Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about House of Representatives

Fred Barnes: Americans Mainly Want to Stay in Their Cars

By Ben Fried | Nov 3, 2010 | 35 Comments

After yesterday’s electoral drubbing, the Obama administration will have to deal with a starkly different Congress when they make their expected push for a multi-year transportation bill early next year. We know that some influential House Republicans, like John Mica, don’t necessarily believe that bigger highways will solve America’s transportation problems. And we know that […]

See Where New York’s House Candidates Stand on Transportation

By Noah Kazis | Oct 29, 2010 | 2 Comments

The outcome of New York’s Congressional races on Tuesday may end up determining federal transportation policy for years to come. The state has a number of very close House races, from the tip of Long Island to the Canadian border, and those could be the difference between a Democratic or a Republican majority. The unparalleled […]

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GOP Victory Could Imperil Bike-Ped Funding and Transportation Reforms

By Daniel de Zeeuw | Oct 29, 2010 | No Comments

Daniel de Zeeuw is the Campaign Coordinator for America Bikes, which advocates for bike and pedestrian infrastructure in the federal transportation bill. Streetsblog asked him to tell our readers about the conversations he’s been hearing about the outlook for the transportation bill after the election. With Election Day expected to bring the GOP big gains […]

Nadler Revives Fight Against Trucker Giveaway on Verrazano

By Noah Kazis | Oct 15, 2010 | 21 Comments

The one-way tolls on the Verrazano Bridge have been a major cause of truck traffic in New York City since they were instituted in 1986. Though numerous efforts to restore two-way tolls have failed over the last two and a half decades, technological progress may finally bring victory within reach. Congressman Jerry Nadler thinks that […]

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If Republicans Take the House, What Happens to Transportation Reform?

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 6, 2010 | No Comments

It’s November 3. The Republicans have won a majority in the House of Representatives. Meet John Mica (R-FL), the new chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Will it happen? Depends which pundit you listen to or which polls you look at. It’s likely enough that some transportation advocates are concerned about what would happen […]

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Republicans Line Up to Oppose Obama’s Transportation Proposal

By Adam Voiland | Sep 8, 2010 | No Comments

The critical multi-year transportation bill, which lawmakers have sidelined since last summer as they’ve quarreled about how to pay for it, looks to be back on the agenda after President Obama’s pugnacious Labor Day speech, in which he called on Congress to ramp up investment in transportation. The broad outline of Obama’s plan calls for […]

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