Dr. Gridlock Archive: Transportation Politics
DDOT proposes new tour bus regs
With intercity buses like DC2NY and BoltBus increasingly popular--and often pulling their hulking frames to the side of the road in pedestrian meccas like Chinatown--the District Department of Transportation is proposing modifying regulations governing them, as well as sightseeing buses.
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Luke Rosiak
| March 11, 2011; 5:18 PM ET |
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Commuter Bus, Transportation Politics
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Did TSA really screen all air cargo?
The Transportation Security Administration says it screened all air cargo--but a government auditor said there's no way the TSA can know that. It's the second time this month the GAO has dinged the TSA for over-hyping itself and keeping shoddy records.
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Luke Rosiak
| March 11, 2011; 11:47 AM ET |
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Airlines, Airports, Transportation Politics
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GAO: Airport screening math lacking
Some cost assumptions made by the Transportation Security Administration comparing private-sector and federal screeners at airports weren't sound in January 2009--and the problem still hasn't been entirely resolved, the General Accountability Office told Congress.
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Luke Rosiak
| March 10, 2011; 3:43 PM ET |
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Airports, Transportation Politics
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Md. Sen.: Repeal ethanol tax credit
A bill introduced Wednesday by senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Tom Coburn (R-OK) would kill a 45-cent per gallon tax credit to blenders of ethanol--generally, oil companies--in a move that could recover $6 billion for federal coffers. A Government Accountability Office report describing the tax credit as "largely unneeded today to ensure demand for domestic ethanol production."
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Luke Rosiak
| March 9, 2011; 3:53 PM ET |
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Maryland, Transportation Politics
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GAO: Taxpayers pay for trucking
Moving freight via truck shifts far more of the costs onto taxpayers than does other modes of shipping, according to an analysis by the government's financial watchdog.
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Luke Rosiak
| March 1, 2011; 9:36 AM ET |
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Transportation News, Transportation Politics
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Hybrids can stay in HOV lanes
The Virginia General Assembly may have just approved Gov. Robert F. McDonnell's plan for spending $3 billion to advance 900 transportation projects, but the legislative action I get asked about is the same as it is every year: Yes, the assembly voted to extend the exemption that allows solo drivers in carpool lanes as long as their driving a hybrid with Virginia's clean fuel tags.
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Robert Thomson
| February 28, 2011; 4:25 PM ET |
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Commuting, Transportation Politics, Virginia
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Dr. Gridlock, hybrids
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