Obama's Energy Platform Has a (Small) Livable Cities Plank

7 August 2008 - 12:00pm

Discussion of high speed rail, livable cities and federal transportation funding reform is starting to make its way into presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign talks and energy platform.

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When Barack Obama gave his big energy speech on Monday, his campaign released an eight-page fact sheet to go with it. All the way at the end, at the very bottom of the last page -- after the parts about plug-in electric vehicles, oil shale, and clean coal technology -- there was a section entitled, "Build More Livable and Sustainable Communities." On the stump, meanwhile, the candidate continues to make an engaging case for high-speed rail, especially in the midwest.

Source: Streetsblog, August 7, 2008