drilling (May 3, 2011)
• Keep Your District Moving: How the Federal Transportation Budget Affects Maryland District 1 (April 29, 2011)
• Efficiency Here, Efficiency Now = Pay Less (April 28, 2011)
• The Oil-Price Rocket: What Factors Fuel It? (April 28, 2011)
• Shifting Our Taxpayer $$$ from Oil to Efficient Transportation and Technology (April 27, 2011)
• A Musical Tribute to Public Transportation (April 27, 2011)
• WeBike: Text-Based, Low-Cost Bike-Sharing Wins Sustainable Business Prize (April 21, 2011)
• Keep Your District Moving: How the Federal Transportation Budget Affects Orlando (April 20, 2011)
• Time to Repeal the Oil Price Tax (April 14, 2011)
• The New Intercity Buses: Could Comfortable, High-Tech Service Come to Your Town? (April 12, 2011)
• Ryan Budget Misses the Bus on Jobs Creation (April 8, 2011)
• Unconventional Energy and Transportation Wisdom (April 8, 2011)
• Ryan's Budget Cuts Fail to Fix Bankrupt Transportation Program (April 6, 2011)
• More Holes at the Bottom of the Sea Won't Lower Gas Prices (April 6, 2011)
• Testifying About Our Broken, and Broke, Transportation Law (April 1, 2011)
• House Natural Resources Committee Talks Gas Prices, Part II (March 31, 2011)
• House Natural Resources Committee Convenes to Talk Gas Prices (March 31, 2011)
• Smart Technologies for Communities Act Will Help Save Oil, Ease Congestion and Save Lives (March 30, 2011)
• Oil Dependence Reading List: How Did We Get Here? (March 28, 2011)
• Drilling on Main Street, Part 2: Saving Oil through Smart Growth Development (March 24, 2011)
• Look to the U.K. for Proof We Can't Drill Our Way Out (March 21, 2011)
• Look to Canada for Proof That We Can't Drill Our Way Out (March 18, 2011)
• Where to Drill Next: Main Street (March 17, 2011)
• High Gas Prices: Amid the Political Rhetoric, The Cold Hard Truth (March 16, 2011)
• Bus Rapid Transit: An Inexpensive Solution for Cash-Strapped States and Regions (March 15, 2011)
• Taking Three Big Steps to Cut Imports and Shield Us From Gas Price Spikes (March 10, 2011)
• Saving Gas and Reducing Traffic from the Comfort of your Home (March 10, 2011)
• Drilling: U.S. Has Been There, Done That (March 9, 2011)
• Mad Men on High Speed Rail (March 9, 2011)
• Cutting Government Waste, Protecting Environment Go Hand in Hand (March 7, 2011)
• Seven Smart Ways to Save Gas Now (March 4, 2011)
• Discussing Energy Security with House Leaders (March 3, 2011)
• The Ripple Effects of Transit Investment (February 28, 2011)
• Va Va Va Vanpool! Rural Communities Get Smart About Public Transit (February 25, 2011)
• Tackling Transportation's Triple-Threat to the Nation (February 23, 2011)
• Planning for Our Future (February 22, 2011)
• Federal Transit Cuts Can Hurt the 'Burbs, Too (February 17, 2011)
• Bold Move by Obama on Transportation Bill (February 14, 2011)
• House Republican Cuts Bypass Real Waste and Bash Merit-Based, Fuel-Saving Programs (February 13, 2011)
• A Stupid Move: Ending "New Starts" Would Deepen Oil Dependence and Hit Our Economy (February 11, 2011)
• Building a Better Transportation Network Would Boost the Economy (February 10, 2011)
• The Economic Case for Better Transportation Policy (February 3, 2011)
• Hey, Chamber of Commerce: Put your money where your mouth is (January 31, 2011)
• Leveraging Public Policy and Investments to Break Our Oil Addiction (January 26, 2011)
• What the President should say about transportation in the State of the Union (January 24, 2011)
• Taking the Wheel: Achieving a Competitive Transportation Sector Through Mobility Choice (November 29, 2010)
• Ranking State Oil Addiction, 2010 Edition (November 4, 2010)
• Building a Head of Steam for Transportation Investment: Today's Meeting at the White House (October 11, 2010)
