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Google Maps is aggressively warning us about upcoming speed “traps.” Why is it a good idea to help drivers thwart speed enforcement?
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NEWS:
@Amtrak
and
@TexasCentral
are looking to team up on Dallas-to-Houston high speed rail, a project the private Texas Central has struggled to realize.
At 205 mph, the trains would be *55 mph faster* than any train Amtrak has now.
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So grateful that a friend directed me to this eye-opening 2014 piece by Randall Balmer in
@politicomag
on “The Real Origins of the Religious Right: They’ll tell you it was abortion. Sorry, the historical record’s clear: It was segregation.”
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After 4 years covering
@SecElaineChao
, who never took questions from the press or the public, media-friendly
@PeteButtigieg
will be a whole new ballgame.
There’s never been a
@USDOT
secretary with such an enthusiastic Twitter following, for starters.
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Sen.
@Eric_Schmitt
said it was disrespectful for
@SecretaryPete
not to be at this
@SenateCommerce
hearing on the East Palestine derailment and it shows the administration is out of touch with “flyover country.”
The committee confirmed Buttigieg wasn’t invited to this hearing.
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Here’s where we are:
@HawleyMO
@MarshaBlackburn
@marcorubio
@TimScottSC
@SenShelby
@SenBillCassidy
@RogerMarshallMD
@SenRickScott
@SenTuberville
@SenTedCruz
@SenTomCotton
@BillHagertyTN
@SenatorLankford
84-13 in favor of confirming
@PeteButtigieg
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.
@SenSchumer
on
@PeteButtigieg
from the floor, ahead of the confirmation vote at noon: “I know that Mr. Buttigieg is committed to working with members from both sides to improve rail and transit, highways and more… I’m excited to call him Secretary Pete by the end of the day.”
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.
@SenBrianSchatz
to
@SecretaryPete
:
I try not to be too effusive with praise … but I just have to say, your department, your team – just extraordinary. The way you’ve run this department -- you are one of the best Cabinet secretaries I’ve worked with.
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Well that was quick.
@PeteButtigieg
approved by a vote of 21-3 in
@SenateCommerce
.
Voting no:
@MarshaBlackburn
,
@SenTedCruz
,
@SenRickScott
Next stop: Senate floor
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.
@SenateCommerce
to vote on
@PeteButtigieg
‘s nomination to lead
@USDOT
Wed. at 10:00 a.m., teeing up a floor vote later in the week.
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“The Democrats who ran on infrastructure seem to be doing very very well. This is not the night Republicans thought they were going to have.” -
@NicolleDWallace
,
@MSNBC
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This is a big deal:
@SenBrianSchatz
is taking over as chair of the Transportation-HUD Appropriations subcommittee. He’s been a champion of complete streets and transit and a strong advocate for transportation planning that’s not all about cars.
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27% involved an adult driver striking a child pedestrian. Where income data existed, 85% involved drivers who lived in a wealthier census tract than the pedestrian.
via Antonio Giron,
@CountyParks
and Xiaohan Gu and Robert Schneider,
@UWM
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A plea from the top investigator on the Ohio train derailment,
@JenniferHomendy
:
'Enough with the politics'
via
@politico
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I will never get tired of the earnestness with which
#TeamPete
die-hards are approaching their new study of the transportation policy world.
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Apparently this is all you need to know about our incoming
@USDOT
Secretary,
@PeteButtigieg
and why his loyal followers mark themselves with bee emojis
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THIS is what the announcement was about, though, and it’s a BFD.
@RedwoodMat
says this $2B loan will allow it to produce enough new and recycled battery materials for 1m+ electric vehicles a year.
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Before 2011,
@senatemajldr
McConnell directed pork to Kentucky via earmarks. Now he pushes federal grants to his political strongholds via
@usdot
, run by his wife,
@SecElaineChao
.
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In case you doubted the true devotion and commitment to transportation nerdiness of
#TeamPete
:
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Just came across this fascinating research that’s being presented at
@NASEMTRB
next week: Out of 339 pedestrian crashes 2011-2015 in Milwaukee: 25% involved a driver who lived outside the city and a pedestrian who lived in the city. 10% were the reverse.
