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Kirk Landers — Editor Emeritus
Five Radical Concepts
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From traffic gridlock to sunbathing, summer brings most of us some long hours in which contemplative thought is possible. If you have trouble thinking of something to ponder, here are five possibilities …
1. It’s time for the ... Read More...
House passes transportation bill to extend highway program through 2014
The House on June 29 approved legislation that will extend federal highway programs through 2014, a low interest rate on student loans for one year, and the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for five years, according to a report from The ... Read More...
Financial District
Follow the Money
A fiscal year 2012 transportation spending breakdown
By John Latta
Sometimes this page is used to help readers read between the lines.
The House Appropriations Committee has released its fiscal year 2012 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development funding bill. The legislation ... Read More...
What? Another extension? Really?
This will surprise no one.
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Ca), chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works committee and therefore the key senator in any reauthorization legislation process, is setting up another extension for dear old SAFETEA-LU.
Boxer said she will schedule ... Read More...
Kirk Landers
Is this what hope looks like?
By Kirk Landers, Editor Emeritus
Media reports in November speculated that John Mica , the incoming chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, will oppose any increase in the federal highway program, opting instead for ... Read More...
Kirk Landers
Election Season Fallout
By Kirk Landers, Editor Emeritus
By the time you read this, the election season will be over. I’ll be feeling like a deer at the end of the hunting season. I can answer my phone again. No more machine-dialed ... Read More...
Kirk Landers: Pavement triage
Pavement triage
By Kirk Landers
Many southbound trips I take from my suburban Chicago home start with three miles of supremely bad road. The route’s main virtue is a lower volume of traffic than the main roads. It’s also more scenic and ... Read More...
Kirk Landers — Leadership, please.
You’re a First Lieutenant, and you just received orders to lead your platoon on an uphill assault of an enemy position.Most of the platoon members will die. You almost certainly will die because you must be in the front wave. ... Read More...
Kirk Landers: Basketball on ice
Basketball on ice
By Kirk Landers
In the month of April, the administration of President Barack Obama issued two statements relating to transportation issues that the President needs to reconsider.
First, the Administration sharply rebuffed a comment from its newly appointed transportation ... Read More...
Kirk Landers: Stepping in it
Stepping in it
By Kirk Landers
Reports covering the appearance of U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood before the Senate Environment and Infrastructure Committee in March conjured up the image of a joke that was a hit on the playgrounds of my youth.
... Read More...
Kirk Landers: Common sense
Common sense
By Kirk Landers
Could there be hope for America yet?
In May, one of the oldest, most tried and true scams for currying public favor — "free money" for voters — was soundly rejected by the news media and ... Read More...
Kirk Landers: Modern math
Modern Math
By Kirk Landers
When it comes to dealing with problems, there's the old fashioned way, and there's the modern way.
Last month, Congressional leaders and the Bush Administration agreed that what America really needs now is an economic stimulus package. In ... Read More...
