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6 Transportation Ballot Initiatives to Watch Next Tuesday
Next week, voters in Maryland and Wisconsin may tell state officials to keep their greedy paws off transportation funds. Louisianans will consider whether to create an infrastructure bank to help finance projects. Texans will weigh the wisdom of raiding the state’s Rainy Day Fund for -- what else? -- highways. And Massachusetts activists who have been fighting to repeal the state’s automatic gas tax hikes will finally get their day of reckoning.
October 29, 2014
StreetsPAC Issues New Round of Albany Endorsements
With a week to go before the November 4 election, StreetsPAC has issued a new round of endorsements for candidates for state legislature. NYC's livable streets political action committee endorsed State Assembly and Senate incumbents from Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx.
October 28, 2014
Winners and Losers From Tuesday’s Primary
The big headline after yesterday's election was the bite Zephyr Teachout took from the left flank of Governor Andrew Cuomo's primary win. While the governor dominates the agenda in Albany, there were also important developments for livable streets in down ballot races.
September 10, 2014
You Can’t Complain About Albany If You Don’t Vote Tomorrow
The primary election is Tuesday, with a number of State Senate and Assembly seats up for grabs. Meanwhile, upstart Democrat Zephyr Teachout is, at the very least, seriously getting on Andrew Cuomo's nerves.
September 8, 2014
StreetsPAC Releases Second Round of Albany Endorsements
StreetsPAC released its second round of endorsements for the state legislature today (the first round is here), announcing its support for State Senate and Assembly candidates in Queens, Brooklyn, and Suffolk County.
September 5, 2014
StreetsPAC Issues Endorsements for State Senate and Assembly Races
With primaries coming in a few weeks, StreetsPAC today announced its first round of endorsements for state-level offices, and its first endorsements for candidates outside NYC.
August 22, 2014
Will Young Republicans Change the Narrative About Conservatives and Cities?
Last week, the Pew Research Center came out with a massive poll on political polarization in the United States. As Angie reported here, one of the main conclusions was that there is a stark divide between liberals and conservatives when it comes to the type of community in which they want to live. Conservative Americans, by and large, prefer living in spread-out rural areas and small towns, while liberals tend to prefer cities.
June 16, 2014
More Mayoral Results: Minneapolis, Houston, Boston
This week's mayoral elections yielded good news for transit and safe streets in both Houston and Minneapolis. In Boston, meanwhile, the results are less straightforward.
November 7, 2013
Setbacks and Victories For Urbanism in Yesterday’s Mayoral Races
Mayoral elections broke both ways for livability in American cities yesterday: The results of some may slow progress on transit and street safety, while one-midsized city elected an executive who campaigned strongly on light rail expansion and bikeability.
November 6, 2013
Election Results Open Thread
The polls are closed! The results of all the citywide and boroughwide races were never really in doubt, unless Charles Hynes pulls off a shocker in the Brooklyn DA race. Only three out of 51 City Council races were thought to be competitive. This is why you've gotta vote in the primary.
November 5, 2013