Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Elections

Fact-Checking Deval Patrick’s Attack on Romney’s Transpo Record

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 5, 2012 | 1 Comment

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick got wild applause last night when he told the Democratic Convention audience: In Massachusetts, we know Mitt Romney. By the time he left office, Massachusetts was 47th in the nation in job creation—during better economic times—and household income in our state was declining. He cut education deeper than anywhere else in […]

Democratic Platform’s Scarce Words on Transportation Fail to Inspire

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 4, 2012 | 11 Comments

President Obama spent Labor Day touting his rescue of the U.S. auto industry, and today, like a chorus of backup singers, the Big Three automakers posted double-digit sales increases in perfect unison. Meanwhile, the Democrats kicked off their convention in Charlotte. Delegates will vote today on the Democratic platform, released late last night. The platform doesn’t say […]

Now No Republican Will Ever Ride a Bus Again

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 29, 2012 | 3 Comments

You’ve got to hand it to the Republicans. Even the party of transit haters had to admit that the only logical way to move delegates around in the congested streets around the GOP convention was by bus. And they would have been right, except they had a little snafu that will undoubtedly convince everyone involved that transit […]

They Totally Went There: GOP Outlines Extremist Transpo Views in Platform

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 29, 2012 | 29 Comments

In all issue areas, the Republicans outdid themselves on far-right-wing pandering with their new platform, approved yesterday in Tampa. Transportation is no exception. The new platform calls for the end of subsidies for Amtrak and high-speed rail, and for states to have maximum flexibility on transportation spending — unless of course they want to spend […]

Romney Energy Plan: More Drilling, More Oil Dependence

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 23, 2012 | 5 Comments

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney unveiled his energy plan today [PDF]. The idea is to break our addiction to foreign oil — by increasing our addiction to domestic oil. If by “domestic” we mean Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. Essentially, the plan is to go bananas on oil drilling. States would have the right to […]

Finally, the Presidential Race Turns to Transportation

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 22, 2012 | 4 Comments

The Obama campaign has fired the opening salvo in a new presidential campaign front: transportation. The campaign released seven radio ads in key swing states, each playing to major concerns of voters in those states. The ad now on the airwaves in Virginia focuses on the differences between the two tickets on infrastructure spending. Here’s […]

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