Ed. note: This is a guest post from our sister site, AltTransport. [read post]

[AltTransport] * That one count of conviction against Blagojevich? [read post]

“Statistically speaking, compared to other types of traffic accidents, the number of traffic fatalities involving children boarding school buses is very small,” Ely said, citing a report from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration which indicated children were at eight times greater risk riding with their parents than taking the bus.We’d like to know if children being maimed is an acceptable risk, as long as they’re not being, you know, killed, as they rush… [read post]

More about me, including a picture, after the jump.I’m currently an editor at AltTransport, so I’ve been breathing environmental stories for the past several months or so at the Breaking Media offices, and prior to that at the green vertical at the Huffington Post.I also thought I’d take a crack at gender issues, since Elie and David both have Y chromosomes.While I’ve never been to law school, I did work at a legal publishing house, Nolo Press, in Berkeley — so… [read post]