Category Archives: Mileage

Automakers, Obama announce mileage, pollution plan

By doris | Published: May 19, 2009

Full Story At news.yahoo.com WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama wants drivers to go farther on a gallon of gas and cause less damage to the environment — and be willing to pick up the tab. Obama on Tuesday planned to announce the first-ever national emissions limits for cars and trucks, as well as require a [...]

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Obama unveils high-speed passenger rail plan

By doris | Published: April 17, 2009

Full Story At  CNN.com The president’s plan identifies 10 potential high-speed intercity corridors for federal funding, including California, the Pacific Northwest, the Midwest, the Southeast, the Gulf Coast, Pennsylvania, Florida, New York and New England. It also highlights potential improvements in the heavily traveled Northeast Corridor running from Washington to Boston, Massachusetts. Each of the [...]

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Panel: Raise gas tax, charge drivers by the mile

By doris | Published: February 27, 2009

Full Story At news.yahoo.com WASHINGTON – Raise federal gasoline taxes to help pay for road projects? Not during a recession, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has said. Then how about moving toward a system that finances highway construction by charging motorists by the mile? When LaHood suggested last week that be considered among other potential financing [...]

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Obama nixes plan to tax motorists on mileage

By doris | Published: February 21, 2009

Full Story At news.yahoo.com WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Friday rejected his transportation secretary’s suggestion that the administration consider taxing motorists based on how many miles they drive instead of how much gasoline they buy. “It is not and will not be the policy of the Obama administration,” White House press secretary Robert Gibbs [...]

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