Posted on Wednesday June 17th by Jebediah Reed | 102
Jim Oberstar, the Minnesota congressman who is writing the House’s draft of the next transportation bill, is planning to release his outline of the legislation tomorrow. Since this is the internet age, there will be a live webcast of the news conference. There is sure to be lots of great commentary to follow at sites like StreetsBlog, T4America, and our contributor Yonah Freemark’s Transport Politic.
The release was actually scheduled for today, but by the wonders of Twitter, Oberstar let us know that it was the being postponed. (It’s worth following his feed if you enjoy keeping tabs on the nitty gritty of this stuff.)
For our part, we’re slaving away on a new story about train depots which we’ll put up later today or early tomorrow. The funnest part of journalism, blog or otherwise, is working on a piece that gets you fired up even as you’re writing and editing it. This one does, and we’ve always found that to be promising.
June 17th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
Probably a good thing that he didn’t release it today since USDOT/FRA is releasing the guidance documentation for HSR funding. In all honesty, every day that we can keep infrastructure and transport issues in the mainstream news, the easier our battle to get proper funding and investment will be.
Cannot wait till tomorrow!!!
June 17th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Yes, here’s LaHood on the FRA guidance:
http://fastlane.dot.gov/2009/06/dot-moves-us-highspeed-rail-closer-to-reality-.html
And some nice granular coverage from Streetsblog:
http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/06/17/us-dot-clocks-high-speed-rail-at-110-mph-give-or-take/
-Jebediah