Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bicycle Infrastructure

CA Rep. Hunter: Roads Constitutionally Mandated, Transit Must Pay For Itself

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 27, 2011 | 71 Comments

Streetsblog Capitol Hill caught up with Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) yesterday after the T&I Committee meeting wrapped up. He’s the only new Republican on the committee who’s not also a new member of Congress. He followed his father, also named Duncan Hunter, into the seat in 2008. Hunter is on the Republican Study Committee that […]

Senate Committee Backs Infrastructure Spending (But Not For Bike Lanes)

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 26, 2011 | 11 Comments

“We need to take care of this sooner than later,” Sen. Barbara Boxer said this morning in reference to a surface transportation reauthorization. “We can’t keep doing extension after extension.” Before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee even has all its members named (that should happen in the next day or so, according to […]

Bicycle Advocates Thank LaHood, Talk Strategy

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 14, 2011 | 2 Comments

This was a big week for bike advocates: They had a pow-wow with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, launched a new coalition, and refined their strategy for the 112th Congress. LaHood blogged about the meeting, encouraging bike advocates to stay engaged in the political process. He assured advocates that they “have a friend in the administration” but […]

Combat Joblessness, Stripe a Bike Lane

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 7, 2011 | 1 Comment

A bummer of a jobs report came out today, showing that although unemployment dropped to its lowest point in 19 months, it’s still way higher than economists had hoped. But here’s some good news: according to the League of American Bicyclists, bike infrastructure creates more jobs for the money than roads. How can that be, […]

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: The Last of the Streetsies 2010

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 5, 2011 | No Comments

We couldn’t put a bow on 2010 until we’d thanked those who contributed to the cause of sustainable transportation and smart growth last year and shaken our fist at those who’d done their darnedest for sprawl and highways. Check out our first two installments of national, state and local Streetsie winners. Here are our parting […]

AAA Gets an Earful From Members About Equality for Bikes

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 13, 2010 | 13 Comments

In July of last year, when AAA launched their roadside bicycle repair service, cyclists got a warm fuzzy feeling for a minute and thought AAA was about as bike-friendly as an automobile organization could be. That bubble burst in July when AAA Mid-Atlantic President and CEO Don Gagnon editorialized that highway trust fund money should […]

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