The Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Houston Chronicle have put out a story today indicating the former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk is a finalist to be Secretary of Transportation in Barack Obama’s cabinet. The Dallas Observer blog has a bit as well. Here’s a quote from the Star-Telegram story: Speaking from his Dallas law office Thursday [...]
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More speculation on Barack Obama’s Secretary of Transportation Choice
You can read our previous coverage of President-Elect Barack Obama’s possible choices for Secretary of Transportation here and here. According to a recent article at Traffic World Online, even more potential Secretary of Transportation candidates have been added to the rumor pool. This is one cabinet pick that seems to be fueling a ton of [...]
Streetsblog : Obama names transportation Agency Review Team
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…
Jack Opiola – Possible Choice for Obama Secretary of Transportation?
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 [...]
Will Obama’s Secretary of Transportation Choice be Good for Bikes and Transit?
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, [...]
