Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about 2009 Transportation Bill

House GOPers Propose Filling Trust Fund With Stimulus Money

By Elana Schor | Jun 19, 2009 | 5 Comments

As their committee’s leaders butted heads with the Obama administration, a group of Republicans on the House transportation panel proposed to fill the $7 billion hole in the nation’s highway trust fund with unobligated money from the economic stimulus law. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL). Photo: SW Broward GOP The bill, offered yesterday by Rep. Mario […]

House Transpo Leaders United — in Frustration With the White House

By Elana Schor | Jun 18, 2009 | 2 Comments

Senior members of the House transportation committee today fired a warning shot at those pushing an 18-month extension of existing federal law, putting the Obama administration and key senators on notice that their $450 billion proposal would move forward this year. How often does Larry Summers hold a shovel? Photo: World Economic Forum/Flickr Rep. Jim […]

The Oberstar Bill: What About the Highways-Transit Split?

By Elana Schor | Jun 18, 2009 | 1 Comment

As transit fans and policy wonks digest the details of House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Jim Oberstar’s (D-MN) new proposal, one question is coming to mind: Does it change the typical 80-20 split in the percentage of funding that goes to highways versus transit? The short answer is, not really. While road programs got […]

Oberstar’s New Transportation Bill: Get the Highlights

By Elana Schor | Jun 18, 2009 | 3 Comments

Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN), the House transportation committee chairman, is set to brief reporters this afternoon on his $450 billion, six-year federal transportation bill — which he plans to pursue regardless of the Obama administration’s push for an 18-month extension of existing law. House Transportation Committee Chairman Jim Oberstar (D-MN) has a brewing battle with […]

LaHood Asks for 18-Month Extension of Four-Year-Old Transpo Law

By Elana Schor | Jun 17, 2009 | 5 Comments

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is asking Congress to extend the existing federal transportation law for 18 months, averting the coming insolvency of the nation’s highway trust fund while putting off broad-based transport reform for as long as the Bush administration did in the days surrounding the 2004 election. Photo: AP LaHood’s request comes at an […]

Oberstar to Release Transportation Outline on Wednesday

By Elana Schor | Jun 15, 2009 | 3 Comments

Jim Oberstar (D-MN), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, will release a "white paper" on his plans for the upcoming federal reauthorization bill in a press conference on Wednesday. It’s important to note that the paper will serve as an outline — legislative language is expected to emerge later. (Streetsblog Capitol Hill’s bet […]

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