Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation for America

Share Your National Vision With the President-Elect

By Brad Aaron | Nov 7, 2008 | 8 Comments

Union Station, Denver, CO With the Obama administration indicating that it may counter the current economic slowdown with much-needed infrastructure investment, Transportation for America has issued a letter calling for the president-elect to "lay the groundwork for a clean-energy future that is less dependent on oil." T4A has set up a page for members of […]

Rubbing Elbows on a Crowded Bus in Alaska

By Sarah Goodyear | Oct 21, 2008 | 3 Comments

It may look desolate, but business is picking up at the Fairbanks bus depot. All around the country, local transit systems are seeing spikes in ridership caused by rising fuel prices, and oftentimes straining under the increased demand. As part of our participation in Transportation for America‘s Build for America campaign, we’ve been looking around […]

Nobelist Krugman Joins Call for Federal Transportation Spending

By John Kaehny | Oct 17, 2008 | 6 Comments

For decades, groups like Build for America have made a strong case that transportation spending has to increase. They have rightly warned that the U.S. transportation network is falling apart, with bridges failing and transit systems lagging behind international competitors. But wars, tax cuts and social priorities have stymied increased investment. Now, as the country […]

The Build for America Plan: Invest in Transportation, Create Jobs

By Ben Fried | Oct 16, 2008 | 12 Comments

Janette Sadik-Khan, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney and Lee Sander. Photo: Paul White. The Build for America campaign officially launched yesterday afternoon at Grand Central Terminal, one of six events held in cities across the nation. DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan — joined by MTA chief Lee Sander, U.S. reps Jerrold Nadler and Carolyn Maloney, and a bevy […]

Transportation for America Launches Legislative Campaign

By Sarah Goodyear | Oct 15, 2008 | 3 Comments

Today marks the start of Transportation for America‘s "Build for America" campaign, which will work to influence the transportation funding legislation that goes before the next Congress in 2009. (You’ll be hearing a lot more about it here in the coming months; we have received a grant from the T4America campaign to kick-start the development […]