Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Federal Transportation Bill

Amendment to Restore Bike/Ped Programs in House Transpo Bill Fails

By Ben Goldman | Feb 2, 2012 | No Comments

An amendment that would restore the popular Safe Routes to School and Transportation Enhancements programs to the House GOP’s transportation bill has just been defeated in the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee by a vote of 29-27. Supporters of safer biking and walking sent thousands of messages to Congress supporting this amendment in the short time […]

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Now’s the Time to Make the House Bill Better for Walking, Biking, and Transit

By Ben Goldman | Feb 1, 2012 | No Comments

The House transportation bill will be marked up by the Transportation & Infrastructure committee tomorrow morning, and advocates are fighting for amendments that would improve the provisions for active transportation and transit. The first amendment, introduced by Rep. Tom Petri (R-WI), would restore the Transportation Enhancements and Safe Routes to School programs, consolidated into a […]

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House Transportation Bill Officially Drops, Lands With a Thud

By Ben Goldman | Jan 31, 2012 | No Comments

John Mica, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, officially unveiled his committee’s transportation bill, the “American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act,” at a press conference outside the House wing of the Capitol this afternoon. (We will post the full bill text here as soon as we can.) Streetsblog wrote about some of the […]

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Senate Transit Bill Would Let Federal Funds Support Transit Service

By Ben Goldman | Jan 31, 2012 | No Comments

All eyes are on the House side of Capitol Hill today in anticipation of the Republicans’ grand unveiling of their American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act at 3:00 p.m. But last night, some enduring questions about the Senate’s transportation bill finally got some answers. Senators Tim Johnson and Richard Shelby, respectively the chairman and ranking […]

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This Is Not a Drill: Highway Lobby Trying to Push Transpo Bill Thru Congress

By Ben Goldman | Jan 30, 2012 | No Comments

For the 112th Congress, the path to passing a new transportation bill has been full of starts and stops, partisan politics and low expectations. While Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood recently said he doesn’t expect a multi-year bill to pass this Congress, livable streets advocates should still be on alert in the weeks ahead. Momentum is […]

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House Transportation Bill “a March of Horribles”

By Ben Goldman | Jan 27, 2012 | No Comments

There was no grand unveiling of the House’s five-year transportation bill today, but a summary of the bill has been kicking around for a few days. While there aren’t any hard numbers available yet, the “American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act” looks like a return to 1950s-style transportation policy. It is particularly unkind to transit […]

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