Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Funding & Finance

OPINION: Envisioning a Federal Program to Increase Transit Service

By Steven Higashide and Ben Fried | Apr 25, 2021 | No Comments

It took the clarifying urgency of a severe pandemic to make transit service a national funding priority. But we need to do more, argues two advocates at TransitCenter.

This thing could use a stylish cap. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

OPINION: The Time To Cap the Cross Bronx Is Now

By Ed García Conde | Apr 23, 2021 | No Comments

President Biden's infrastructure bill creates an opening for rectifying a deadly historical wrong.

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CARS, CARS, CARS? Inside Biden’s Infrastructure Package

By Kea Wilson | Mar 31, 2021 | No Comments

President Biden revealed details about his transformative new infrastructure package today, but sustainable transportation advocates are already questioning how much it will actually transform our national addiction to cars.

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No, We’re Not Getting a Federal VMT Tax (But Maybe We Should)

By Kea Wilson | Mar 31, 2021 | No Comments

Secretary Pete is walking back a statement that suggested a switch from a gas tax to a mileage tax — but he certainly sparked a conversation about the future of the innovative funding mechanism that's unlikely to die down soon.

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OPINION: To Save the Subway, Tax the Ultra-Wealthy

By Dan Quart | Nov 26, 2020 | No Comments

New York needs to make the billionaires who disproportionately benefit from government to pay their fair share, a lawmaker argues.

Congress Sells Out Non-Drivers by Reauthorizing FAST Act

By Kea Wilson | Sep 23, 2020 | No Comments

Congress passed a short-term spending bill that will renew funding for our existing car-focused infrastructure, missing an opportunity to reform a broken system that's killing our planet and its people.