Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about 2009 Transportation Bill

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 […]

Transportation Policy Becomes the Proverbial Tree Falling in the Forest

By Elana Schor | Oct 28, 2009 | 5 Comments

Halfway through this afternoon’s rally in support of a new federal transportation bill, there came an accidental but telling moment. A group of tourists, attracted by the hundreds of orange flags planted in the National Mall for the rally, walked through the event and whispered questions to attendees about its purpose. Once their curiosity was […]

Transport Policy Update: Senate to Pass 6-Month Extension This Week

By Elana Schor | Oct 27, 2009 | No Comments

Before week’s end, the Senate will pass a six-month extension of the nation’s four-year-old transportation law — setting the stage for another showdown with the House, where transportation committee chairman Jim Oberstar remains on the fence about abandoning the push for a new long-term bill before 2010. Photo: USGS.gov Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) […]

Rep. Earl Blumenauer: Announcing the Livable Communities Task Force

By Earl Blumenauer | Oct 19, 2009 | 3 Comments

Editor’s note: Today we have a guest post from Democratic Rep. Earl Blumenauer, who has represented Oregon’s 3rd Congressional District since 1996. He is the lead sponsor of the House’s "CLEAN TEA" climate legislation and founded the Congressional Bicycle Caucus. Rep. Earl Blumenauer. Photo: Airdye.com With much excitement, today we are launching the Livable Communities […]

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: […]

Obama Ally Breaks With White House on Timing of New Transport Bill

By Elana Schor | Oct 14, 2009 | 2 Comments

Sen. Dick Durbin (IL), the No. 2 Democratic leader in the upper chamber of Congress and a close ally of the president, broke with the White House Monday and called for a new long-term transportation bill to pass by early next year — not after the Obama administration’s preferred 18-month delay. Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin […]

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