Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Freight

UDPATE: U.S. DOT’s First-Ever Freight Plan May Include 3,000 New Highway Miles

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 15, 2013 | 5 Comments

UPDATE 6/5/13: Four months after publishing this article we suddenly realized we may have misinterpreted LaHood’s quote. We checked with U.S. DOT and they confirmed we were right about being wrong. When he said that the department would “chart a primary network of up to 27,000 miles of existing interstates and other roads” and “consider adding […]

UPDATE: Here’s Your Chance to Influence MAP-21’s Implementation

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 17, 2012 | 1 Comment

UPDATE 9/18 with comments from DOT officials. In July, Congress handed U.S. DOT a transportation bill with a lot of holes in it, especially relating to performance measures. We’ve reported on some of the more significant holes, and suggested some ideas on how to fill them. But there’s much more to say – and U.S. […]

Will DOT’s New Freight Council Focus on More Than Trucks?

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 27, 2012 | 7 Comments

On Thursday, DOT Secretary Ray LaHood announced the creation of a new Freight Policy Council, which is charged with coming up with a freight strategic plan. This is a first step toward a sorely lacking national plan around freight. The movement of goods accounts for about a quarter of all transportation-related emissions. Every American is […]

Highway Builders to Party Leaders: The Future Is “More Than Just Roadways”

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 26, 2012 | 3 Comments

Over the past two weeks, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association has sent letters to the Republican National Committee [PDF] and the Democratic National Committee [PDF], asking them to consider inserting a plank in their platforms about transportation. And they were clear in their letter that, despite being major cheerleaders for road-building, the future they see […]

A New Bill Passes, But America’s Transpo Policy Stays Stuck in 20th Century

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 29, 2012 | 11 Comments

The House of Representatives approved the transportation bill conference report this afternoon by a vote of 373 to 52. [UPDATE 4:00 PM: The Senate has also approved the bill, 74-19.] This is a bill that’s been called “a death blow to mass transit” by the Amalgamated Transit Union, “a step backwards for America’s transportation system” […]

Transpo Bill Rumor: DeFazio Says Conference Committee ‘Gutted’ Bike/Ped

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 27, 2012 | No Comments

Here’s the latest transpo bill news that has filtered through the tight little seams in the armor around the conference committee. First of all, the House voted last night on the two motions to instruct we mentioned last week: Rep. Diane Black’s criminally bad idea to cancel out important incentives for states to enact distracted […]

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