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Could the White House Save the Gowanus Canal?

John Petro | Posted 10.27.2009 | New York

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Superfund Sites, Mass Transit, Sustainable-Communities, New York City, Barack Obama, Affordable Housing, Environmental Remediation, Gowanus Canal, Department of Transportation, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Brooklyn, New York News

The Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn: both a site for a future Whole Foods and a potential federal Superfund site. Only in New York.

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Staten Island Residents Build Speed Bump For Safety, Government Swiftly Removes It

silive.com | Maura Yates | Posted 10.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Roadway Repair, Locust Avenue, New Dorp, Staten Island, Speed Bumps, New York City, New York, Department of Transportation, New York News

Concerned parents in New Dorp who say they've been asking for a speed bump on their block for about a year, got tired of waiting and installed their o...

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Colorado Loses $115 Million Out Of Transportation Budget Due To Congressional Technicality

Denver Business Journal | Cathy Proctor | Posted 10.02.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, Transportation, Denver News

Colorado highway officials woke up Thursday with $114.7 million less in federal dollars to spend. Across the nation, state highway officials had $8...

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Reid Threatens To Cancel October Break

The Hill | Alexander Bolton | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mitch McConnell, October Break, Appropriations, Harry Reid, Gop, Bipartisanship, Department of Transportation, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Politics News

Congress has only been back in session for a week, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is already warning he may cancel the next break because of a ...

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Should Mexican Trucks Be Allowed Throughout U.S.?

Steve Parker | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Inspector General, Congress, San Ysidro, Nafta, Mexican Trucks, Tariffs, Teamsters Union, Laredo, Cars, James Hoffa, Mexico, Calexico, Department of Transportation, Business News

The recent release of a Transportation Departments inspector general's office government audit has brought to a head, once again, an issue which ignites deep feelings and loyalties in the best people.

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High Speed Rail Speeding Ahead at Snail's Pace

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Energy, France, Politics, Le Monde, Bbc, High Speed Rail, Highway Funding, Living, Congress, Green Living, Green Energy, Britain, Federal Stimulus Program, French Government, Department of Transportation, Governor Schwarzenegger, Business News

Given the success and public enthusiasm for high speed rail around the world, our efforts are long overdue in what is rapidly becoming the preferred mode of transport of the 21st century and beyond.

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Wasted or Wasteful? Are Bureaucrats All That Bad?

Harry Moroz | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stimulus, Hud, Progressives, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Transportation, Bureaucracy, Politics News

Obama and Biden promise they will not spend our money badly. Government stimulus spending is presented by the administration as a necessary evil.

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Auto Dealers Pull Out Of Cash For Clunkers Program

AP | Dan Strumpf | Posted 09.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Ray Lahood Department of Transportation, Department of Transportation, Mark Schienberg, Cash for Clunkers 2009, Cash for Clunkers, New York Auto Dealers, New York Cash for Clunkers, Ray Lahood, New York Auto Dealers Cash for Clunkers, Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association, New York News

NEW YORK (AP) -- Hundreds of auto dealers in the New York area have withdrawn from the government's Cash for Clunkers program, citing delays in gettin...

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Bulletin - Clunker Program May Already Be Over!

Steve Parker | Posted 08.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Sen. Dianne Feinstein, National Automobile Dealers Association, White House, Automotive News, Fred Upton, Congress, Chrysler, Cars, Obama Administration, Car Allowance Rebate System, Ray Lahood, Susan Collins, Cash for Guzzlers, General Motors, Cash for Clunkers, Detroit, Michigan, Department of Transportation, Business News

I've said when program was first announced that the slated $1 billion would run out well before the time limit. But I don't think anyone expected this!

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Help Us Do Stimulus Spot Checks

ProPublica | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jobs, Stimulus, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Citizen Journalism, ProPublica Reporting Network, Department of Transportation, Politics News

We at ProPublica have designed a public reporting assignment to gauge the stimulus' progress to date. It is an ambitious -- but doable -- undertaking.

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Toll Roads Are Paved With Bad Intentions

Thomas Frank | Posted 03.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Roads, Privatization, Infrastructure, Nationalization, Free Market, Capitalism, Department of Transportation, Politics News

Back in the days when the market was a kind of secular god, we were told private businesses did everything better than the state. But something happened on the road to privatopia.

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Airlines Faced Fewer Fines In 2008 Despite Traveler Troubles

Wall Street Journal | SCOTT MCCARTNEY | Posted 02.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Airline Industry, Airlines, Airline Fines, Department of Transportation, Business News

The Department of Transportation's enforcement of airline rules dropped sharply last year with the total of fines levied against airlines and travel c...

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30 Airlines Will Fold Before Christmas

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 10.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Bankruptcy, XL Leisure, Brussels Airline, Domestic Flights, Willie Walsh, Alitalia, British Airways, Airlines, Lufthansa, American, Open Skies Treaty, Airline Industry, Department of Transportation, Sabena, Business News

The larger players Lufthansa, British, and American have access to the credit markets (and government help) and are using this opportunity to gobble up weaker, struggling competitors.

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When It's Illegal And The President Does It, It's Still Illegal

James P. Hoffa | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Mary Peters, Richard Nixon, Nafta, Mexican Trucks, George W. Bush, Teamsters Union, David Frost, Department of Transportation, Politics News

Last week, the Bush administration extended the illegal and reckless plan allowing unsafe trucks from Mexico on our highways for another two years. Those plans are nothing short of illegal.

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Southwest Airlines Still Tops, Despite Recent Woes

ABC News | Kate Barrett | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Bureau of Transportation, FAA Southwest Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Southwest Airlines Best Service, Department of Transportation, Southwest Airlines Fine, Business News

Despite coming under fire recently for missed inspections, Southwest Airlines carried more passengers in 2007 than any other U.S. airline. New number...

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2007 Airline Delays 2nd Worst Ever

AP | DAN CATERINICCHIA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Airline Delays, Airplane Delays, Air Travel, Department of Transportation, Business News

WASHINGTON — A quarter of domestic flights failed to arrive on time in 2007 _ the industry's second poorest performance on record _ and analysts...

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