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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Cold CAFE Governors rally against dirty Bush car plan	Frank O'Donnell	25 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, climate, Department of Transportation, fuel efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics, regulation (all these topics)

Highwaymen take over the Transportation Department The WaPo reveals why mass transit gets the shaft on the national level	Tom Philpott	20 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Department of Transportation, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

Priced to move A comprehensive solution to end congestion	Ryan Avent	19 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Department of Transportation, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

We Love It When This Happens! Bush administration's fuel-economy regs for bigger vehicles smacked down		15 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 5:50 PM on 15 Nov 2007 A federal appeals court has rejected the Bush administration's fuel-economy regulations for 2008-2011 model light trucks and SUVs. In the scathing tone that the Bushies are becoming quite familiar with, the judges declared that the regulations did not consider the economic impact of vehicle emissions' contribution to climate change, and ordered the Transportati ...
Topics: Big Auto, Department of Transportation, fuel efficiency, litigation, news, politics, progress (all these topics)

Connecting the DOT DOT officials lobbied against California's vehicle-emission standards, Waxman says		25 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 7:23 AM on 25 Sep 2007 According to Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), head of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the Bush administration has been quietly lobbying members of Congress and state governors to oppose California's strict greenhouse-gas emissions rules for cars. In December 2005, the state submitted a request to the U.S. EPA for a waiver it needs to implement ...
Topics: California, Department of Transportation, news, politics, United States (all these topics)

Wheeling and Dealing U.S. Transportation Secretary blames bikes for decay of roads and bridges		14 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 2:15 PM on 14 Sep 2007 When one rides a bicycle, one is able to transport oneself from place to place -- thus, one might call a bicycle "transportation." But not if one is U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters. Despite the fact that 10 percent of all U.S. trips to work, school, and store happen on bike or foot, Peters said in August that bike paths "are really not transpor ...
Topics: bikes, Department of Transportation, green living, news, placemaking, politics, urban planning (all these topics)

Hey Man, Nice DOT More Alaska drilling proposed as DOT considers new pipeline regulations		17 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
Hey Man, Nice DOT More Alaska drilling proposed as DOT considers new pipeline regulations Spurred by oil giant BP's many Alaska leaks, the Department of Transportation will soon propose tighter rules for minor petroleum pipelines. BP's North Slope lines were exempt from certain federal regulations because they operated at low pressure in a rural area, and weren't near commercially navigable waters. ...
Topics: Alaska, Department of Transportation, energy, news, oil (all these topics)

Sue and Improved States to sue Bush admin over weak fuel-economy standards for SUVs		02 May 2006	Daily Grist
Sue and Improved States to sue Bush admin over weak fuel-economy standards for SUVs Stop us if this sounds familiar: A group of states plans to sue the feds over lax environmental regulations. At this point, the feds have more suits than Armani! Their federalism federalisn't! Take my states ... please! (Hey, we have to liven these stories up somehow.) The latest suit -- to ...
Topics: Department of Transportation, environmental justice, news, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

Mexican Standoff Feds Will Study Environmental Impact of Mexican Trucks on U.S. Roads		27 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Mexican Standoff Feds Will Study Environmental Impact of Mexican Trucks on U.S. Roads Bowing to a federal court order, the Bush administration announced yesterday that it will study what the environmental impact would be of an increase in Mexican trucks on U.S. roads. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals banned Mexican trucks from the U.S. in resp ...
Topics: air pollution, Department of Transportation, globalization, Mexico, placemaking, politics, United States (all these topics)

Everybody Wants to Play the Fuel		02 Apr 2003	Daily Grist
Everybody Wants to Play the Fuel Sports utility vehicles, vans, and pickup trucks will be subject to slightly more stringent fuel-economy standards under a new rule released yesterday by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Beginning in the 2007 model year, auto manufacturers will have to attain a fleet average of 22.2 miles per gallon for those vehicles, together classified as "light trucks." ...
Topics: Department of Transportation, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

What Fuels These Mortals Be		02 Apr 2002	Daily Grist
What Fuels These Mortals Be Surprise, surprise: The U.S. Department of Transportation decided yesterday not to increase fuel-efficiency requirements for sport utility vehicles and other light trucks for the model year 2004. The decision comes after the Senate voted last month against a sharp increase in Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards, instead directing the National Highway Traffic Safety Admini ...
Topics: Department of Transportation, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

Give a Hoot, Don't Commute		22 Aug 2001	Daily Grist
Give a Hoot, Don't Commute The U.S. Transportation Department launched a new campaign yesterday to reduce pollution and encourage telecommuting by offering smog-emissions credits to companies that get more employees to work from home. Under a two-year pilot program, businesses that earn the credits will be able to swap them for air-quality requirements or sell them to other companie ...
Topics: business, Department of Transportation, placemaking, pollution and waste (all these topics)

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