• Some Good News, for a Change (September 9, 2010)
• Starting Down the Road to a Healthier Economy (September 6, 2010)
• Slashing Oil Dependence Key to Avoiding More Spills, Here and Abroad (September 2, 2010)
• Clearing the track for smart rail investments (September 1, 2010)
• Take the Train, Help the Gulf (August 5, 2010)
• Countering the Oil Curse: Senators Offer a New Plan (July 21, 2010)
• Dumping the Pump (June 17, 2010)
• Making Connections: Energy Security and Mobility Choice (May 28, 2010)
• Biking to Work in D.C. (May 21, 2010)
• Back To The Future: Streetcars In Our Cities (May 10, 2010)
• Arguing the Case: Climate, Energy Independence and Transportation (May 5, 2010)
• Driving Oil-Dependence Down (May 3, 2010)
• Key to Curing Our Oil Addiction: New Clean Energy Law (April 16, 2010)
• New National Survey: Voters Demand Mobility Choice (March 30, 2010)
• Improving Energy Security through Transportation Policy (March 25, 2010)
• Ranking state oil addiction (March 17, 2010)
• Delivering Mobility Choices (January 11, 2010)
• The Air Force Gets It (October 23, 2009)
• Green Business in Baltimore (October 22, 2009)
• What About the Other Energy Bill? (September 23, 2009)
• New Oil Vulnerability Report: Rising Gas Prices Increase Threat of Oil Dependence (August 11, 2009)
• Moving Cooler: Solid Research, Right Direction (July 30, 2009)
• Moving Cooler: How to Drive Down Oil Dependence and Pollution (July 29, 2009)
• Biggest Provision of Recovery Bill Infrastructure $ Can Be Used for Fuel-Efficient Rail Projects Too (March 4, 2009)
• Changing Direction: Another Hopeful Sign with Appointment of Roy Kienitz (March 2, 2009)
• Transportation For America: Building A Cleaner, More Fuel-Efficient Future (February 26, 2009)
• Charging for the Use of Our Roads? (February 24, 2009)
• Connecting the Dots: President Obama Begins Laying Out a Vision for Transportation (February 18, 2009)
• Roadmap for a Secure, Low-Carbon Energy Economy (February 11, 2009)
• Un-stimulating Debate on Transportation in the Senate (February 3, 2009)
• Public Transportation Investment Recovered! (January 28, 2009)
• A Recovery for Transportation Investment? (January 28, 2009)
• Missing the Train on the Recovery Package (January 19, 2009)
• What the Stimulus Package may have in common with Detroit (January 8, 2009)
• Transit in New York: Green and Getting Greener (January 8, 2009)
• Stop the Secret Porkfest (December 12, 2008)
• Avoiding Buyer's Remorse in the Stimulus Package (December 8, 2008)
• Saving Oil, Cutting Pollution: How to Transform Transportation (November 25, 2008)
• ISO: Breakthrough Business Plans and New Performance Standards (November 7, 2008)
• Fixing the Financing of Transportation (November 6, 2008)
• Building Our Way to Energy and Climate Security (November 5, 2008)
• Building a Bridge to Somewhere (October 14, 2008)
• Countering OPEC by Forging a Clean Energy Coalition (September 18, 2008)
• Cutting Through the Oily Politics (September 16, 2008)
• It's Not Just the Environment, Stupid (September 8, 2008)
• What's Cooling the Price of Oil? We Are. (August 6, 2008)
• Drilling Drivel: Bush's Speech vs. The Facts (July 15, 2008)
• Unpatriotic Lies About Energy Solutions (July 3, 2008)
• Snake Oil: Deceiving the Public, Underestimating American Ingenuity (June 19, 2008)
• The Roots of Our Painful Oil Addiction (June 9, 2008)
• Cities Racing Against Global Warming (May 29, 2008)
• Getting Gas Price Relief (May 20, 2008)
• Connecting the Dots: Security and Climate Change (April 25, 2008)
• No Free Ride (April 18, 2008)
• 50 Simple Things (April 15, 2008)
• Just Plane Wrong (April 14, 2008)
• Pulling Out ALL the Stops (February 26, 2008)
