Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Federal Transportation Bill

House to Vote on 9th Transpo Extension Right Before Time Runs Out

By Ben Goldman | Mar 22, 2012 | No Comments

Reps. John Mica, Dave Camp, and John Duncan have formally introduced a bill that would extend federal transportation programs until June 30, without any changes to funding, policy, or gas taxes. It is officially known as H.R. 4239. The 90-day extension would be the ninth passed since the last long-term transportation bill, SAFETEA-LU, expired in […]

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Infographic: When Reagan, the GOP, and Democrats Doubled the Gas Tax

By Ben Goldman | Mar 20, 2012 | No Comments

Something to keep in mind while the House GOP leadership toys with the idea of sending national transportation policy back to the 1950s…

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House Won’t Take Up Senate Transpo Bill as March 31 Deadline Looms

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 16, 2012 | No Comments

So much for bipartisanship. Even though his efforts to whip his party into passing a five-year transportation bill that attacks transit, biking, and walking have been fruitless, House Speaker John Boehner isn’t about to follow through on his threat to take up the Senate’s two-year bill. That bill passed with 22 GOP ayes (and 22 nays) […]

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Compare the Senate and House Transpo Bills, Side-By-Side

By Ben Goldman | Mar 15, 2012 | No Comments

Now that the Senate has passed a transportation bill and everyone’s waiting to see what the House will do next, Transportation for America has done us all a great service and compared the Senate’s bill to the House’s — well, to the last thing the House showed us before things fell apart for John Boehner’s […]

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Don’t Count Out HR 7 Yet: House GOP Could Revive Their Bill This Week

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 13, 2012 | No Comments

Last week, when House Speaker John Boehner indicated his willingness to bring up the Senate transportation bill, it seemed like an admission of defeat for the brazenly partisan approach and insanely destructive policies the Republicans have been promoting. But it’s not over yet. Check out the nuances of Boehner’s statement, quoted in The Hill last Thursday: […]

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LaHood to House: “Get on the Bus” With a Bipartisan Transportation Bill

By Ben Goldman | Mar 12, 2012 | No Comments

This morning, at the American Public Transportation Association’s annual legislative conference, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood said he was recently asked by the House Appropriations Committee if he prefers a two-year transportation bill or a five-year transportation bill. Neither, he said: “I prefer a bipartisan bill.” “Bipartisanship is the reason the Senate bill is a […]

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