Politics

Obama endorses transit and bike lanes

by David Alpert   •   May 27, 2008 9:28 am

At a speech in Portland, Oregon, Senator Barack Obama praised Portland's progressive approach to transportation as a model for the nation:

Yes we can.

If we are going to solve our energy problems we’ve got to think long term. It's time for us to be serious about investing in alternative energy. It's time for us to get serious about raising fuel efficiency standards on cars. It's time that the entire country learn from what's happening right here in Portland with mass transit and bicycle lanes and funding alternative means of transportation. That’s the kind of solution that we need for America.

(BikePortland via Streetsblog)

David Alpert is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Greater Greater Washington and Greater Greater Education. He worked as a Product Manager for Google for six years and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He loves the area which is, in many ways, greater than those others, and wants to see it become even greater.