Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Ray LaHood

32 Rail Companies Commit to Expanding in U.S. Under High-Speed Rail Plan

By Elana Schor | Dec 4, 2009 | 3 Comments

As the Obama administration and Congress keep a close eye on jobless numbers and the shrinking American manufacturing base, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said today that 32 rail companies that have promised to expand U.S. operations if they are chosen to help states build high-speed train networks. Transportation Secretary LaHood, at left, toured the Spanish […]

LaHood: Gas Tax Increase in Congressional Hands

By Elana Schor | Nov 30, 2009 | 1 Comment

As Congress maneuvers to end the political impasse over the next long-term national transportation bill, lawmakers are going to have to debate an increase in the federal gas tax, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said today. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (Photo: Getty Images) In his remarks at a Fort Worth transportation meeting, first reported by the […]

LaHood’s Twelve-Word Definition of ‘Livability’

By Elana Schor | Oct 5, 2009 | No Comments

The White House’s effort to promote sustainable communities has prompted serious (and inadvertently humorous) hand-wringing from conservative pundits who fear the concept of livability will translate into governmental edicts on lifestyle choices. What’s the best way to counter such tactics? Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (Photo: Zimbio.com) The administration’s approach, it seems, is to define its […]

Spending Transportation Stimulus Money Fast vs. Spending it Well

By Elana Schor | Oct 2, 2009 | No Comments

How fast is the economic stimulus law’s $48 billion in transportation aid being spent — and is it being spent on the right projects? The relative importance of those two questions made for lively debate in the House transportation committee yesterday. Though $29.4 billion of the transportation stimulus pot has been promised to specific projects, […]

LaHood Praises NYC But Shrugs at Transport Reform to Empower Cities

By Elana Schor | Sep 24, 2009 | No Comments

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood praised the New York City area’s clean-transportation strategy today in a speech to the region’s metropolitan planning organization (MPO), promising a stronger focus on urban priorities even as he all but ruled out two reforms long sought by the nation’s cities. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (Photo: Zimbio) LaHood’s speech to the […]

Fly on the Wall Alert: Obama, LaHood, and Tom Friedman Tee Off

By Elana Schor | Sep 21, 2009 | 2 Comments

In yesterday’s New York Times, columnist Tom Friedman published an impassioned plea for American policy-makers to reconsider their knee-jerk opposition to raising the federal gas tax or debating a carbon tax to set a more appropriate price for energy use. Friedman writes: The president on the links. (Photo: Gawker) According to the energy economist Phil […]

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