Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Ray LaHood

Don’t Hold Your Breath for a White House Transportation Bill

By Tanya Snyder | May 12, 2011 | No Comments

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told reporters today that the administration sent its draft bill to Capitol Hill two weeks ago. “It’s with the people that it needs to be with,” LaHood said, “the staff that’s working on a bill.” So while we reporters have been busy poring over draft bills that, it later turns out, […]

“Grab a Hold of Your Shorts”: Mica and LaHood Talk Transportation Bill

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 15, 2011 | 6 Comments

This morning, House Transportation Committee Chair John Mica told transit professionals gathered at the American Public Transportation Association’s legislative conference that he’s still hoping to pass a bill out of the House by May in order to get it signed before September 30, when the current extension of SAFETEA-LU expires. “It’ll be very difficult after that,” he said. […]

Boxer Pushes LaHood on Financing for Transportation

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 10, 2011 | 10 Comments

Senator Barbara Boxer got down to brass tacks on transportation funding in a committee hearing yesterday, even as DOT Secretary Ray LaHood remained vague on how to pay for the president’s ambitious proposal. Boxer said she’s not in favor of raising the gas tax, but she’d like it to be indexed to inflation. “We don’t […]

LaHood Kicks Off National Bike Summit

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 8, 2011 | 7 Comments

On the first night of the National Bike Summit, Secretary Ray LaHood told an enormous hotel ballroom filled with cycling advocates about his childhood riding bikes in Peoria, Illinois and reminded them that they need to work harder than ever to convince Congress to support cycling. Last year, he captivated the Summit crowd with his […]

Senators Hammer LaHood for Specifics on Funding His Transpo Plan

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 3, 2011 | 2 Comments

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood played defense – and dodgeball – this morning as members of the Senate Budget Committee grilled him on how he proposed to pay for the administration’s new transportation agenda. Secretary Ray LaHood indicates how many details he’s going to give Congress on how to fund the transportation budget proposal (Photo: AP) […]

Mica, LaHood Stump at AASHTO Meeting

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 2, 2011 | 7 Comments

Rep. John Mica promised state DOT leaders this morning that he would deliver a six-year reauthorization bill. He said he had previously thought of advancing a shorter-term bill but transportation officials convinced him of the need for greater certainty. With the full zeal of the converted, he announced, “Anyone who talks about anything less than […]

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