• Energy Strategy? What Energy Strategy? (February 20, 2008)
• The Passing of In Business (January 29, 2008)
• Algae-Powered Airplanes? (January 23, 2008)
• Setting the Record Straight, Again (January 17, 2008)
• Denial – It ain’t just a river in Egypt (January 16, 2008)
• Open Gas Tank, Empty Wallet or Purse Into It (January 2, 2008)
• Reaching Out to Get the Job Done (January 1, 2008)
• Getting the Gift of Fuel-Efficiency this Holiday Season (December 11, 2007)
• The Grinch Who Stole Thanksgiving (November 22, 2007)
• Quenching Our Thirst For Fuel With…Coal?!? (November 14, 2007)
• Why, Toyota? (November 7, 2007)
• Mayor Bloomberg, telling it like it is (November 2, 2007)
• My tell-all, or tell-some, account of arguing with industry (November 1, 2007)
• Click and Clack, telling it like it is (October 31, 2007)
• Salon.com and the good life (October 30, 2007)
• Yes, Growth Can Be Good (October 29, 2007)
• $100 per barrel oil? (October 26, 2007)
• Shifting Gears (October 22, 2007)
• Cities, Suburbs: Both Can Be Green (October 19, 2007)
• An Oily Mess (October 18, 2007)
• Going Green = Making $$$ (October 17, 2007)
• Low-Carb(on) Air Travel (October 16, 2007)
• Turn the Volume Up: Toyota Should Back Senate Bid to Boost Fuel Economy (October 11, 2007)
• Auto Companies, Set the Engineers Free (October 4, 2007)
• 'Et Tu, Toyota?' (October 3, 2007)
• Oh, What A Feeling! (September 27, 2007)
• Cutting Pollution: It's About Efficient Land Development Too (September 24, 2007)
• Keeping the pressure on Toyota (September 21, 2007)
• How Green Is Toyota? (September 17, 2007)
• Burning U.S. Oil Faster Means More Pollution, More Dependence (August 31, 2007)
• National Petroleum Council: Boost Fuel Economy Standards! (July 17, 2007)
• Making history in the Senate (June 22, 2007)
• A Vote for the Future (June 21, 2007)
• On track to energy security (June 21, 2007)
• Fed up with gas prices? Using less of it is the cure (June 19, 2007)

• $100 per barrel oil? (October 26, 2007)
• 'Et Tu, Toyota?' (October 3, 2007)
• 2012: The Year of Transportation Infrastructure (January 25, 2012)
• 50 Simple Things (April 15, 2008)
• A "Green Lining" Emerges As We Deleverage Out Of Debt (December 1, 2011)
• A House Divided: Transportation Law Delayed, Yet Again (March 27, 2012)
• A Musical Tribute to Public Transportation (April 27, 2011)
• A Recovery for Transportation Investment? (January 28, 2009)
• A Stupid Move: Ending "New Starts" Would Deepen Oil Dependence and Hit Our Economy (February 11, 2011)
• A Vote for the Future (June 21, 2007)
• Algae-Powered Airplanes? (January 23, 2008)
• An Infrastructure Bank for Transportation (June 28, 2011)
• An Oily Mess (October 18, 2007)
• Another Reason Congress Must Reject the House Transportation Bill (February 9, 2012)
• Arguing the Case: Climate, Energy Independence and Transportation (May 5, 2010)
• Auto Companies, Set the Engineers Free (October 4, 2007)
• Avoiding Buyer's Remorse in the Stimulus Package (December 8, 2008)
• Back To The Future: Streetcars In Our Cities (May 10, 2010)
• Big Hearing on Federal Tax Breaks for Big Oil (May 12, 2011)
• Big Oil Lobbies to Keep Its Tax Breaks Off the Table in Debt Talks (July 14, 2011)
• Biggest Provision of Recovery Bill Infrastructure $ Can Be Used for Fuel-Efficient Rail Projects Too (March 4, 2009)
• Biking to Work in D.C. (May 21, 2010)
• Bold Move by Obama on Transportation Bill (February 14, 2011)
• Boosting Our Energy Independence: Cause to Celebrate (June 30, 2011)
• Building New York's Future: Transit Investment and Manufacturing Jobs in New York (October 4, 2011)
• Building Our Way to Energy and Climate Security (November 5, 2008)
• Building a Better Transportation Network Would Boost the Economy (February 10, 2011)
