Sam Mintz
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Trump endorsing "Eric" when there are two Erics in the race, and them both claiming the endorsement, is 1000% a Veep plot line
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This is the new next-gen USPS delivery vehicle coming to your neighborhood by 2023
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After calls from flight attendants to ban insurrectionists from flights out of DC, the House Homeland Security Committee is now asking the FBI and TSA to add perpetrators to the no-fly list.
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The paternity leave discourse is leading to dangerously high readings on the Guys Telling On Themselves Meter
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With Biden's campaign talking about big plans for rail, here's a map that Amtrak is circulating with ambitious but realistic expansions over the next 15 years. The railroad says this would cost $25 billion
Existing network in black, new corridors in colors
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AP style for numbers is so awkward. I'm out here writing "five to 10 years" and I hate it
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Buttigieg on DOT's role: "I know we think about planes, trains, automobiles, but what about bikes, scooters, wheelchairs for that matter? ... Roads aren't only for vehicles. Got to make sure that pedestrians, individuals, cyclists and businesses can coexist on the same roadway."
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Here's some of who Buttigieg beat out for DOT:
-David Kim (8 years at DOT, LA Transit, head of Calif's state transportation agency)
-Sarah Feinberg (4 years at DOT, led FRA, head of NYC Transit)
-John Porcari (led Maryland DOT, USDOT deputy secretary)
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"Here is me breaking a law with some of the clearest video evidence imaginable."
That's me driving the white Crown Vic on Blagden Ave at Allison St NW. DC has fined me $200. Should I pay or contest it?
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This entire thread is mind-boggling. Rolling stops like he's describing, which were built into the Tesla software and resulted in a recall, are literally illegal in every state of the country.
@WholeMarsBlog
@tkrisher
He’s actually a lobbyist, not a journalist. There are many who pose as the latter while behaving like the former. No integrity.
Indeed, there were no safety issues. The car simply slowed to ~2 mph & continued forward if clear view with no cars or pedestrians.
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I am also calling on all of MY exes to resign from their senate seats
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Buttigieg on
@chrislhayes
tonight:
"There was a time when everybody believed that the best way to deal with a congested road was to add more lanes. Sometimes that might be true, but sometimes you just get more cars and more congestion. We have to create alternatives,...
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Every East Coast pro sports team should do this
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Buttigieg's defense of the broad definition of infrastructure is essentially "who cares?"
From MSNBC interview today:
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Buttigieg in North Carolina today via press pool: "When we envision travel for the next 50 years, the train should be a common sense option. The rumble of rails. The freedom of looking out your train window should once again be known to be as all-American as the open road."
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.
@AOC
and
@sethmoulton
are leading a rally to support more high-speed rail funding tomorrow alongside unions and
@USHSR
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Two things about the rail labor dispute that I think are going under the radar:
-How minimal the worker protections are that the unions are asking for
-How massive the disruption would be to economy and society if the unions strike
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The two previous relief bills, which were created when Republicans led the Senate and Trump was president, also sent stimulus checks to incarcerated people. Cotton voted for both of them
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Interesting to see even Democrats on the Hill calling the bill that they negotiated and passed "Biden's Covid relief package"
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Rep. Lauren Boebert has filed an approps amendment which would prevent the Interior Department from subsidizing employees' travel by bicycle
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"This is an action that TSA and the FBI, by law, are able to take but, to my knowledge, have not yet taken."
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To recap the last hour: Trump admin says it will be lifting restrictions on non-citizens entering from Brazil and the EU on Jan. 26.
Biden spokesperson says, actually, that's up to us and we won't be doing that.
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In congratulating Joe Biden, Amtrak leans into the climate argument for rail.
"As we look to the future, expanded Amtrak service is essential to decarbonizing our transportation network"
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Buttigieg on rail via MSNBC:
"We’ve been asked to settle for less in this country. I don’t know why people in other countries should have better train service"
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The National Association of Manufacturers just asked Mike Pence to "seriously consider" invoking the 25th amendment.
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It's just not a credible line of attack when DOT literally did this in November.
Reporting from
@alextdaugherty
Nearly six months ago
@BernieSanders
& I called for Buttigieg to implement fines & penalties on airlines for cancelling flights. Why were these recommendations not followed? This mess with Southwest could have been avoided. We need bold action.
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Incredible. After David Simon's tirade about a camera speeding ticket the other day, Streetsblog dug in to find he has more than 96 traffic tickets!
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And here's a list of the dozens of new or expanded corridors Amtrak is considering
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Since the Alaska Airlines incident, it's likely that more than 300 people have died in motor vehicle crashes in the United States, based on NHTSA averages from last few years.