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The whole story is stunning. The fact that Bob Jones University was still flagrantly whites-only 30 years after Brown v. Board, and that evangelicals launched a whole movement around “religious freedom” to keep it that way, becomes even more shocking by this postscript:
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An online petition started by Teslaphiles calling for Tesla critic Missy Cummings to be un-appointed as safety advisory at NHTSA has blown past its goal of 10,000 signatures and is now steaming toward 15,000.
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Was that a DOT confirmation hearing or the kickoff of the 2024 primary? Either way,
@PeteButtigieg
aced it.
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cc
#TeamPete
.
@SenSchumer
says he hopes to confirm secretaries of State, Homeland Security and Transportation this week.
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ON ADDRESSING ROADS & BRIDGES BUT NOT CLIMATE CHANGE: “I would compare that to drawing up plans for a new restaurant with no consideration for health safety or cleanliness. Every infrastructure decision is already, inevitably, a climate decision.” -
@SecretaryPete
@SenateApprops
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It’s National Bobblehead Day, and the Pete Buttigieg Bobblehead has been unveiled.
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Can verify
it's possible pete buttigieg has done more press this week than every secretary of transportation this century
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Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo just came to the podium at an event announcing a massive $2B loan for battery recycling.
Following
@ENERGY
@SecGranholm
, he praised the “science lesson” she gave and asked her “did you actually understand this science or did you just memorize that?”
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.
@SecretaryPete
‘s reflection on his first year of parenthood is astonishingly candid and vulnerable for a public figure. It begins like any parenting blog, takes a turn for the terrifying and after a while reminds you oh yeah he’s a cabinet secretary.
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Secretary Mayor Pete is getting another new job: Dad.
For some time, Chasten and I have wanted to grow our family. We’re overjoyed to share that we’ve become parents! The process isn’t done yet and we’re thankful for the love, support, and respect for our privacy that has been offered to us. We can’t wait to share more soon.
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Rep.
@AyannaPressley
is joining with
@repblumenauer
and
@VernBuchanan
to introduce a bill to provide a tax benefit for bicycle commuters.
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AZ State Rep
@ArlandoTeller
, just named
@USDOT
deputy assistant secretary for tribal affairs, was a member of the Indigenous Peoples Caucus, the LGBTQ Caucus, the transportation committee and the land, agriculture and rural affairs committee.
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A lot of eye-popping anecdotes about
@SecElaineChao
in
@JaneMayerNYer
’s deep divein the
@NewYorker
into
@senatemajldr
’s relationship with
@realDonaldTrump
.
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For the love of all that is good and merciful, someone take this man out for a beer and Netflix gabfest.
DC, we are better than this.
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I got bike-jacked a couple weeks ago. A guy with a gun blocked me in the bike lane on my favorite stretch of my commute home. I’m missing a few key seconds so I’m not sure why I hit the ground as hard as I did and sustained the injuries I did. Getting better is a journey.
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Congratulations to all the communications directors who finally got to hit send on that press release they wrote in September.
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NEW: All 50 states, plus DC and Puerto Rico, submitted state EV charging plans to
@USDOT
to qualify for NEVI grant funding to expand their charging networks.
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“The reconciliation bill is gradually shifting from a
@SenSanders
product that encapsulates the policy thinking of the modern progressive movement to a much more business-friendly & targeted pkg of programs reminiscent of 1990s Clintonism.”
via
@politico
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“I love this job and I feel like we’re right in the middle of the action,”
@SecretaryPete
told
@PunchbowlNews
today.
He said leading
@USDOT
is “the best job in the federal government” and he’s “not planning on going anywhere.”
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@SenatorWicker
Buttigieg calls himself “probably only the second biggest passenger rail enthusiast in this particular administration”
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Apparently someone asked Elon Musk to solve gun violence and we ended up with this: “car insurance, which is basically homicide insurance”
@wanda_hudson
@TomFitton
@AJDelgado13
Maybe just require homicide insurance for a gun purchase? Minimum car insurance, which is basically homocide insurance, is required for car ownership.
