Recent Streetsblog USA posts about U.S. DOT

Anthony Foxx Takes Office As U.S. Transportation Secretary

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 2, 2013 | 1 Comment

Anthony Foxx, who resigned yesterday as mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, was sworn in today at 11 a.m. as the new U.S. secretary of transportation. The Department of Transportation sent the following information in a press release after the ceremony: Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx was sworn in as the nation’s 17th Secretary of Transportation by […]

Petitioning U.S. DOT to Recognize That City Streets Should Prioritize Walking

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 10, 2013 | 15 Comments

The Federal Highway Administration classifies roads as either “rural” or “urbanized.” But the “urbanized” label is deceptive, because it applies suburban street design standards to any street that isn’t rural. So if you live in, say, downtown St. Louis, the FHWA applies the same standards to your streets as to the streets in Orlando’s most […]

Meet the Big Brains Shaping a New Freight Policy for the U.S.

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 4, 2013 | 1 Comment

On Thursday, U.S. DOT announced the 47 people who will make up the new Freight Advisory Committee, tasked with coming up with a cohesive, strategic vision around freight movement in the United States. Freight crosses state lines and travels on every mode imaginable, but there is no national agency to coordinate all this movement of goods, […]

Live-blogging Anthony Foxx’s Senate Confirmation Hearing for DOT Secretary

By Tanya Snyder | May 22, 2013 | No Comments

4:29: Hearing adjourned. Rockefeller: “I adjourn this hearing on the supposition that you will ride the fast rail right into the secretaryship.” 4:27: Thune: We also can’t continue to borrow from general fund to fund highways. Either we need to find a way to pay for it or we need to cut our appetites. Can’t […]

Sustainability Busts Out of Its Cubicle, Permeates DOT, HUD, and EPA

By Tanya Snyder | May 3, 2013 | 6 Comments

The Partnership for Sustainable Communities has had a rough couple of years. The program got zeroed out of the 2012 budget, and the 2013 budget is just a carbon copy of 2012. But they’re looking to make a comeback. The three-agency partnership celebrates its fourth anniversary in June. In those four years, the collaborative effort […]

A Dear Abby for Transportation Secretaries: Advice From Foxx’s Predecessors

By Tanya Snyder | Apr 30, 2013 | No Comments

Yesterday, the University of Virginia’s Miller Center invited six former transportation secretaries to talk about the possibilities of presidential influence over transportation and to give advice to Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx, whose nomination for the job was announced that same day. James Burnley (1987-1989, under Reagan): “His challenge is to establish his leadership as early […]

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