Obama’s Maleficent Seven
President Obama is accustomed to having his way—like trying to dictate the date and time when Congress would assemble for him to address a special joint session. But that’s small stuff. The big stuff...
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Transportation Enhancements: A Waste of Taxpayer Dollars
The House passed today H.R. 2887, a bill to reauthorize expiring aviation and surface transportation programs for a few months. Senator Tom Coburn (R–OK) is expected to hold up the bill in the Senate...
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Federally Funded Boulders for Nevada
Yesterday, I wrote about the House-passed bill H.R. 2887, which would reauthorize expiring aviation and surface transportation programs for a few months. Senator Tom Coburn (R–OK) is expected to offer...
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The DOT’s Double Standard on Airline Website Accessibility
On September 26, the Department of Transportation (DOT) published a rule requiring modification of airline Web sites and automated kiosks at airports “to ensure that individuals with disabilities can...
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Scribecast: Spirit Airlines CEO Fights New Federal Regulations
The U.S. Department of Transportation imposed new regulations on airlines Jan. 24 that were supposed to benefit consumers. The rules require all government taxes and fees to be included in advertised...
View ArticleMorning Bell: Administration Ignores Law, Delays Exposing New Regulations
After three years of hyper-regulation, the Obama Administration has noticeably slowed its rulemaking in recent months. A variety of major rules have been parked in prolonged “review” by the White...
View ArticleHurricane Sandy Relief: Billions Spent on Transportation
Transportation agencies and programs including the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Amtrak, and other transit stand to benefit handsomely from the Senate’s...
View ArticleGambling Taxpayer Money on a High-Speed Train to Vegas
Even as the President and Congress have again failed to deal with the genuine fiscal threats facing the nation, the Department of Transportation (DOT) is considering gambling $5.5 billion in taxpayer...
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Secretary Ray LaHood to Leave Department of Transportation
Harry Scull Jr./ZUMAPRESS/Newscom Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Ray LaHood is moving on. In an e-mail to DOT employees announcing his plans to leave, LaHood highlighted what he considers...
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Sessions and Ryan to LaHood: Halt the High-Speed Train to Vegas
Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Jeff Sessions (R–AL) and House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R–WI) sent a letter yesterday to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, urging the Department...
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Shh! Obama Administration Puts Brakes on XpressWest High-Speed Rail Project
High Speed Rail Authority/ZUMApress/Newscom Let’s call it former Transportation Secretary Ray H. LaHood’s eleventh-hour pardon of federal and California taxpayers. Once positioned by the Obama...
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Why It’s the Government’s Fault There Isn’t Enough Salt to Make Roads Safe in...
Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images Winter storms recently dumped nearly a foot of snow in parts of New Jersey. As of February 13, New Jersey state police had responded to 157 accidents and 353 calls for...
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It's Time To End Welfare for Big Business
Photo: David McNew/Getty Images Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin will release his House Republican budget next week, and one of its themes will be the fight against corporate welfare. Mr. Ryan...
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Four Ways the GROW AMERICA Transportation Plan Won’t Help You
Photo: Hemera/Getty Images Take a breath and repeat after me: The Generating Renewal, Opportunity, and Work with Accelerated Mobility, Efficiency, and Rebuilding of Infrastructure and Communities...
View ArticleSenate Highway Bill Highlights: Weak on Reforms, Keeps the Waste Intact
Late last night, the Senate Committee on Environmental and Public Works released its 150-page proposal for a six-year reauthorization of the current highway and surface transportation law, Moving Ahead...
View ArticleSenate Highway Bill Highlights: Weak on Reforms, Keeps the Waste Intact
Late last night, the Senate Committee on Environmental and Public Works released its 150-page proposal for a six-year reauthorization of the current highway and surface transportation law, Moving Ahead...
View ArticleCash for Clunkers Sentence of the Day
“But don’t expect anyone in Congress to admit that taxpayers are paying around $6,000 to provide a $4,500 rebate for a foreigner or illegal immigrant to buy a new car. “ That’s Lurita Doan. She argues:...
View ArticleGovernment Alters Stimulus Sign Policy, Raising More Propaganda Questions
In the 18 months following approval of President Obama’s stimulus package, the Department of Transportation required recipients of government funds to post placards touting the economic recovery. As a...
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The High-Speed Case for State Control of Transportation Funding
The Obama administration is still in denial about the message the American people sent Washington last Tuesday. In letters to Ohio Governor-elect John Kasich and Wisconsin Governor-elect Scott Walker,...
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Guest Blog: Fact-Checking DOT Secretary LaHood’s Latest Amtrak Promotion
As the President’s ambitious passenger rail program falters, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood is attempting to stem defections by presenting the train program as a jobs program. In a recent...
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