• Building a Bridge to Somewhere (October 14, 2008)
• Building a Head of Steam for Transportation Investment: Today's Meeting at the White House (October 11, 2010)
• Burning U.S. Oil Faster Means More Pollution, More Dependence (August 31, 2007)
• Bus Rapid Transit: An Inexpensive Solution for Cash-Strapped States and Regions (March 15, 2011)
• CBO Shows House Transportation Bill is Fiscally Reckless (February 8, 2012)
• Car Companies Prepare for Global Gridlock (October 25, 2011)
• Cars and the City: A Look at the Future of the Automobile (August 30, 2011)
• Chamber of Commerce's ATM: Just Give Us the Money, Taxpayers (February 22, 2012)
• Changing Direction: Another Hopeful Sign with Appointment of Roy Kienitz (March 2, 2009)
• Charging for the Use of Our Roads? (February 24, 2009)
• Cities Leading the Way: The Mayors Climate Protection Awards (June 20, 2011)
• Cities Racing Against Global Warming (May 29, 2008)
• Cities, Suburbs: Both Can Be Green (October 19, 2007)
• Clearing the track for smart rail investments (September 1, 2010)
• Click and Clack, telling it like it is (October 31, 2007)
• Congress, Take Note: Deferring Road Repairs = Costly Wear and Tear for Autos (December 16, 2011)
• Connecting the Dots: President Obama Begins Laying Out a Vision for Transportation (February 18, 2009)
• Connecting the Dots: Security and Climate Change (April 25, 2008)
• Countering OPEC by Forging a Clean Energy Coalition (September 18, 2008)
• Countering the Oil Curse: Senators Offer a New Plan (July 21, 2010)
• Cutting Government Waste, Protecting Environment Go Hand in Hand (March 7, 2011)
• Cutting Pollution: It's About Efficient Land Development Too (September 24, 2007)
• Cutting Through the Oily Politics (September 16, 2008)
• Cutting the Cost of Gasoline: It's About Gallons, Not Prices (March 6, 2012)
• Declaring War on Public Transportation (February 2, 2012)
• Delivering Mobility Choices (January 11, 2010)
• Demand for Fuel Efficient Cars Drives Hiring Spree (July 22, 2011)
• Demolishing Public Participation and Environmental Reviews: The Six Worst Ideas in H.R. 7 (February 11, 2012)
• Denial – It ain’t just a river in Egypt (January 16, 2008)
• Discussing Energy Security with House Leaders (March 3, 2011)
• Don't Make A Good Transportation Bill A Pipe Dream (March 8, 2012)
• Drilling Drivel: Bush's Speech vs. The Facts (July 15, 2008)
• Drilling on Main Street, Part 2: Saving Oil through Smart Growth Development (March 24, 2011)
• Drilling: U.S. Has Been There, Done That (March 9, 2011)
• Driving Oil-Dependence Down (May 3, 2010)
• Dump the Pump Day: Take Transit on June 16 (June 10, 2011)
• Dumping the Pump (June 17, 2010)
• Dynamic Transportation Leaders Are Transforming Our Cities (November 18, 2011)
• Efficiency Here, Efficiency Now = Pay Less (April 28, 2011)
• Energy Strategy? What Energy Strategy? (February 20, 2008)
• Evidence Mounts That Car Usage Is Declining (October 31, 2011)
• Facing Facts: Only Transportation Choices Can Trump Oil Addiction (June 23, 2011)
• Failing to Communicate the Promise of Transportation Investments (April 24, 2012)
• Failing to Renew the Gas Tax Is Just Plain Crazy (August 26, 2011)
• Fed up with gas prices? Using less of it is the cure (June 19, 2007)
• Federal Transit Cuts Can Hurt the 'Burbs, Too (February 17, 2011)
• Fiscal Constraints Spark Debate on Transportation Funding (June 22, 2011)
• Fixing the Financing of Transportation (November 6, 2008)
• Fixing the Transportation Program: What the DOT Can Do Right Now (August 10, 2011)
• Getting Gas Price Relief (May 20, 2008)
• Getting Things Done: What's at Stake for Congress in the Transportation Bill (May 3, 2012)
• Getting the Gift of Fuel-Efficiency this Holiday Season (December 11, 2007)