National media priorities remain grossly out of whack when it comes to transportation safety
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Highly polarized responses to this so far, let's get some real data. This design is:
Sleek and cool
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An ugly duckling
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Trying to blame the Southwest meltdown on the federal government is a big stretch and in most cases looks pretty transparently political
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Tucker Carlson has taken to calling the Senate infrastructure legislation "Pete Buttigieg's infrastructure bill"
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Flight attendant union president
@FlyingWithSara
:
"If this government doesn’t work for us, we need to focus on the fact that it is our labor that gives all the value to this country. This country doesn’t run without us as workers. We have to think about that option as well."
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Senator Jon Tester with some glowing praise for Buttigieg:
"You have put on a clinic on how a nominee should work and act. You haven't avoided the questions. You've been straightforward. And you know what the hell you're talking about. And that's pretty damn refreshing."
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Biden: "It's time to stop talking about infrastructure, and to finally start building an infrastructure."
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will take questions at the White House press briefing tomorrow, says
@PressSec
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I'll just pile on and say the framing of this article, that e-bikes are somehow dangerous because their users keep getting hit by cars, is bonkers
The e-bike industry is booming, but the summer of 2023 has brought sharp questions about how safe e-bikes are, especially for teenagers. To some policymakers and law enforcement officials, the technology has outpaced existing laws and safety regulations.
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Buttigieg advisor
@chrismeagher
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Staffer familiar with the Senate infrastructure negotiations lets loose:
"It’s a fucking mess, it’s a cluster. It’s 22 people, they’re all defending their pet rocks. The communication is very confused."
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When was the last time a cabinet secretary sat down for an interview with TMZ?
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Ok, now it's set in stone.
Buttigieg hearing is scheduled for Jan. 21 at 10 a.m., committee confirms
Senate Commerce Committee is targeting Jan 21 for a confirmation hearing for Biden's DOT pick Pete Buttigieg, sources tell Politico.
Not set in stone, but plans centering around the day after the inauguration.
Other nominee hearings are already lined up for earlier next week
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Ed Markey invites Pete Buttigieg to Cape Cod to give him a tour of the Bourne and Sagamore bridges which "will need to be replaced."
My current and past beats colliding!!
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My Oscar picks:
Best Actor: Timothee Chalamet
Best Actress: Rebecca Ferguson
Best Supporting Actor: Oscar Isaac
Best Supporting Actress: Zendaya
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Not to mention the wildly uncalled for shot at an AP journalist for, apparently, an accurate headline!
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If you're in the replies saying "nobody stops at stop signs!" you're telling on yourself. Stop driving like an idiot
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I know that complaining about Elon Musk is really the definition of taking the bait. But it's hard to stomach that his troll attitude on Twitter actually translates into the design of the cars Tesla is putting on public roads
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Approximately every 4.6 days someone posts The High-Speed Rail Map and gets 30,000 likes. This is a phenomenon that anthropologists will study for hundreds of years.
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SCOOP: The White House considers indexing the gas tax to inflation to be a violation of Biden's pledge not to raise taxes on people making under $400k and is not willing to include it in infrastructure package, according to a source familiar with President Biden's thinking.
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Biden's infrastructure plan calls for using federal procurement to electrify the entire federal vehicle fleet, including the U.S. Postal Service,
@zcolman
reports
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To be very clear here, the committee doesn't have the authority to order this. It's a request (albeit one with a lot of eyes on it). No indication yet from TSA or FBI that this has actually happened
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Amtrak CEO Bill Flynn interrupted by a CSX train rolling by.
Luckily Amtrak is used to waiting for freight
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Joe Biden's infrastructure plan says he wants to "spark the second great rail revolution."
Here's what that might look like in a post-Covid world.
Comments from top Biden transportation adviser John Porcari today
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In the first 14 months of her term as Transportation Secretary, Elaine Chao spent vastly more time meeting with officials from Kentucky than any other state. 25 PERCENT of her meetings with local officials were with Kentuckians.
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For those asking electric or ICE:
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
USPS announces contract for as many as 165,000 new delivery vehicles over the next 10 years, "either fuel-efficient internal combustion engines or battery electric powertrains."
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"First of all, f—k Elon Musk, I don't need him in my life."
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You're telling me that Gregg Berhalter, a coach with a .500 record in his MLS career, is now struggling in World Cup qualifying, the only part of his job (which he got through nepotism) that matters?
Who could have seen this coming
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Loving all of your jokes but slightly disturbed by the passion of both the romantic overtures and hateful rhetoric toward this vehicle
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Buttigieg on Biden's reversal of transgender military ban:
"Everyone in politics says that they support our troops. This is an example of what it means to actually do it, to support all of our troops and to support patriotic Americans who wish to be among our troops."
