Ray LaHood
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Transportation secretary: ‘Hipster? I hardly know ‘er’
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood is a bike fan, and he doesn't care if that makes him look like a hipster, because he doesn't know what the word means. In an interview with the Huffington Post, LaHood made some perfectly reasonable, and indeed heartening, statements about the importance of bike lanes: And as head of […]
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Building bike infrastructure creates more jobs, plus people want this stuff
John Boehner has said that Americans don't "look very kindly" on bike infrastructure. Seems he might be wrong.
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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood talks about livable communities
Secretary of the Department of Transportation Ray LaHood would like to build the infrastructure that would let you leave your car at home. We had a chance to talk with him the other day about what exactly "livable communities" are -- and if Republican legislators will ever vote to fund them.
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A very impressive two weeks for the federal sustainability partnership
The Partnership for Sustainable Communities has announced an impressive amount of federal assistance to sustainability projects across the country.
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We’re tearing this highway down, Transportation Sec. Ray LaHood says
It's one thing to talk about designing for people instead of cars, and another thing make good on that pledge by tearing tear down elevated highways.
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Republican guv candidates line up to say no to federal stimulus money for rail
The creation of a modern rail network in the United States is becoming just another political football.
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Why our railways suck (in two graphs)
The Amtrak mess that left commuters stranded this week just goes to show you transit just isn't as reliable. People prefer to drive. Except not.
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Michigan: Where U.S. clean energy, emissions, efficiency policy really counts
On Friday, May 21, President Obama gathered in the Rose Garden the chiefs of his transportation and environmental departments to take the next big step to leverage federal climate policy and clean energy investment to spur new job growth. The president directed Transportation Secretary Ray La Hood and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson to […]
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Four House Republicans give a nod to biking, walking
Are Congressional Republicans moving beyond blanket opposition to the Obama administration? Here’s an interesting signal: Four GOP House members signed a letter praising Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood for putting bikers and walkers on equal footing with autos in transportation planning. Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA), Michael McCaul (TX), Jack Kingston (GA), and Steven LaTourette (OH) […]