• Give Buses a Chance (May 10, 2011)
• Going Green = Making $$$ (October 17, 2007)
• Going Off the Rails: The Wrongheaded Ryan Budget (March 28, 2012)
• Green Business in Baltimore (October 22, 2009)
• Hey, Chamber of Commerce: Put your money where your mouth is (January 31, 2011)
• High Gas Prices: Amid the Political Rhetoric, The Cold Hard Truth (March 16, 2011)
• House GOP Throwing Transportation Bill Tantrum (March 22, 2012)
• House Natural Resources Committee Convenes to Talk Gas Prices (March 31, 2011)
• House Natural Resources Committee Talks Gas Prices, Part II (March 31, 2011)
• House Republican Cuts Bypass Real Waste and Bash Merit-Based, Fuel-Saving Programs (February 13, 2011)
• House Transportation Bill Split Into Three Parts, Just Like Titanic (February 14, 2012)
• How CBO Got it Wrong on Fuel Consumption and the Trust Fund (May 7, 2012)
• How Green Is Toyota? (September 17, 2007)
• How to Finance More Rail and Bus Lines (December 19, 2011)
• Hundreds of Leaders Agree: Kill the House Transportation Bill (February 3, 2012)
• ISO: Breakthrough Business Plans and New Performance Standards (November 7, 2008)
• Improving Energy Security through Transportation Policy (March 25, 2010)
• It's Not Just the Environment, Stupid (September 8, 2008)
• Just Plane Wrong (April 14, 2008)
• Keep Your District Moving: How the Federal Transportation Budget Affects Maryland District 1 (April 29, 2011)
• Keep Your District Moving: How the Federal Transportation Budget Affects Orlando (April 20, 2011)
• Keep Your District Moving: Scranton, PA (May 25, 2011)
• Keeping the pressure on Toyota (September 21, 2007)
• Key to Curing Our Oil Addiction: New Clean Energy Law (April 16, 2010)
• Lessons from Carmageddon (July 25, 2011)
• Leveraging Public Policy and Investments to Break Our Oil Addiction (January 26, 2011)
• Look to Canada for Proof That We Can't Drill Our Way Out (March 18, 2011)
• Look to the U.K. for Proof We Can't Drill Our Way Out (March 21, 2011)
• Low-Carb(on) Air Travel (October 16, 2007)
• MAP-21: Forward Progress from Senators Boxer and Inhofe (November 8, 2011)
• Mad Men on High Speed Rail (March 9, 2011)
• Maine Passes Historic Law to Reduce Oil Use (August 16, 2011)
• Making Buses Better (August 1, 2011)
• Making Connections: Energy Security and Mobility Choice (May 28, 2010)
• Making history in the Senate (June 22, 2007)
• Mayor Bloomberg, telling it like it is (November 2, 2007)
• Missing the Train on the Recovery Package (January 19, 2009)
• More Holes at the Bottom of the Sea Won't Lower Gas Prices (April 6, 2011)
• Mother's Day Gift Idea: Help Mom Go Car-Free (May 6, 2011)
• Moving Cooler: How to Drive Down Oil Dependence and Pollution (July 29, 2009)
• Moving Cooler: Solid Research, Right Direction (July 30, 2009)
• My tell-all, or tell-some, account of arguing with industry (November 1, 2007)
• National Petroleum Council: Boost Fuel Economy Standards! (July 17, 2007)
• National Transportation Program: Death By Extension? (March 29, 2012)
• New National Survey: Voters Demand Mobility Choice (March 30, 2010)
• New Oil Vulnerability Report: Rising Gas Prices Increase Threat of Oil Dependence (August 11, 2009)
• New Report on Gas Price Vulnerability: Who's Smarting, and Who's Smart (May 26, 2011)
• New Report: Failure to Invest in Transportation Infrastructure Will Cost Jobs, Shrink GDP (July 28, 2011)
• New Study Shows Intercity Shuttles Can Provide Cheaper, Cleaner Service than "Essential Air" (September 13, 2011)
• No Free Ride (April 18, 2008)
• Obama to Congress: "Rebuild this bridge!" (and thousands more like it) (September 22, 2011)
• Obama to Congress: Extend Transportation Funding, Save Jobs (August 31, 2011)
