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Charging for the Use of Our Roads?

February 24, 2009

Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
changeinwashington, DOT, highways, infrastructure, legislation, prices, publictransit, rail, transportation bill, transportation policy

Ah, Washington. This is a lovely town, but it has its quirks. When, for example, taxes are the topic. Sen. Russell Long of Louisiana had a funny saying about the national aversion to the sticky issue of generating revenue: "Don't tax me,...continued

Saving Oil, Cutting Pollution: How to Transform Transportation

November 25, 2008

Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
CAFE, cars, DOT, fueleconomy, fueleconomystandards, greentransition, rail, transportation bill, transportation policy

"If you do what you've always done, you get what you've always gotten." -Tony Robbins When you think about transportation issues, what's the first thing that comes to mind? High gas prices and troubled bridges. There was the "bridge to...continued

Deron Lovaas
Deron Lovaas
Federal Transportation Policy Director
Washington, D.C.
I joined NRDC after working for several other conservation groups and Maryland's Environment Department. I...
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