Obama leaves unfunded transportation mandate under pillow…

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  February 15th at 02:00 PM  | 

…in the hopes of finding $556,000,000,000 under it the next day. No, it’s a legitimate analogy.  The National Journal has looked over the President’s proposed transportation bill (public link), and noted this (subscription only): Obama wants $53 billion over six years for a high-speed rail program, $8 billion in fiscal year 2012, and he wants $50 billion this year to jump-start large infrastructure projects. The | Read More »

Distracted Driving Restrictions Gone Wild

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  October 9th at 07:00 PM  | 

The federal government is considering measures to pressure states to ban hands-free cell phone use by drivers.  This is an over reaction to the problem of distracted driving.   Bloomberg reports that officials of the U.S. Department of Transportation are working on a plan to ban all cell phone use by drivers of cars, including hands-free technology. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says he believes motorists are distracted | Read More »