Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Barbara Boxer

Stakeholders Beg Conferees to Stop Acting Like Children

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 5, 2012 | No Comments

Sen. Barbara Boxer’s noon press conference started out as a bit of a mess. The Senate press gallery announced it was canceled five minutes before it was due to start. Then three minutes later, the EPW committee sent out a notice that the event had changed locations and would start 20 minutes later. Needless to […]

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Senate Passes Two-Year Transportation Bill, 74-22; All Eyes on House

By Ben Goldman | Mar 14, 2012 | No Comments

The Senate transportation bill has finally passed by a vote of 74 to 22. In a show of bipartisan support, which this bill has largely enjoyed from start to finish, 22 Republicans voted for its passage. The bill, which would support $109 billion worth of federal transportation programs over two years if enacted — a […]

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Senate’s Changes to TIFIA Could Mean More Toll Roads, Less Transit

By Ben Goldman | Dec 21, 2011 | No Comments

When the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee unanimously passed a two-year transportation reauthorization bill last month, it quickly became clear that bipartisan support was coming at a price. First, we learned that the Transportation Enhancements bike/ped programs would lose their dedicated funding. Now, we learn that Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loans […]

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Senate’s Draft Transpo Bill Weakens Bike-Ped Programs

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 7, 2011 | No Comments

Last Friday, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released its draft transportation reauthorization bill. With the GOP-controlled House contemplating a national transportation policy designed for maximum fossil fuel consumption, the best opportunities for reform reside in the Senate. While the 600-page draft that came out of Senator Barbara Boxer’s committee includes some key reforms […]

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Last-Minute Deal Preserves Bike/Ped Funding. But For How Long?

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 16, 2011 | No Comments

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) has relented on his push to strip Transportation Enhancement funding from the six-month surface transportation extension, clearing the way for Senate passage last night and a White House signature today. In exchange for releasing his stranglehold on the Senate (and the estimated 80,000 workers that could lose their jobs, at least […]

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Inhofe Supports Clean Extension, Won’t Vote Against Bike/Ped (This Time)

By Alice Ollstein and Tanya Snyder | Sep 8, 2011 | No Comments

The Environment and Public Works Committee unanimously agreed this morning to send a four-month extension of the transportation bill to the full Senate. Chair Barbara Boxer (D-CA) emphasized that it wasn’t easy to get consensus on the extension, especially with many members wanting to move forward with the full two-year bill. Sen. James Inhofe still […]

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