How Obama’s Nominee for Transportation Secretary Stacks Up on Biking & Walking

[SpartanDem]

There’s big news in the transportation world: President Obama has chosen a nominee for Secretary of Transportation. The President’s nominee to replace outgoing Secretary Ray LaHood at the helm of the Department of Transportation will be Anthony Foxx, Mayor of Charlotte, NC.
r
How will the new nominee shape up on biking and walking issues? To find out about Mayor Foxx’s support for biking and walking issues in Charlotte, I spoke with Tobe Holmes, a board member at the Charlotte Area Bicycle Alliance, or CABA.

Tobe reported that Mayor Foxx supported innovations at the city Department of Transportation that helped give Charlotte residents plenty of choices about how to get around — including walking and biking.

“All in all, he’s been a very positive force in the past few years in terms of bicycling and walking,” said Tobe. “The DOT here really gets it, and they’re allowed to do some things that are a little more out of the box.”

http://www.peoplepoweredmovement.org/site/index.php/site/blog/how_obamas_nominee_for_transportation_secretary_stacks_up_on_biking_walking/#When:16:03:56Z

[Scurrilous]

1. Thanks for the article.

K & R