Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Anthony Foxx

Live-blogging Anthony Foxx’s Senate Confirmation Hearing for DOT Secretary

By Tanya Snyder | May 22, 2013 | No Comments

4:29: Hearing adjourned. Rockefeller: “I adjourn this hearing on the supposition that you will ride the fast rail right into the secretaryship.” 4:27: Thune: We also can’t continue to borrow from general fund to fund highways. Either we need to find a way to pay for it or we need to cut our appetites. Can’t […]

A Dear Abby for Transportation Secretaries: Advice From Foxx’s Predecessors

By Tanya Snyder | Apr 30, 2013 | No Comments

Yesterday, the University of Virginia’s Miller Center invited six former transportation secretaries to talk about the possibilities of presidential influence over transportation and to give advice to Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx, whose nomination for the job was announced that same day. James Burnley (1987-1989, under Reagan): “His challenge is to establish his leadership as early […]

Meet Your Next Transportation Secretary

By Tanya Snyder | Apr 29, 2013 | 10 Comments

Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx just accepted President Obama’s nomination to be the next transportation secretary. Before we get into the details of Anthony Foxx’s résumé and policy positions, let’s just take a moment to appreciate this: The White House has nominated a mayor to be secretary of transportation. There is often a wide gulf between […]