Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Federal Funding

Why Is It Still So Hard to Find Out How States Are Spending Transpo Money?

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 19, 2014 | No Comments

You would be lucky to get half as much information about a $5 million transportation project in your state as you can get from a toothpaste tube about how to brush. That sad comparison comes from a new report by Advocacy Advance (a project of the League of American Bicyclists and the Alliance for Biking […]

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New Bill Would Make Bike/Ped Projects Eligible for Federal Loans

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 30, 2014 | No Comments

The day after President Obama’s State of the Union plea to improve economic opportunity for struggling Americans, New Jersey Democrat Albio Sires introduced a bill that he says will help meet that goal. His bill [PDF] would build on the TIFIA loan program, which is so beloved by Congress its funding was expanded by a […]

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De Blasio Calls for More Local Control of Federal Transpo Funds

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 23, 2014 | No Comments

At a convening of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington today, Mayor Bill de Blasio made reference, without really naming it, to the single biggest demand of transportation reformers going into the negotiation for the next national bill: local control. Bicycle advocates successfully fought for local control over some bike and pedestrian dollars precisely […]

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The Next Transpo Bill: Can Congress Solve the Funding Problem?

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 14, 2014 | No Comments

It’s that time again. Just 18 months after the passage of the latest federal transportation bill, known as MAP-21, Congress has to get serious about the next one. The first hearing on the bill that will replace MAP-21 took place today in the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. With gridlock the order of the day […]

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TIGER Funding Gets 20 Percent Boost in Final 2014 Spending Bill

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 14, 2014 | No Comments

In a rare instance of Congress producing some halfway decent news, funding for the federal TIGER program, which issues grants for multi-modal projects, will increase after the House and Senate unveiled the details of an omnibus budget bill yesterday. For the past few years, Congress has been unable to agree on a budget, so funding […]

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Budget Deal Is Good News for Transit

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 12, 2013 | No Comments

The House of Representatives is preparing to vote on that rarest of Capitol Hill treasures — a bipartisan budget deal. If both houses approve the deal, negotiated by Democratic Senator Patty Murray and Republican Congressman Paul Ryan, it will be the first time since 2010 that Congress has passed a budget. The deal would erase […]

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