Recent Streetsblog USA posts about U.S. DOT

Why Are State DOTs So Afraid of Accountability?

By Deron Lovaas | Sep 13, 2013 | 7 Comments

Deron Lovaas is the federal transportation policy director for NRDC. A version of this article appeared on his blog this morning. In this era of constrained resources, the country must move toward performance-based management and accountability for results in all sectors — including transportation. It’s a Culture of Consequences, in the words of the RAND […]

Old Solutions: U.S. DOT’s Proposed Strategic Plan Falls Short

By Andy Clarke | Sep 6, 2013 | 4 Comments

Andy Clarke is the president of the League of American Bicyclists. This article originally appeared on the League’s blog. On Tuesday, August 27th the U.S. Department of Transportation released a draft strategic plan for public comment. The 94-page document lays out how the U.S. Department of Transportation proposes to manage our transportation system for the […]

BTS Releases Confusing, Erroneous Transit Stats

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 16, 2013 | 2 Comments

I was all set to write a feel-good story about how the latest report from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics [PDF] shows that transit ridership is up and driving is down. I made up my mind to write that story before I even looked at the report, so sure was I that that was the […]

U.S. DOT Launches “Everyone Is a Pedestrian” Campaign

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 6, 2013 | 17 Comments

UPDATED 5:43 p.m. with more details from NHTSA on eligible grant activities. Yesterday, U.S. DOT launched a new campaign called “Everyone Is a Pedestrian,” including $2 million in grants that will be awarded to as many as six focus cities for pedestrian safety education and enforcement initiatives. While $2 million is peanuts in the grand scheme […]

Infographic: U.S. DOT Promotes the Health Benefits of Active Transportation

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 2, 2013 | 8 Comments

“Transportation investments that support active travel — like greenways, trails, sidewalks, traffic-calming devices, and public transit — create opportunities to increase routine physical activity, improve health, and lower health care costs,” writes U.S. DOT’s Todd Solomon this morning on Secretary Anthony Foxx’s Fast Lane blog. “The same investments promote sustainability.” All of these numbers are testament to […]

Foxx: “We’ve Got to Look at Transportation in a Multimodal Fashion”

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 1, 2013 | 3 Comments

Tomorrow marks the end of Anthony Foxx’s first month as the U.S. secretary of transportation. Today he met with reporters who have been eager for an on-the-record meeting with him. Though Foxx has been confident and specific in answering questions by members of Congress, he was more reserved with the press gaggle. He repeated some […]

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