Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Federal Funding

Eliminate Waste or Kill Good Projects? Earmark Ban Could Cut Both Ways

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 4, 2010 | No Comments

As the election news sunk in yesterday, President Obama sought common ground with the incoming Republican leadership. His olive branch: earmarks. In a nod to the likely new House Majority Leader, Eric Cantor (R-VA), Obama singled out an earmark ban as an area of agreement for the two parties. Cantor has called earmarks “the poster […]

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Bike-Ped Funding Dips as Stimulus Spending Slows

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 1, 2010 | No Comments

Via the League of American Bicyclists, new information is out about how much the feds are spending on bike-ped projects. While federal funding for bicycle and pedestrian projects is down a bit from last year’s all-time high, it still comes in at more than a billion dollars. A third of the money is from the […]

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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 […]

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Why Transit Agencies Expand Capacity While They Cut Service

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 22, 2010 | No Comments

The past couple of years have been bittersweet for American transit riders. While the Obama administration’s TIGER grant program and livability initiatives have spurred investments in new streetcar and bus projects, service cuts and fare hikes have been the order of the day in cities large and small, as transit agencies cope with shrinking revenues […]

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U.S. DOT Unveils Full List of TIGER II Winners

By Noah Kazis | Oct 20, 2010 | No Comments

The complete list of TIGER II grants has been released by U.S. DOT today, after members of Congress revealed many winners last week. In keeping with the department’s livability goals, the list is filled with transit projects (especially streetcar lines), efforts to bolster the country’s non-trucking freight network, and fix-it-first projects aimed at deteriorating roads […]

TIGER II Funds Sheridan Replacement Study, Fordham Redesign

By Noah Kazis | Oct 15, 2010 | 5 Comments

The TIGER II leaks keep coming. Here in New York, Congressman José Serrano just announced two winners of the much-sought-after federal funds (hat tip to the Tri-State Transportation Campaign on the news). $1.5 million will fund a planning study of the Sheridan Expressway area, which could provide a big boost for efforts to replace that […]

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