Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Barack Obama

Obama’s Clean Energy Policy Elevates Efficient Cars Over Efficient Modes

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 18, 2013 | 4 Comments

It has a nice ring to it: using oil and gas revenue to shift transportation off oil and gas dependence. President Obama announced a plan to do just that on Friday — but the details of his plan are disappointing if you want to see the conversation on clean transportation go beyond cars. The Energy Security […]

Boehner Calls Obama’s Bluff on Infrastructure (But Who Will Call Boehner’s?)

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 15, 2013 | 3 Comments

Did you notice the big white beard and jolly red cheeks on President Obama at the State of the Union the other night? He’s the new Santa Claus, giving out gifts the government can’t afford to greedy little kids everywhere. That’s how House Speaker John Boehner sees the president’s latest proposal for infrastructure investment — […]

President Obama Proposes a “Fix-It-First” Program For Roads

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 13, 2013 | 2 Comments

In last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama launched a “Fix-It-First” program to repair aging infrastructure and put people to work. The president even took an indirect jab at officials who would rather build new than fix existing infrastructure, saying, “I know you want these job-creating projects in your district; I’ve seen all […]

Richard Florida to Obama: Create a Department of Cities

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 6, 2013 | No Comments

If the U.S. federal bureaucracy includes Cabinet-level agencies dedicated to agriculture and “the interior,” why shouldn’t it have one dedicated to cities, which do so much of the heavy lifting for America’s economic productivity and innovation? This is what urbanist Richard Florida proposed in an op-ed Sunday for the New York Daily News. He wants President Obama […]

Did Barack Obama’s Election Change the Way Washington Commutes?

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 22, 2013 | 2 Comments

Barack Obama has been as supportive of transit, biking, and walking as any president, but one of his most transformative actions may not have been any law or funding measure so much as simply getting elected. There’s a compelling case to be made that Obama’s election in 2008 led to significant changes in how people commute […]

Obama Becomes First Prez to Walk Down a Bike Lane on Inauguration Day

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jan 22, 2013 | No Comments

The networks were busy tripping over themselves trying to point out all the “firsts” during yesterday’s inauguration ceremonies. But when Barack and Michelle Obama stepped out of the presidential motorcade to greet well wishers on Pennsylvania Avenue, they missed a huge one: Obama is now the first U.S. president to walk down a bike lane […]

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