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The administration's favorite surrogate, Transpo Sec Pete Buttigieg, hit MSNBC, CNN and Fox this morning. So far.
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Social teams around the country holding frantic all-hands meetings to come up with a good QT.
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NBC News reports Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is considering resigning
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NEW: Biden and Buttigieg meeting with bipartisan group of House members on infrastructure Thursday
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...make it easier to get around in a vehicle and easier to get around without a vehicle."
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Here's the presentation this came from, given by Amtrak's Ray Lang to the Rail Passengers Association
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Navy Seal who claims he killed Osama Bin Laden banned from Delta Air Lines after posting a maskless picture in clear defiance of the airline's (extremely straightforward!) mask policy.
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The unions want (unpaid) time off to attend previously scheduled doctor's appointments without facing penalization up to and including the risk of being fired. That's it.
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Rahm Emanuel had never lost a political campaign. Until this week.
@AlexThomp
and
@theodoricmeyer
on how Rahm lost out on the DOT job, including a personal call from Joe Biden to pass along the bad news.
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Whoops, NYT. Gives a nice little glimpse behind the curtain at their newsletter strategy
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Buttigieg: "I know this is not the first administration to arrive with high hopes on what we could deliver in terms of infrastructure. But we're determined to take advantage of this unique moment."
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The Senate will vote on Pete Buttigieg's nomination for Transportation Secretary Tuesday at noon
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NEW: DOT is considering yanking Texas' authority to approve the contentious I-45 expansion in Houston under NEPA, and also tells TxDOT to stop its eminent domain activities around the project.
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Here we go: Biden and Harris are meeting with senators on infrastructure tomorrow, with Transportation Secretary Buttigieg joining virtually from quarantine
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Transportation Secretary Buttigieg says it's tempting to fixate on high-profile new stuff, like high-speed rail and electrification of vehicles. But:
"A lot of what we’ve got to do is dealing with a maintenance backlog. Fix it first is going to be an important mantra for us."
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22 members of Congress from the Northeast are asking for federal funding for a new entity they're calling the North Atlantic Rail Corporation (NARC) to build a $105 billion high-speed rail system connecting New York and New England
Via
@muoiod
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645 (!) Morning Transportations later, today is my final one. It's my last day at Politico after 3 great years.
I'm very excited to share that I'm relocating to Boston, where I'll be joining
@BosBizJournal
/
@BostInno
to cover startups, tech companies and innovation in my hometown
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Nancy Pelosi is the president now because the State Department's website said Trump and Pence's terms are over.
It's what the founders intended.
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Somebody DMed me a grammatical correction on this tweet, sorry I have to delete it now
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Once again a train tweet brings out extreme positions on both sides. What is it with Twitter and trains
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The elusive and camera shy transportation secretary is about to make a rare public appearance at the White House press briefing.
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Another actual quote from this segment: "tobacco, the most American of all pleasures"
"You have to kinda wonder, why is tobacco so dangerous?" -- a real quote from thought leader Tucker Carlson
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"Amtrak has done a heroic job with the constraints that have been placed on them. We’ve got to take things to the next level"
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It looks even worse just driving on a normal street. This is the ugliest vehicle ever made. Truly an engineering marvel
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Senate Commerce Committee is targeting Jan 21 for a confirmation hearing for Biden's DOT pick Pete Buttigieg, sources tell Politico.
Not set in stone, but plans centering around the day after the inauguration.
Other nominee hearings are already lined up for earlier next week
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Ted Cruz is asking Buttigieg about Biden's decision to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline, which has nothing to do with the duties of the Transportation Department
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Chasten Buttigieg sitting behind Pete's shoulder as his confirmation hearing kicks off
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👀The Senate has flipped
Amy Klobuchar would be the top antitrust Democrat in the Senate if it flips, and she's got her eyes on more than just tech.
"Ninety percent of freight rail traffic is with four railroads. That’s the same number as on the Monopoly board."
@leah_nylen
reporting
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There's never been an incoming Transportation Secretary like Pete Buttigieg.
Here's our story on what it will mean for the agency to have a political celebrity at the helm
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The White House ousts FERC chairman (a former McConnell aide!) after his move toward climate-friendlier policies. (He'll still remain a commissioner).
This is a big story
Let me be more explicit. Chatterjee's carbon pricing move, and his recent action to open wholesale power markets to distributed energy like rooftop solar, was a clear driver in this decision by the White House.
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The Senate votes to confirm Pete Buttigieg as Transportation Secretary, 86-13.
He's the first openly gay Senate-confirmed cabinet secretary in U.S. history.
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Buttigieg: "I know in this administration, I will at best aspire to be the second biggest train enthusiast."
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