(Yellowstone National Park — Jackie Yamanaka, Yellowstone Public Radio) It’s been a record-setting summer at the world’s first national park. In June Yellowstone hit 700,000 visitors, and July is also expected to shatter attendance numbers. With gas prices off their all-time highs of two summers ago, but the economy still clouded, AAA says driving vacations…
More from the President’s Michigan Trip, from the pool report: After driving the black Volt earlier, POTUS signed the hood of a white Volt Terry Quigley, the GM plant manager, said she plans to save the hood of the car. “I’m going to keep that hood as a memento for my workforce,” she said….
The President’s Remarks in Detroit: THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ___________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release July 30, 2010 REMARKS BY PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ON THE AMERICAN AUTO INDUSTRY AND THE AMERICAN ECONOMY Chrysler Jefferson North Assembly Plant Detroit, Michigan 12:16 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Detroit! (Applause.) Well, it is good to be…
From the White House Press Pool: Hamtramck, Mich. GM plant 1:15 pm Your pooler will send Chrysler plant report shortly but breaking news from second stop is that POTUS just drove (after consultations w Secret Service and Robert Gibbs’ voiced hope that the electric Volt had an airbag) He stepped excitedly into a Black Chevy…
(AP, WASHINGTON) — The AP reports that “Congress on Friday approved far-reaching aviation safety legislation developed in response to a deadly commuter airline crash in western New York last year. The safety measures apply to all airlines and are the first comprehensive attempt in decades to revise rules governing pilots. They would force airlines to…
(Minneapolis — Madeleine Baran, Minnesota Public Radio) Minneapolis city officials say bike lanes have made biking safer — but cyclists say new routes are confusing, and the number of cyclists along those routes is actually down. Minneapolis is known as one of the more bike-friendly cities in the U.S. and has the largest-scale bike-share…
Oregon transit takes away parking spaces from crowded park and ride garage — and puts in 74 biking parking spots. Look at it this way, officials say: you haven’t lost eight spots –you’ve gained 74 bike spots! (Oregon live) Los Angeles Schools Chief, in reversal, says school athletes will NOT have to pay $24 towards…
This in from the White House today. As the Takeaway reported last week, the auto industry, near death just a little over a year ago, is on the upswing. Now, as the White House struggles to argue there IS indeed, an economic recovery — the President travels to Detroit Friday — Andrea Bernstein, Transportation…
(Washington, DC — David Schultz, WAMU) As a journalist who spends most of his time trying to reach people on the phone, I consider myself to be a connoisseur of hold music – the music played while waiting on hold. Most hold music is your standard synth-heavy, new age fare. Some places play classical music,…
(Casey Miner, KALW) It’s been a rough few months for public transit in the San Francisco Bay Area — it seems like every few weeks there’s news about fares going up or service going down. AC Transit, the bus service that is the East Bay counterpart to San Francisco’s Muni, has been particularly hard-hit. Though…
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