Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about House of Representatives

Reps. Duncan (R) and Nadler (D) Will Lead New House Panel on Freight

By Tanya Snyder | Apr 16, 2013 | No Comments

MAP-21 pushed U.S. DOT to get serious about freight: In recent months, the agency has announced the creation of a national freight policy, a National Freight Advisory Committee, and a Freight Policy Council, as mandated by the bill. Now the House Transportation Committee is getting in on the action. The committee announced today that Rep. John Duncan […]

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Congress to U.S. DOT: Streets Aren’t Safe Until They’re Safe For Everyone

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 29, 2013 | No Comments

Yes, traffic fatalities have been (mostly) going down, but as long as cyclist and pedestrian fatalities keep going up, we can’t truly say our streets and roads are getting safer. That’s the message from 68 members of Congress to one pretty receptive audience: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. In their letter to LaHood, sent on Saturday, […]

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Pro-Bike Republican Tom Petri to Chair Key House Transpo Panel

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 16, 2013 | No Comments

The Republican co-chair of the Congressional Bicycling Caucus is getting a leadership position with some real gravitas. Rep. Tom Petri (R-WI) was just named the new chair of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee in the House — the epicenter of the chamber’s surface transportation legislation. The list of Republicans who support active transportation is pretty short […]

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Do T&I Committee Members Get the Transpo Needs of American Cities?

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 8, 2013 | No Comments

Who will be looking out for the interests of transit riders in the 113th Congress? It’s easy to figure it out, said Cap’n Transit over the weekend: Just check whether they have an R or a D next to their names. The Cap’n ranked House Transportation Committee members, from both parties, by the percentage of car-free […]

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Mica’s New Post Gives Him a Good Vantage Point For Sniping at Amtrak

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 3, 2013 | No Comments

Perhaps Rep. John Mica’s most remarkable legacy as chair of the House Transportation Committee is the single-minded focus he gave to attacking Amtrak. Under the guise of wanting it to succeed, Mica has repeatedly excoriated it as a “Soviet-style monopoly” and a waste of taxpayer dollars. He’s tried to sell off its only profitable line, […]

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Transit Tax Benefit Equalized With Parking Benefit in Fiscal Cliff Deal

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 2, 2013 | No Comments

Happy New Year, transit riders! Thanks to some shrewd maneuvering on the part of some U.S. Senators, transit commuters will be able to claim as much in tax benefits as car commuters do in 2013. Slipped into the fiscal cliff deal approved by the House of Representatives last night was a provision to boost the […]

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