Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Earl Blumenauer

Cities for Cycling Launches With Blumenauer, Sadik-Khan, Byrne

By Elana Schor | Dec 9, 2009 | 1 Comment

Addressing a packed house in Washington last night, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), founder of the Congressional Bike Caucus, posed a Zen-like ‘universalist cyclist question’. (Photo: Cities for Cycling) "How many people, right now," he asked, "are stuck in traffic on their way to ride a stationary bike in a health club?" The quip got a […]

Streetsblog Capitol Hill Q&A: Blumenauer Talks Economic Recovery

By Elana Schor | Dec 3, 2009 | No Comments

On the issue of clean transportation, from transit to bike paths to clean water, few members of Congress are as knowledgeable or active as Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR). Chief of the Congressional Bicycle Caucus and founder of the new Livable Communities Task Force, the Portland lawmaker is on the front lines of Washington’s biggest infrastructure […]

Blumenauer: Let’s Redirect Wall Street Bailout Money to Infrastructure

By Elana Schor | Dec 1, 2009 | No Comments

The war in Afghanistan and the health care bill are consuming much of Washington’s oxygen today, but looming in the background is a high-stakes clash over what to do with an estimated $210 billion in unspent and returned cash from the government’s rescue of Wall Street. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) (Photo: Airdye.com) A growing bloc […]

Streetfilms: Blumenauer Bikes New York City

By Ben Fried | Nov 3, 2009 | No Comments

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) is one of Capitol Hill’s strongest voices for walking, biking and transit. Soon after arriving in Congress in 1996, he started the Congressional Bike Caucus, now more than 160 members strong, and he’s the founding chairman of the House’s new "Livable Communities Task Force," which he announced two weeks ago here […]

Rep. Earl Blumenauer: Announcing the Livable Communities Task Force

By Earl Blumenauer | Oct 19, 2009 | 2 Comments

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) (Photo: Airdye.com) With much excitement, today we are launching the Livable Communities Task Force — an official initiative of the House Democratic Caucus that will work to improve community livability and Americans’ quality of life. This means reducing the nation’s dependence on oil, protecting the environment, improving public health and investing […]

CNU Summit to Focus on Reforming Transportation, Planning Principles

By Matthew Roth | Oct 9, 2009 | No Comments

The Congress for the New Urbanism will meet in Portland, Oregon, in early November for the annual Project for Transportation Reform, a summit to further define and clarify emerging urban transportation policies that embrace entire networks, rather than interdependent transportation segments, and that seek to balance modal transportation splits and reduce overall vehicular miles traveled […]

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