Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about U.S. DOT

TIGER V a Shot in the Arm for Livable Streets in Cities and Small Towns

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 5, 2013 | No Comments

Out of 585 applications, U.S. DOT has chosen 52 transportation projects in 37 states to receive TIGER awards totaling $474 million. The Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery program was originally an element of President Obama’s 2009 stimulus package. Although it hasn’t been reauthorized and many Republicans claim to hate it, funding somehow keeps being appropriated for […]

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U.S. DOT Launches “Everyone Is a Pedestrian” Campaign

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 6, 2013 | No Comments

Yesterday, U.S. DOT launched a new campaign called “Everyone Is a Pedestrian,” including $2 million in grants that will be awarded to as many as six focus cities for pedestrian safety education and enforcement initiatives. While $2 million is peanuts in the grand scheme of the nation’s pedestrian safety needs, it’s notable that Transportation Secretary Anthony […]

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At First Hearing, Foxx Defends Projects That Advance the “Public Good”

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 25, 2013 | No Comments

Should the nation’s largest infrastructure loan program finance projects that make the transportation system more productive and efficient? Hell no, says Senator David Vitter, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Hundreds of millions of dollars should be available to any old project that comes along, as long as it has a […]

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Anthony Foxx Confirmed Unanimously as U.S. Secretary of Transportation

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 27, 2013 | No Comments

After a remarkably smooth and uncontentious process, Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx has just been confirmed by the full Senate as the 17th U.S. Secretary of Transportation. Not a single senator voted against — or even abstained from — his confirmation. Coming to the position as the mayor of a major southern city, Foxx brings with […]

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FHWA: Oklahoma DOT Must Consider Restoring Street Grid in Downtown OKC

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 24, 2013 | No Comments

In a rare victory against state DOT standard operating procedure, residents of Oklahoma City last week managed to compel the Oklahoma Department of Transportation to consider a redeveloped street grid as an alternative to a wide, high-speed boulevard through the city’s downtown. A highly-organized group of volunteers calling themselves Friends of a Better Boulevard has been […]

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Petitioning U.S. DOT to Recognize That City Streets Should Prioritize Walking

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 10, 2013 | No Comments

The Federal Highway Administration classifies roads as either “rural” or “urbanized.” But the “urbanized” label is deceptive, because it applies suburban street design standards to any street that isn’t rural. So if you live in, say, downtown St. Louis, the FHWA applies the same standards to your streets as to the streets in Orlando’s most […]

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