Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Federal Stimulus

Report: States Used $6.6B in Stimulus Cash on New Roads, Not Repair

By Elana Schor | Jun 29, 2009 | 1 Comment

Today is the deadline for state DOTs to allocate at least half of the transportation money they received under the economic stimulus law, and Smart Growth America marked the occasion with a study of what types of projects are getting that cash. North Carolina spent $5.7 million in stimulus cash repaving I-540, pictured above, along […]

Report: Nation’s Cities Not Getting Their Share of Stimulus Transpo Money

By Elana Schor | Jun 16, 2009 | 1 Comment

The nation’s largest metropolitan areas — which account for 63 percent of the U.S. population and 73 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) — have received less than half of the surface transportation money allocated so far under the Obama administration’s economic stimulus plan, according to a new report compiled for the U.S. Conference […]

Less Than One Percent of Transpo Stimulus Money Paid Out So Far

By Elana Schor | May 13, 2009 | No Comments

The New York Times reports this morning that the Obama administration’s $787 billion economic stimulus package has hit a few snags: Some states and cities are beginning to complain that the money has yet to reach them. Others have been slow to get their paperwork to Washington; Virginia has yet to send the Transportation Department […]

Stim Cash Gone Bad: Feds Fund Houston’s Highway to Nowhere

By Ben Fried | May 8, 2009 | 3 Comments

Robin Holzer. Photo: New York Times. Reuters just wrapped up a two-day "Infrastructure Summit" and published a great collection of stories about the state of transportation policy in the U.S. I especially like this piece, featuring Robin Holzer of the Houston-based Citizens’ Transportation Coalition, who does a great job illustrating some of the major deficiencies […]

Obama’s Touted Office of Urban Policy Slow to Take Shape

By Sarah Goodyear | Apr 27, 2009 | 2 Comments

When Barack Obama was elected, urbanists were, in some cases literally, dancing in the streets. For once, America had elected a president who understood the importance of cities — and who promised to create an "Office for Urban Policy" that would help those cities to take their rightful place in the federal policy debate. But, […]

Obama Falls Prey to Ribbon-Cutting Syndrome

By Ben Fried | Apr 14, 2009 | 7 Comments

Obama greets construction workers at a DC photo op. Photo: AFP via Infrastructurist. At a press event in DC yesterday, President Obama touted the two thousandth transportation project to receive federal stimulus funds. I’m speculating a bit here, but the White House probably had some discretion when choosing which item to highlight for this milestone. […]

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