Posts Tagged ‘President’

- 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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: [...]