Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Gas Prices

Steven Chu Forced to Recant Belief in Higher Gas Prices

By Ben Fried | Apr 24, 2009 | 12 Comments

The indignities are piling up for Steven Chu, the Nobel laureate Secretary of Energy whom environmentalists applauded as one of Obama’s best cabinet picks. His security detail won’t let the lifelong cyclist bike to work. And on Earth Day, he fielded questions like this one (via Talking Points Memo) during a House hearing on the […]

Ped-Bike Mockery Flops for 7-Term House Incumbent

By Ben Fried | Nov 5, 2008 | 10 Comments

The National Republican Congressional Committee ran this ad against Democratic challenger Kathy Dahlkemper in the race for Pennsylvania’s third congressional district. It hits a few Gingrichian notes on how to address the country’s energy problems before the announcer tells us incredulously: Dahlkemper’s wacky solution? She said we should make personal sacrifices, such as walking places […]

PBS Exposes the Joys of Transit

By Ben Fried | Oct 10, 2008 | 12 Comments

NOW host David Brancaccio does an interview on the LA Metro. Click through for the full video. The latest episode of NOW is surely the most effective takedown of car-dependent planning ever broadcast in news magazine format. Adhering to the familiar contours of pocketbook journalism, "Driven to Despair" starts with a sympathetic portrayal of the […]

Gasoline-Starved Atlantans Twitter for Gallons

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 29, 2008 | 9 Comments

Cartoon Tuesday: Back to School

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 2, 2008 | No Comments

With rising gas prices crippling school bus fleets across the U.S., Clarion-Ledger editorial cartoonist Marshall Ramsay offers an intriguing new school transportation idea. Click through to see it.

Going Back-to-School in the Age of the $4 Gallon

By Brad Aaron | Sep 2, 2008 | 10 Comments

Today is the first day of class for New York City public school students, while other districts across the country have been in session for weeks. The Times reports that some are grappling with how to get kids to and from school in the face of $4-per-gallon gasoline. Schools in many states have cut bus […]

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