Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Federal Stimulus

Rendell: National Infrastructure Bank Could Move as Part of New Jobs Bill

By Elana Schor | Dec 7, 2009 | 1 Comment

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D), who is in Washington today continuing his push for a "front-loaded" federal transportation bill, told Streetsblog Capitol Hill that he sees momentum building for a National Infrastructure Bank (NIB) to be created as part of the jobs bill now moving forward in Congress. Gov. Ed Rendell (D-PA) (Photo: Post-Gazette) Rendell, […]

Congress Gets Project Lists for Jobs Bill: $15B for Transit, $48B for Roads

By Elana Schor | Dec 2, 2009 | No Comments

AASHTO’s chart of projects deemed "ready to go" by its members. As Democrats in both chambers of Congress work on drafting new economic recovery legislation, they now have a preliminary list of how much spending can be set in motion on short notice: $15 billion for transit projects and $48 billion for highway projects. Those […]

The Missed Opportunity for an Urban Stimulus: Mayors “Were Ignored”

By Elana Schor | Dec 1, 2009 | 2 Comments

Two-thirds of America’s population, and more than three-quarters of its economic productivity, come from major cities. So why did the Obama administration’s economic stimulus law end up giving metropolitan areas the short end of the stick? Daniel Malloy, mayor of Stamford, CT. Photo: Bridgeport City Council Harry Moroz of the Drum Major Institute attempts to […]

Obama Calls For ‘More Creative’ Ways to Pay For Infrastructure

By Elana Schor | Nov 2, 2009 | 9 Comments

At a meeting today with his outside economic recovery advisers, President Obama emphasized the importance of shoring up the nation’s crumbling infrastructure but warned that the mounting federal deficit would require "more creative, new approaches to financing" investment in transit, bridges, and road repairs. President Obama (Photo: AP) "I think my team will testify when […]

Feds Gambled More on Electric Cars in 6 Months Than Transit Gets All Year

By Elana Schor | Oct 27, 2009 | 3 Comments

Vice President Joe Biden will return to his home state of Delaware today to announce that California car company Fisker Automotive will reopen a shuttered General Motors plant to build a moderately priced plug-in hybrid that goes by the code name Project NINA. The Wilmington, Delaware, GM plant that Fisker plans to reopen. Photo: NYT […]

Transport Debate Still Stalled As Oberstar Decries “Lack of Political Will”

By Elana Schor | Oct 16, 2009 | 3 Comments

Halfway through the extra month that Congress gave itself to resolve a long-simmering dispute over funding the nation’s transportation system, Democratic leaders remain deadlocked over whether — and how long — to wait before debating a broad reform of federal infrastructure policy. The transportation secretary and the president have a stalemate on their hands. Photo: […]

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