• Obama, Boxer, Inhofe: Invest in Transportation, Create Jobs (September 8, 2011)
• Oh, What A Feeling! (September 27, 2007)
• Oil Addiction: Is Your State Working to Break It? (June 3, 2011)
• Oil Dependence Reading List: How Did We Get Here? (March 28, 2011)
• On Chanukah, Conserve Energy; Cooking Oil for Latkes, Maybe Not So Much (December 21, 2011)
• On track to energy security (June 21, 2007)
• Open Gas Tank, Empty Wallet or Purse Into It (January 2, 2008)
• Philadelphia Freedom: SEPTA Promises, SEPTA Delivers (January 24, 2012)
• Planning for Our Future (February 22, 2011)
• President's Budget: Solid Priorities for Investment, Wrong Turn on Revenue (February 13, 2012)
• Promising to Slash Gas Prices is "Economic Nonsense" (February 27, 2012)
• Public Transportation Investment Recovered! (January 28, 2009)
• Puentes on the Problem of "Panamax Phantoms" (January 5, 2012)
• Pulling Out ALL the Stops (February 26, 2008)
• Quenching Our Thirst For Fuel With…Coal?!? (November 14, 2007)
• Ranking State Oil Addiction, 2010 Edition (November 4, 2010)
• Ranking state oil addiction (March 17, 2010)
• Reaching Out to Get the Job Done (January 1, 2008)
• Reckless vs. Responsible: Dueling Infrastructure Philosophies (April 18, 2012)
• Reducing the Deficit and Funding Transportation Investment: A Perfect Use for Oil Subsidies (September 28, 2011)
• Restoring Parity Between Public-Transit Users and Drivers in Commuter Tax Breaks (March 16, 2012)
• Roadmap for a Secure, Low-Carbon Energy Economy (February 11, 2009)
• Rough Ride for Rail (July 29, 2011)
• Running on Empty Tour Is Empty of Facts, Full of Misinformation (June 17, 2011)
• Ryan Budget Misses the Bus on Jobs Creation (April 8, 2011)
• Ryan's Budget Cuts Fail to Fix Bankrupt Transportation Program (April 6, 2011)
• Salon.com and the good life (October 30, 2007)
• Saving Gas and Reducing Traffic from the Comfort of your Home (March 10, 2011)
• Saving Oil, Cutting Pollution: How to Transform Transportation (November 25, 2008)
• Senate Commerce Committee Pushes Improvements to Transportation Law (December 14, 2011)
• Senate Transportation Bills a Stark Contrast: One is Pro-Jobs, the Other is Pro-Pollution (November 3, 2011)
• Senate to House: Change Direction, Pass MAP-21 (March 14, 2012)
• Senator Coburn Targets Walking and Biking (No Kidding) (September 14, 2011)
• Setting the Record Straight, Again (January 17, 2008)
• Seven Bipartisan Fixes to Our Transportation Problems (May 19, 2011)
• Seven Smart Ways to Save Gas Now (March 4, 2011)
• Shifting Gears (October 22, 2007)
• Shifting Our Taxpayer $$$ from Oil to Efficient Transportation and Technology (April 27, 2011)
• Slashing Oil Dependence Key to Avoiding More Spills, Here and Abroad (September 2, 2010)
• Smart Drivers, Big Savings: Dennis Bull, Loma Linda CA (June 14, 2011)
• Smart Drivers, Big Savings: Holt Andrus, Milwaukee WI (June 1, 2011)
• Smart Drivers, Big Savings: Julie Ames, Clarksville VA (May 16, 2011)
• Smart Drivers, Big Savings: Laura Woodford, Albuquerque NM (May 20, 2011)
• Smart Drivers, Big Savings: Susan Myers, Northport NY (June 7, 2011)
• Smart Technologies for Communities Act Will Help Save Oil, Ease Congestion and Save Lives (March 30, 2011)
• Snake Oil: Deceiving the Public, Underestimating American Ingenuity (June 19, 2008)
• Sobering Up: Why Cutting Overdependence, Not Oil Imports, is the Right Goal (May 11, 2012)
• Solving State Oil Addiction, Deep in the Heart of Texas (August 12, 2011)
• Some Good News, for a Change (September 9, 2010)
• Something Wicked This Way Comes: House Leadership's Three-Ring Transportation Circus (February 17, 2012)
• Starting Down the Road to a Healthier Economy (September 6, 2010)
• Steamrolling Environmental Reviews in the Transportation Bill (April 26, 2012)
