Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Barack Obama

Drawing Ideas From Reformers, Obama Gets Behind 6-Year Transpo Plan

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 11, 2010 | No Comments

President Obama told reporters today that he’s committed to a six-year plan to rebuild 150,000 miles of roads, lay and maintain 4,000 miles of railways, restore 150 miles of runways, and create a national infrastructure bank. He made his remarks after meeting with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, former Secretaries Samuel Skinner and Norman Mineta, L.A. […]

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Republicans Line Up to Oppose Obama’s Transportation Proposal

By Adam Voiland | Sep 8, 2010 | No Comments

The critical multi-year transportation bill, which lawmakers have sidelined since last summer as they’ve quarreled about how to pay for it, looks to be back on the agenda after President Obama’s pugnacious Labor Day speech, in which he called on Congress to ramp up investment in transportation. The broad outline of Obama’s plan calls for […]

White House Economic Report Touts TIGER, High-Speed Rail, Transit

By Elana Schor | Feb 12, 2010 | No Comments

The White House Council of Economic Advisers’ first annual report under President Obama made headlines today for its gloomy job-creation outlook, but tucked inside its 462 pages is a tangible reflection of a changed outlook on transportation policy under the new administration. Top White House economic adviser Christina Romer, at right, holds up yesterday’s report. […]

Obama Quietly Gets Federal Agencies Involved in Transport Planning

By Elana Schor | Jan 19, 2010 | 1 Comment

When President Obama signed an executive order in October requiring federal agencies to craft strategies for reducing their greenhouse gas emissions, he described the mandate as Washington "lead[ing] by example" on the pollution-reduction front. (Photo: AP) And that’s true — but the order also includes language telling federal agencies to get involved in integrating local […]

White House Backs $50B For ‘Merit-Based Infrastructure Investment’

By Elana Schor | Dec 8, 2009 | 3 Comments

President Obama today threw his weight behind significant new transportation spending as part of a broad jobs bill taking shape in Congress, with $50 billion slated for transit, roads, bridges, and ports and the administration endorsing "merit-based infrastructure investment that leverages federal dollars." President Obama gave a high-profile jobs speech today. (Photo: NYT) During his […]

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 […]

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