Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Joe Biden

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Pittsburgh Bridge Collapse Underscores Urgent Need For Fix-It-First Policy

By Kea Wilson | Jan 28, 2022 | No Comments

The collapse of a bridge in Pittsburgh is just a preview of potential disasters to come under the new infrastructure legislation, which continues to allow states to prioritize building new capacity for drivers over repairing existing stuff.

GOP governors don't want any curtailment of highway widening. Above, a highway in Pittsburgh. Photo: File

GOP Govs to Biden: Don’t Force Your Progressive Politics on our Highway Projects

By Eve Kessler | Jan 21, 2022 | No Comments

Republican governors banded together to thwart the federal government's push to use the new $1.2-trillion infrastructure package to promote progress on climate change, jobs and racial justice.

Six Improvements Worth Celebrating Within Flawed Infra. Bill

By Benito Pérez | Dec 9, 2021 | No Comments

These are some of the IIJA's most notable successes — even if some of them are pretty incremental.

Advocates to Biden: There’s A Better Way to Address Rising Gas Prices

By Kea Wilson | Nov 29, 2021 | No Comments

Sustainable transportation advocates are sending a clear message to Washington: the best way to address rising gas prices is to cut oil demand, not increase supply.

Dear Joe: The Electric Hummer is Not the Future

By Streetsblog | Nov 19, 2021 | No Comments

An open letter to the American president that his constant cheerleading for electric mega-cars is not only a bad look, but bad policy.

Just switching how we power our cars won't be enough to stop climate change. Photo: USGBC

Megacars and More Driving Could Cancel Out EV Gains

By Kea Wilson | Sep 29, 2021 | No Comments

Even the most realistic models of the emissions-cutting potential of electric vehicles are still underestimating how much more Americans are likely to drive and their preference for gas-powered megacars, a new study suggests.

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