• Stop the Secret Porkfest (December 12, 2008)
• Tackling Transportation's Triple-Threat to the Nation (February 23, 2011)
• Take the Train, Help the Gulf (August 5, 2010)
• Taking Three Big Steps to Cut Imports and Shield Us From Gas Price Spikes (March 10, 2011)
• Taking the Wheel: Achieving a Competitive Transportation Sector Through Mobility Choice (November 29, 2010)
• Telling the Simple, Hard Truth About Oil Drilling (May 3, 2011)
• Testifying About Our Broken, and Broke, Transportation Law (April 1, 2011)
• Testifying About the New Senate Transportation Bill (July 22, 2011)
• The Air Force Gets It (October 23, 2009)
• The American Planning Association's Annual Policy Briefing: Sobering, but Hopeful (September 23, 2011)
• The Economic Case for Better Transportation Policy (February 3, 2011)
• The Grinch Who Stole Thanksgiving (November 22, 2007)
• The New Intercity Buses: Could Comfortable, High-Tech Service Come to Your Town? (April 12, 2011)
• The Oil-Price Rocket: What Factors Fuel It? (April 28, 2011)
• The Passing of In Business (January 29, 2008)
• The Racetrack: Building High Speed Rail in the U.S. (November 14, 2011)
• The Ripple Effects of Transit Investment (February 28, 2011)
• The Roots of Our Painful Oil Addiction (June 9, 2008)
• The Transportation Bill Our Country Really Needs (July 6, 2011)
• The Value of Value Pricing: Less Traffic, Less Pollution, More Fuel and Time Saved (August 5, 2011)
• Thinking Outside the Box: Green Goods Movement (January 4, 2012)
• Time to Repeal the Oil Price Tax (April 14, 2011)
• Transit in New York: Green and Getting Greener (January 8, 2009)
• Transportation Bill Gridlock: Is Doctrine Driving Our Country Into a Ditch? (June 9, 2011)
• Transportation Bill Update (July 6, 2011)
• Transportation Extension Imminent (September 16, 2011)
• Transportation For America: Building A Cleaner, More Fuel-Efficient Future (February 26, 2009)
• Tuesday's Senate Votes Must Not Derail Transportation Bill (March 12, 2012)
• Turn the Volume Up: Toyota Should Back Senate Bid to Boost Fuel Economy (October 11, 2007)
• Turning Iran's Threat to Our Advantage by Redoubling Efforts to Drive Down Oil Dependence (January 10, 2012)
• Un-stimulating Debate on Transportation in the Senate (February 3, 2009)
• Unconventional Energy and Transportation Wisdom (April 8, 2011)
• Undressing for Success (January 11, 2012)
• Unless House Changes Course, Conference Committee Can't Save Transportation Bill (March 5, 2012)
• Unpatriotic Lies About Energy Solutions (July 3, 2008)
• User Fees' Triple Bonus: Cutting Traffic, Reducing Pollution, and Paying for Transportation Improvements (February 13, 2012)
• Va Va Va Vanpool! Rural Communities Get Smart About Public Transit (February 25, 2011)
• WeBike: Text-Based, Low-Cost Bike-Sharing Wins Sustainable Business Prize (April 21, 2011)
• Weirdness on the Web: Odd Little Online Piece Brandishes My Name (July 19, 2011)
• What About the Other Energy Bill? (September 23, 2009)
• What the President should say about transportation in the State of the Union (January 24, 2011)
• What the Stimulus Package may have in common with Detroit (January 8, 2009)
• What's Cooling the Price of Oil? We Are. (August 6, 2008)
• Where Do All The Presidential Candidates Stand on Transportation? (December 22, 2011)
• Where to Drill Next: Main Street (March 17, 2011)
• Why a Fix-It-First Policy is Critical in Transportation Investments (October 6, 2011)
• Why, Toyota? (November 7, 2007)
• Worst Transportation Bill Ever (Video Version) (February 2, 2012)
• Worst. Transportation Bill. Ever. (January 31, 2012)
• Yes, Growth Can Be Good (October 29, 2007)

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