Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Federal Funding

Congress Sells Out Non-Drivers by Reauthorizing FAST Act

By Kea Wilson | Sep 23, 2020 | No Comments

Congress passed a short-term spending bill that will renew funding for our existing car-focused infrastructure, missing an opportunity to reform a broken system that's killing our planet and its people.

We're in for a lot of empty trains — and economic catastrophe — if we don't get a better relief bill soon.
Photo: Patrick Cashin / Metropolitan Transportation Authoriity

New COVID Relief Bill Gives Zero Dollars to Sustainable Transportation

By Kea Wilson | Jul 28, 2020 | No Comments

Senate Republicans have released a new COVID-19 relief bill that allocates billions of dollars to air travel, but leaves zero dollars for the public transit systems that experts say are getting essential employees to work — and keeping our entire economy afloat. The Senate Republican’s Health, Economic Assistance, Liability protection and Schools (HEALS) Act allots $10 […]

Essential workers board an NJ Transit bus. With fare revenue down drastically, the tri-state region will need more federal money if it wants to keep transit running and eventually reopen the economy. Photo: Isobel Cully

Op-Ed: Feds Must Help Keep Transit Running

By Kevin Garcia | May 7, 2020 | No Comments

Transit is the only option for thousands of low-income essential workers — and essential for the revival of the regional economy — as New Jersey shows.

New York's economy would be paralyzed if the 110-year-old Gateway Tunnel were to collapse.

Feds Must Fix Hudson River Tunnel Before Catastrophic Failure Cripples New York

By Julianne Cuba | Feb 27, 2019 | 23 Comments

The Regional Plan Association estimates that a failure of the tunnel would cost billions to the New York region and send home values plummeting.

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Trump’s Federal Transit Administration Has Gone Rogue

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 22, 2018 | No Comments

Donald Trump's U.S. DOT is refusing to do its job when it comes to transit, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.

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House GOP Transportation Bill Would Raise Taxes on Transit and Bikes

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 30, 2018 | No Comments

The bill would amount to a tax increase of more than $200 million annually on American transit agencies.

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