Posts Tagged ‘barack obama’

- and stop a $50 billion giveaway to the road lobby
This is not directly related to cycling, but transit is a key component in making biking for transportation work.
I just received an action alert from Transportation for America stating that two Republican senators, Kit Bond of Missouri and Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, have put forward [...]

Two news outlets today are reporting that retiring Republican Congressman Ray LaHood of Illinois’ 18th district is being considered for Secretary of Transportation under President Barack Obama.
The New York Times’ Caucus Blog reports:
One of the tasks awaiting the transportation secretary is helping to implement the vast public works projects that Mr. Obama has proposed to [...]

A couple of things I wanted to tell everyone about: First, Austin Bike Blog joined the Streetsblog Network a month or so ago, which is “a national blog network focused on sustainable transport, smart growth and livable streets issues.” They have officially launched now, and already have 160 member blogs. We’re very happy to be [...]

Just saw this article at PolitickerOR from Thursday. Representative Earl Blumenauer states he is not interested in becoming Transportation Secretary. He pushes Mortimer Downey as a possible candidate. I had always assumed that Blumenauer was something of a long shot for the position.
I am still hoping we get some “new blood” for this cabinet position, [...]

As part of our continuing coverage of the Secretary of Transportation cabinet position under President-Elect Obama, I wanted to point our readers to this opinion piece I read this morning from the San Jose Mercury News. A strong endorsement for Steve Heminger, Executive Director of the Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Here’s a small portion:

As [...]

We were sent a link yesterday to the Transportation for America blog via the Streetsblog network, and were very excited to read a letter from President-Elect Obama sent shortly before the election regarding transportation, cycling, and walking infrastructure. Read it yourself here, but below is my favorite part:
Everyone benefits if we can leave our cars, [...]

As an addition to our coverage of possibilities for Obama’s Secretary of Transporation, I want to add that this Streetsblog post about the Obama-Biden transition team naming their Agency Review Team for transportation. Might there be some hints in these names? Perhaps…

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In the comments on our earlier thread on possible Obama picks for Secretary of Transportation, someone put forward Jack Opiola as someone who could perhaps be asked to join the Obama administration for the post. We did find a few mentions of this possibility online, so here’s a short biography:
Jack Opiola is a principal with [...]

Speculation abounds: who will be Barack Obama’s Transportation Secretary Choice? It’s far too early to really know, but we’re hoping here at Austin Bike Blog that the next Secretary of Transportation has a much better view of transit, pedestrian, and bicycle infrastructure than our current one.
The current Secretary of Transportation in the Bush Administration, Mary [...]