Issue Areas

Environmental Issues: Transportation

Supplying Ingenuity U.S. Suppliers of Clean, Fuel-Efficient Vehicle Technologies Report: Emerging from recent economic turmoil, the United States automotive industry is again profitable. Consumers are demanding cars and light trucks that go farther on a gallon of fuel, and the industry is meeting those demands by adding technologies that improve fuel economy and cut carbon pollution.

Congressional Testimony of Deron Lovaas, Vehicles Campaign Director: Future Federal Role for Surface Transportation
Testimony: In this testimony, delivered before the Senator Environment and Public Works Committee, Lovaas discusses the role of the federal government in determining transportation policy. With high gas prices at the pump affecting families across the country, he offers an in-depth analysis of policy prescriptions to lessen our addiction to oil, and create a more economically and environmentally sustainable transportation sector.

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Botching the Budget, Ignoring the Infrastructure Debt: posted by Deron Lovaas, 6/28/13
The proof is in: smart growth reduces risk of mortgage default: posted by Kaid Benfield, 6/27/13
Choosing Our Future: The Fierce Urgency of Metro Planning: posted by Deron Lovaas, 6/26/13

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