Mary Peters
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Bush DOT Chief Backs Transport Tech Funding
Former Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, who served for eight years in George W. Bush's DOT, sat down with Streetsblog Capitol Hill this week to urge that Congress add a dedicated funding stream of $1 billion each year for transportation technology to the next long-term infrastructure bill.
October 9, 2009
Chicago Loses NYC’s Congestion Pricing Money
Looks like New York legislators aren't the only ones willing to pass up big money for transportation improvements if it means putting a fair price on private auto use.
January 9, 2009
Gasoline Shortages Fuel Panic and Rage in the South
Here's a disturbing story from the Associated Press on gas shortages in Asheville, North Carolina, where hot-tempered drivers are waiting in long lines to fill up, only to find in some cases that the pumps are tapped. Asks one flustered motorist:
October 1, 2008
The U.S. Wants to “Borrow” From Transit to Pay for Highways
U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said yesterday that due to declining gas tax revenues, the Highway Trust Fund would need to borrow money from its mass transit account to pay for road projects. Today's big news story was buried at the bottom of page A17 in the New York Times:
July 29, 2008
U.S. DOT Launches Official, Horribly-Named “Blog”
Secretary Peters leans on a hog... in the fast lane.
May 1, 2008
Chicago Gets NYC’s Congestion Pricing Money
The New York State Assembly is doing a great job... for the people of Chicago.
April 29, 2008
Two Ways to Tell the Story of Congestion Pricing
This Monday the Washington Post ran a long feature on page A1, "Letting the Market Drive Transportation," about the Bush administration's attempts to shift financing for roads from the gas tax to user fees, and starve transit in the process. The cast of characters includes a pair of conservative ideologues, Tyler Duvall and D.J. Gribbin, high up in U.S. DOT, as well as Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, who earned the enmity of alternative transportation advocates last summer when she said bikes aren't transportation.
March 20, 2008
Bloomberg Says There’s No Reason Pricing Shouldn’t Pass
Mayor Bloomberg (far, far background) at the Battery Park City Ritz-Carlton this morning
March 19, 2008
More Mixed Signals on Pricing’s Chances Under Paterson
"Today is Monday. There is work to be done."
March 17, 2008