Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Federal Funding

Kerry on Transportation Funding: “We’re in a Crazy Place Right Now”

By Tanya Snyder | May 18, 2011 | No Comments

As the House and Senate get closer to unveiling their respective transportation proposals, it’s crunch time for figuring out how to pay for infrastructure investment moving forward. Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), who has let slip that he’s in favor of a short two-year reauthorization because of current funding constraints, chaired a hearing in the Finance […]

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Senate Finalizing Transpo Bill — It’s Up to Boxer to Preserve Bike/Ped Funding

By Angie Schmitt | May 12, 2011 | No Comments

According to Congressional insiders, members of the Senate’s Committee on Environment and Public Works are meeting today and tomorrow to hash out the details of their proposal for a multi-year transportation reauthorization bill. Hanging in the balance of these negotiations may be the federal government’s only programs dedicated to funding infrastructure for biking and walking. […]

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Tales From the Post-Earmark Era: Pork Won’t Hog the Transpo Money

By Tanya Snyder | May 10, 2011 | No Comments

We knew it could happen, people! There had to be a better way to distribute federal dollars than Congressional earmarks. The FHWA just announced that 11 programs, funded at a combined $422 million, will be making discretionary grants for innovative projects. “These grants will support projects that work to improve safety, maintain a state of […]

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Mica Wants to Abandon Federal Commitment to Bike-Ped Funding

By Tanya Snyder | May 6, 2011 | No Comments

Jonathan Maus at BikePortland just brought our attention to a recent comment we wish House Transportation Committee Chair John Mica (R-FL) hadn’t made. As the Orlando Sentinel reported yesterday, Rep. Mica is making noises about “siphoning away” money for bike paths. The Sentinel says Mica “wants to add flexibility to how states spend their share […]

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Well That Was Quick: Obama Disavows Mileage Fee Proposal

By Tanya Snyder | May 5, 2011 | No Comments

The Hill is reporting that the Obama administration has already sworn off a move toward a vehicle-miles-traveled fee. We just reported that an undated draft of the administration transportation proposal included the creation of an office to study the feasibility of implementing such a system to replace the traditional fuel tax. The Hill’s Keith Laing […]

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Obama Wants to Study Viability of Mileage-Based Fee for Transpo Revenue

By Tanya Snyder | May 5, 2011 | No Comments

Thanks to The Hill for reading President Obama’s transportation bill draft [PDF] more thoroughly than I did – they discovered a significant detail that I’d missed. Despite his administration’s insistence that they won’t consider an increase in the gas tax or other user fees, Obama’s bill includes language establishing a Surface Transportation Revenue Alternatives Office […]

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