Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Elections

Rep. Russ Carnahan, Transit Champion, Becomes 9th T&I Member to Depart

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 8, 2012 | No Comments

Shifting demographics have countless repercussions. Today, one of those is the loss of a pro-transit voice in Congress. As the Midwest and Northeast lose population, redistricting is claiming some of their members of Congress, with the South and West picking up those seats. Last night, Rep. Russ Carnahan became a casualty of Missouri’s population loss […]

Voter ID Laws Marginalize People Without a Car

By Fran Taylor | Aug 8, 2012 | 45 Comments

Sustainable transportation advocates may read news headlines about new voter ID laws, roll their eyes at the prejudices of red-state legislators, and turn the page — at their own peril. This seemingly unrelated issue may have far-reaching consequences for transportation policy. New state laws mandating photo ID for voters threaten to disenfranchise nondrivers, and the […]

Ron Paul: Stop Subsidizing Highways, Let “Transits” Flourish

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 5, 2012 | 35 Comments

Before the Iowa caucuses, we wrote briefly about the candidates’ positions on transportation, but we’d missed this tidbit. (Thanks to an anonymous reader for bringing it to our attention.) In this video from 2009, Ron Paul responds to a supporter’s angst about light rail – he wants to oppose anything that was built with government […]

Romney Wins Iowa, Loses the Rail-Passenger Vote

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 4, 2012 | 13 Comments

In a landslide (er, eight-vote) victory over former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum in the Iowa caucus last night, Mitt Romney solidified his lead over the rag-tag field of GOP nominees. He also took an opportunity, the day before the caucus, to make a tired old argument against public support of passenger rail service. I gotta […]

In Iowa, GOP Candidates Ignore Transportation and Urban Issues

By Ben Goldman | Jan 3, 2012 | 3 Comments

With all eyes on today’s Iowa caucuses, it’s worth noting that this year’s vocal crop of GOP candidates has been mostly silent on the subject of transportation and urban issues in general. A common theme across most candidates’ platforms is the elimination of federal programs in favor of state ones, and incentives (read: tax cuts) for […]

Who Said It: “Let’s Be Really Bold… in Developing Maglev Trains”

By Ben Goldman | Dec 20, 2011 | 3 Comments

Match the quotation to its Speaker (hint, hint!): “Let’s go ahead and be really bold, and go head-to-head with the Chinese in developing and implementing maglev trains that move at 280 to 300, 320 miles an hour. […] You cannot talk about American national security in the long run without a fundamental redevelopment of this […]

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