Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bike/Ped

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 […]

Is the Livability Movement Doomed to Homogeneity? The CDC Says No.

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 13, 2011 | 13 Comments

The first time Adolfo Hernandez went to the National Bike Summit, he got a sense of just how monochromatic the livability movement can be. “I think there were about 300 or 400 people,” he said. “And really, I could count on one hand people I thought were people of color.” Hernandez is the director of […]

Creative Crusaders Who Inspired Us in 2010

By Catherine Lutz and Anne Lutz Fernandez | Jan 13, 2011 | 1 Comment

Travelling the country this past year promoting our book Carjacked, we met some pretty remarkable people who are working to reduce the price Americans pay for mobility. In the book we detail how our car dependent transportation system offers an awesome array of downsides, though they are often obscured by the auto industry’s relentless marketing […]

We’re Pulling for You, Gabby Giffords

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 10, 2011 | 3 Comments

Our hearts are with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords today as she struggles to recover from the brutal attack this weekend. By now you must have heard about Saturday’s shocking massacre in a Tucson supermarket parking lot, leaving six dead and 13 wounded. Among the wounded is the Tucson area Congresswoman, shot point-blank in the head and […]

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