Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
The single biggest pot of money provided to states and local jurisdictions for investments in transportation infrastructure -- a $27.5 billion shot-in-the-arm -- is more flexible than many realize, and President Obama and the recovery.gov web site should remind governors...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
A couple of weeks ago I noted some of President Obama's statements about transportation and land-development which showed that he cares about, and understands, important but oft-overlooked policies that have a huge influence on how much oil the nation...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
A big-tent coalition of groups running the gamut from the National Association of Realtors to the American Public Health Association to NRDC unveiled a new platform for federal transportation policy today as part of the Transportation for America Campaign. Check out...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
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→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
Last week was a remarkably revealing week regarding this new Administration's transportation policy. First, on February 10th at a Florida town hall meeting, President Obama declares that I think a lot more people are open now to thinking regionally in...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
The amendment I wrote about just a few hours ago was just passed by voice vote! That means little or no opposition against it. This is a good augury for public transportation, as I imply in the statement we just sent...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
As I’ve written about on these pages and in the Huffington Post, the transportation provisions in the recovery bill need to tilt more towards saving oil and cutting global warming pollution, meaning public transportation and rail. I’m not the only...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
Walking through a checklist of items needed for my trek to downtown D.C. from the suburb of College Park (by bicycle, no less!) for the Inauguration tomorrow, I keep reminding myself of a fact of life: After the dust has...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
Although it seems like a lifetime, it was just three short weeks ago that NRDC and the American Public Transportation Association sponsored an event at one of the nation’s most impressive train stations, Union Station in Washington, D.C. National Journal...continued→
Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
Now that this historic election is past (NRDC is a nonpartisan organization that does not endorse candidates, so I focus on the future in this entry), the new leaders in the Administration and Congress must tackle the nation’s big problems....continued→
