Posted by Colin Peppard in U.S. Law and Policy
Mary Peters, who was Secretary of Transportation under President Bush posted an interesting item on the National Review Online site last week. Writing about the importance of what she considers a strong transportation plank in VA Governor-elect Bob McDonnell's campaign plan, she said: "...McDonnell's...continued→
Posted by Colin Peppard in Solving Global Warming
Much has been made of the Department of Transportation's popular TIGER grant program. When I wrote about these innovative new grants, I concluded that the TIGER program's overwhelming popularity shows how a competitive, performance-based grant program can drive state and local investment patterns by highlighting certain...continued→
Posted by Colin Peppard in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
In a previous post, I asked why we don't consider the federal transportation bill a major energy bill. Leaving that question aside, on Friday, Senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer introduced a bill that couldn't be mistaken for anything else:...continued→
Posted by Colin Peppard in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
It's sort of a joke that the federal government is overly-fond of its acronyms. Some are better than others, but there's one for just about every program in each of the federal agencies (which also each have acronyms). In Congress, staff can...continued→
Posted by Colin Peppard in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
If there were legislation that directly impacted the source of nearly 70 percent of our oil consumption, wouldn't you call it energy policy? If there were a bill that covered almost 30 percent of our global warming pollution, would you call...continued→
Posted by Colin Peppard in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
The Americans for Transportation Mobility (ATM) coalition, led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, will hold a press conference at noon today to call for quick renewal of our federal transportation program. As part of this, ATM supports a gas tax...continued→
Posted by Colin Peppard in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Today, Tom Friedman writes in the New York Times about the politics of gas taxes and energy security. Coincidently, yesterday, Friedman played golf with Obama and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood yesterday. (I wonder what they talked about...) Friedman makes some good...continued→
