Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Ray LaHood

LaHood Backs Feingold’s Plan to Cancel Unspent Transport Earmarks

By Elana Schor | Feb 26, 2010 | 1 Comment

When a member of Congress earmarks transportation money for a local project, the funding isn’t always spent in a timely manner. The Bush administration’s final budget proposed to cancel road earmarks that had sat largely unspent for 10 years, a move that would have freed up $626 million, according to Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI). A […]

Fact-Checking the Toyota Hearing: Lower Speeds Increase Safety

By Elana Schor | Feb 24, 2010 | 10 Comments

Megan McArdle at the Atlantic, writing on today’s Toyota hearing in the House oversight committee, hears Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood claim that "lowering the speed limit to 30 mph would not save any lives, which is why we have minimum speeds on highways." LaHood, at left, with the president at right. (Photo: whitehouse via Flickr) […]

Conrad Sees ‘Tough Choices’ Ahead on Transport, Naming VMT Tax & Tolls

By Elana Schor | Feb 24, 2010 | 3 Comments

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) today shed rare light on the extent of the nation’s transportation funding crisis, warning his fellow policymakers that "we are going to have to make tough choices" to raise enough money for continued federal investments in the built environment. (Chart: Senate Budget Committee) As he opened a hearing […]

U.S. DOT Offers Sample Distracted Driving Bill — With a Potential Loophole

By Elana Schor | Feb 22, 2010 | No Comments

The Obama administration today offered a one-page sample proposal to crack down on texting behind the wheel, aimed at helping guide states through the process of crafting their own distracted driving legislation. (Photo: brainlink.org) The sample bill text [PDF] was prepared by the U.S. DOT’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which invited road safety groups […]

Alongside LaHood in L.A., Boxer Talks Timing for the Next Transport Bill

By Damien Newton | Feb 22, 2010 | 1 Comment

Senate environment committee chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA), at podium, with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood at her right, joined Metro bus repair staff and transit officials on Friday. (Photo: LA Streetsblog via Flickr) Friday was billed as a day to discuss the next long-term federal transportation legislation, but the day turned in to a stirring defense […]

Boxer, LaHood Coming to L.A. to Discuss Federal Transportation Bill

By Damien Newton | Feb 10, 2010 | No Comments

As transportation reformers continue to wait for the Senate to join the House in offering a new federal transportation bill, Senate environment committee chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will hold a town-hall meeting at the headquarters of L.A.’s Metro transit authority on Friday, February 19. Boxer and LaHood get on the […]

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