Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Federal Funding

Earth Day Resolution: Stop Building Projects Like the Zoo Interchange

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 22, 2014 | No Comments

Leading up to Earth Day, the New York Times ran an editorial, “Time Is Running Out,” lamenting the lack of urgency in the United States to prevent a very urgent problem: catastrophic climate change. Today, Brad Plumer at Vox explained why it may be too late to keep average temperatures from rising more than 2 […]

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In Obama Budget, a Glimpse of What Beefed-Up Transit Funding Could Do

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 5, 2014 | No Comments

The budget proposal released by President Obama yesterday fleshes out the transportation ideas put out by the White House last week and includes specific grants for transit upgrades and expansions in 2015, but many of them won’t be part of this budget unless Congress agrees to increase funding for transportation. The White House budget proposes $17.6 billion […]

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Inside Obama’s Transpo Budget: “Historic Increase” in Transit Funding

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 4, 2014 | No Comments

A few more details about the Obama administration’s proposal for a new transportation bill surfaced today when the president unveiled his 2015 budget proposal. The topline numbers came out last week and look good for transit, biking, and walkability. The White House’s four-year, $302 billion surface transportation plan proposes an “historic increase” in transit funding — […]

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Let’s Do the Time Warp Again: U.S. DOT Fails to Get Travel Forecasting Right

By Phineas Baxandall and Tony Dutzik | Mar 3, 2014 | No Comments

The U.S. Department of Transportation seems to be stuck in a bizarre time warp. For nine years in a row Americans have decreased their average driving miles. Yet U.S. DOT’s most recent biennial report to Congress on the state of the nation’s transportation system, released last Friday, forecasts that total vehicle miles will increase between […]

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Obama to Propose Four-Year Transpo Bill Funded By “Business Tax Reform”

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 26, 2014 | No Comments

President Obama will unveil a proposal for a $302 billion, four-year transportation bill during a speech today in Minnesota, according to an announcement from the White House. A fact sheet from the administration indicates the proposal would increase dedicated funding for transit more than funding for highways. The proposal would represent a 38 percent spending […]

In Sly Fashion, Cuomo Skirts Requests for Bike-Ped Funding

By Stephen Miller | Feb 21, 2014 | 2 Comments

Last week, nearly three dozen advocates from across the state went to Albany to meet with legislators, asking for dedicated bike-pedestrian funding from the state. But some timely announcements by Governor Cuomo put a damper on their request. The most recent federal transportation bill cut dedicated bike-pedestrian funding to New York state by 30 percent, or $12 […]

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