Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Florida

GOP Selects Site Next to TIGER-Funded Greenway for RNC Convention

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 18, 2012 | 9 Comments

Some Republican lawmakers really can’t stand TIGER, the Obama Administration’s competitive grant program for innovative transportation projects, which has funded several local initiatives to improve transit, biking, and walking over the past few years. Right now, Republicans are fighting to keep TIGER funding out of an appropriations bill — even though demand for the program has been overwhelming. […]

Christie, Walker, Kasich, and Scott All Deceived the Public to Kill Rail

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 13, 2012 | 8 Comments

Wisconsin, Ohio, New Jersey, Florida — the Republican governors in each of these states recently aborted a major rail project claiming it was too expensive. Their methods were remarkably similar; their justifications aligned. In many ways, it was like they were all working from the same playbook. Now that the Government Accountability Office has exposed New Jersey […]

Can a 100% Private Passenger Rail Line Turn a Profit?

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 27, 2012 | 19 Comments

Public-private partnerships have recently become a popular policy prescription for the prospect of reviving inter-city passenger rail. But now, a private company is setting out to do it alone – no public support needed. Florida East Coast Industries has announced that it will start operating passenger service between South Florida and Orlando in 2014. They’re calling […]

Quantified: The Price of Sprawl in Florida

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 14, 2011 | 8 Comments

We all know sprawl is costly to local communities. Roads, schools, sewers: It all adds up. But the total price-tag is hard to determine, and that ambiguity undermines efforts at reform. What qualifies as sprawl? How much additional infrastructure is needed to support it? That’s why it’s exciting that a group of concerned Florida homeowners […]

FTA Distributes $1 Billion to Local Transit Agencies

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 20, 2011 | No Comments

Transit providers in Detroit, Miami, Seattle and Bloomington, Indiana were a few of the many winners in the latest round of Federal Transit Administration capital grants. On Monday, FTA awarded almost $1 billion to local transit agencies to purchase buses, construct shelters and plan for the future [PDF]. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced the grants […]

Rail-Wary FL Gov. Scott Threw Caution to the Wind in Supporting SunRail

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 15, 2011 | 4 Comments

On Monday, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will travel to Orlando for the ground-breaking of the SunRail commuter rail project in central Florida. We reported with some pleasure two weeks ago that Gov. Rick Scott had approved the project. But what we didn’t mention was that there’s significant opposition to the project, and it’s not all […]

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