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Is Tesla liable if a driver dies on Autopilot? Juries will now decide.
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This wide-ranging conversation between
@SecretaryPete
and
@page88
in
@WIRED
is worth your time but the real news here (spoiler alert) is that Buttigieg puts bacon on an impossible burger.
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Look out, fellow transportation journos,
@SecretaryPete
is getting into the interviewing business!
Equitable access to transit is a civil right. On this
#TransitEquityDay
, I'm speaking with
@FTA_DOT
's Administrator
@NuriaFernandez8
about how we're working to provide the best public transportation options for every community.
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Bet you guys never knew how exciting the transportation beat could be, huh?
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🚨🚨
@Pollytrott
has been nominated to be deputy secretary of
@USDOT
. As Obama’s undersecretary for policy and then chief of
@NYC_DOT
for 7 years, she’s got the subject matter expertise and technical know-how
@PeteButtigieg
will need from his
#2
.
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WOW. One of the first unions to reach a tentative agreement with the railroads – reassuring us that maybe we WEREN’T about to be thrown into an economic/supply chain crisis – just saw its local members vote to REJECT the deal its own leadership agreed to.
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This morning
@SecretaryPete
repealed the
@SecElaineChao
-era “rule on rules,”
@USDOT
’s manifestation of the Trump deregulatory agenda.
Buttigieg’s DOT sees regulation as a tool to promote safety and efficiency and address Covid, equity and climate issues.
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Twins!
Chasten and I are beyond thankful for all the kind wishes since first sharing the news that we’re becoming parents. We are delighted to welcome Penelope Rose and Joseph August Buttigieg to our family.
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Note the new Twitter account for
@PeteButtigieg
I’m honored to serve as Secretary of Transportation and help build the kind of infrastructure that creates jobs, empowers all, and keeps travelers & workers safe.
It’s time to get to work.
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Fascinating and very true insight from
@SecretaryPete
at White House ARPA-I forum: “Our concept of where we are — our understanding of modernity — is wrapped up in how we move.”
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Confirmation vote for
@PeteButtigieg
@USDOT
Tuesday -->
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Just spent some time going through this thread with my kid. We should know a lot more about where our food comes from and who we have to thank for it.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we’ll share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
#WeFeedYou
#ThankAFarmworker
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Will
@SecretaryPete
keep the same relentless travel schedule now with two babies at home? And will he be judged either way, as a woman would be?
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@blakehounshell
Once: “Thanks to Operation Warp Speed and the Trump Administration, our country is flooded with safe and effective vaccines.”
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Amtrak is eyeing Denver, Phoenix and Atlanta for expanded train service, says EVP Dennis Newman.
#FOTM22
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In late-breaking news,
@SpeakerPelosi
scoops that
@USDOT
will restore the $929 million grant agreement with the California High-Speed Rail Authority that Trump had pulled.
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A
@USDOT
chief hasn’t addressed the Surface Transportation Board for 20 years but
@SecretaryPete
broke that streak today to underscore the urgency of addressing a little-discussed contributor to the much-discussed supply chain crisis: freight rail.
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Amazing to compare the restraint police are showing right now to violent MAGA forces, storming the seat of government, with the lethal force police used to defend Macy’s last summer.
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.
@SecretaryPete
talked to
@samjmintz
about his “peculiar” first meeting at the White House:
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Polly Trottenberg nomination is being voted on on the Senate floor right now. She’s nominated to be deputy secretary of
@USDOT
.
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Cannot overstate how different it will be as a reporter to cover a media-friendly celebrity as head of
@USDOT
rather than the press-averse
@SecElaineChao
.
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Just now on the Senate floor,
@SenSchumer
asked Republicans to “acknowledge how they spent years opposing safety rules intended to prevent accidents similar to the one in Ohio.”
