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AP says attacks on transportation enhancements are “exaggerated and misrepresented”

1 Nov 2011 | Posted by Transportation for America | 0 Comments | bridges, coburn, rand paul, senate, transportation enhancements

On Friday, we highlighted the disingenuous attempt from some in Congress to tie the need to repair our bridges to the elimination of a tiny program to make it safer to walk or bike on our streets and roads. Senators Rand Paul of Kentucky, Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and John McCain of Arizona have been […]

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A real plan to fix bridges, or a reprise of attacks on pedestrian safety?

28 Oct 2011 | Posted by Steve Davis | 1 Comment | bridges, coburn, rand paul, senate, The Fix We're In For

Our reports calling attention to our nation’s deficient bridges have gained enormous traction in recent weeks, to the point that members of Congress and the White House are citing our data in demonstrating the need for infrastructure investment. Unfortunately, some are using them to make disingenuous attempts to eliminate a small program they’ve been trying […]

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Secretary LaHood takes on Senator Coburn’s “stimulus waste”

10 Dec 2009 | Posted by Transportation for America | 0 Comments | bicycling, coburn, enhancements, ray lahood, stimulus

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood didn’t pull any punches in a blog post this week about one senator’s “stimulus waste” list. Senator Tom Coburn is a persistent critic of transportation “enhancements” and author of a failed amendment earlier this year to strip bicycle and pedestrian projects from a spending bill. His latest waste list includes two bike paths. Coburn told the Washington Times, “When we run $1.4 trillion deficits, the money we spend ought to be a high priority for the American people as a whole.” To which LaHood retorts: “What he really means is that, because he doesn’t get bikes, no one else does either.”

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