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MEMO FROM THE MIDWEST: Buttigieg’s American Roots Might Make Him a Great USDOT Secretary

Is Buttigieg a hayseed Hoosier who wouldn't know a headway from a harvester, or a political ecoterrorist hellbent on leaving rural American in the lurch and laughing all the way to the Amtrak station? Neither: He's a guy from South Bend.

Kea Wilson

February 5, 2021

MEMO FROM THE MIDWEST: Buttigieg’s American Roots Might Make Him a Great USDOT Secretary

Congestion Pricing

Corey to Mayor Pete: We Need Congestion Pricing Now

New president, same old calls for the federal government to get out of the way and let New York State implement congestion pricing already.

Gersh Kuntzman

January 22, 2021

Streetsblog USA |Autonomous cars

Five Highlights from Pete Buttigieg’s Confirmation Hearing

The Secretary of Transportation nominee, Pete Buttigieg, used his confirmation hearing to reaffirm his support for mass transit and complete streets.

Kea Wilson

January 21, 2021

Streetsblog USA |Biden Harris

Memo to Buttigieg: US DOT Needs an Active Transportation Administration

Giving people who walk and roll a voice in Washington is a crucial tool in the fight to change the federal structures that underlie our car-only transportation landscape.

Kea Wilson

January 21, 2021

U.S. DOT

Tuesday’s Headlines: Congrats to Polly Trottenberg/No Fare Hike Edition

Our loss is now America's gain — Polly Trottenberg has been nominated to be the deputy Transportation Secretary in the Biden Administration, it was widely reported on Monday.

Streetsblog

January 19, 2021

Streetsblog USA |Equity

Nominee Buttigieg Talks of ‘Righting the Wrong’ of Racist Freeways

“It’s disproportionately Black and brown neighborhoods that were divided by highway projects because they didn’t have the political capital to resist,” Buttigieg said on Sunday. "We have a chance to get that right.”

Aaron Short

December 22, 2020

Federal Highway Administration

What Will ‘Mayor Pete’ Mean for the U.S. DOT?

Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg has been tapped to be Secretary of Transportation. Whatever you think, remember that this guy is one of the few politicians who acknowledges the "many ways we subsidize driving." So there's that.

Kea Wilson

December 15, 2020

Andrew Cohen

Cuomo: Congestion Pricing Isn’t Important Enough To Talk About With President-Elect Biden

Gov. Cuomo did not bring up congestion pricing with President-elect Biden in a call the other day — and explained the oversight the way a father of 20 kids might forget one or two.