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Not the biggest thing you need to know out of this
@SenateApprops
hearing on the
@USDOT
budget but
@colombiadocs
would be so pleased to know that
@SecretaryPete
said “the proof of the pudding is in the tasting” and NOT “the proof is in the pudding."
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Wow, the
@TransportDems
@TransportGOP
committee is now 69 members large,
@RepSamGraves
says, calling it “a testament to how desirable a seat on the committee is.”
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.
@SecretaryPete
takes on Tucker Carlson’s offensive, homophobic comments to make an eloquent case for paid parental leave. via
@politico
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@PeteButtigieg
Confirmed:
@PeteButtigieg
to be secretary of
@USDOT
.
Final tally: 86-13
No votes:
@HawleyMO
@MarshaBlackburn
@marcorubio
@TimScottSC
@SenShelby
@SenBillCassidy
@RogerMarshallMD
@SenRickScott
@SenTuberville
@SenTedCruz
@SenTomCotton
@BillHagertyTN
@SenatorLankford
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Sen.
@RoyBlunt
has announced that he won’t run for re-election in 2022. He serves on the transportation subcommittees on both Appropriations and
@SenateCommerce
.
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Huge endorsement of
@SecretaryPete
‘s rhetorical and political gifts here by
@jrubinblogger
– 👀 on this part:
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NEW:
@SenateCommerce_
approves
@Pollytrott
nomination to be deputy secretary of
@USDOT
by a vote of 24-4.
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.
@SecElaineChao
resigned today amid calls to stay and use her position to help remove Trump from office.
She leaves behind a legacy marked by ethics allegations and a laissez-faire approach to regulation, even in the name of safety – her “
#1
priority.”
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99 senators have voted in
@PeteButtigieg
confirmation vote. They’re holding the vote open for the last one...
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At the risk of taking all the subtlety out of
@SecretaryPete
’s jab: Speaker Mike Johnson did not vote for the infrastructure law.
Glad to see everyone is coming around to the benefits of President Biden's infrastructure law.
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Went to
@ChandlerAZUSA
today to see
@Waymo
driverless vehicles in action. Look ma, no safety driver!
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Rep.
@chiproytx
introduces an amendment to strike all the earmarks in the surface transportation bill and put all $5.7 billion into building the border wall.
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👍 86% of adults (across 28 countries) say cycling is important to reduce carbon emissions
👍 80% say cycling is important to reduce traffic
👎 52% say cycling in their area is too dangerous
via
@Ipsos
survey
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The article ends with this quote from the South Bend public works director, who “harbors no doubts about Buttigieg’s ability to deliver”:
“He’s proven people wrong before that have underestimated him.”
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After NYC truck terror attack
@SenGillibrand
intros STOP Act to fund barriers to keep vehicles out of bike/ped paths
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.
@SecretaryPete
‘s message to
@Boeing
: ”Every plane they deliver to an airline, every plane that goes in the sky needs to be 100% safe. They need to be able to demonstrate that, which means finding and fixing anything related to this issue.”
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As the administration’s top salesperson for all things infrastructure, most things climate, and just a lot of thing in general,
@SecretaryPete
is on a Capitol Hill charm offensive to court Republicans.
with
@ccadelago
@samjmintz
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I rode my bike to work today and I’m going to ride it home, dammit.
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Look,
@SecretaryPete
and I have something in common, besides our fascination with transportation policy and its impacts on climate and social outcomes.
I tested positive Wednesday.
I have tested positive for COVID-19 and am experiencing mild symptoms. I plan to work remotely while isolating according to CDC guidelines, and look forward to when I can safely return to the office and the road.
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This is horrendous. Automatic emergency braking prevented collisions with adult-sized dummies just 40% of the time IN IDEAL CONDITIONS. They hit child-sized dummies 89% of the time at 20 mph and EVERY SINGLE TIME at 30.
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Our morning newsletter, getting some main site love
Pete Buttigieg’s first Oval Office meeting probably didn’t go as he had imagined it might: wheeled in on a TV, appearing virtually from quarantine after a member of his security detail had tested positive for Covid-19
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