Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Federal Policy

New Draft of the MUTCD is Still Too Car-Centric

By John Greenfield | Mar 12, 2021 | No Comments

Transportation chief Gia Biagi argued in a letter to the FWHA that the draft version of the next edition of the manual is "far too focused on motor vehicle operations and perpetuates the status quo."

Rep. Garcia: We Need to Quadruple Transit Funding

By John Greenfield | Mar 9, 2021 | No Comments

Advocates acknowledged the goals is ambitious and achieving parity is unlikely this year, but a strategy of aiming high could significantly move the funding needle during this window of opportunity.

Sen. Ed Markey co-introduced four bills that are getting love from green transportation advocates. Source: Victoria Pickering via Creative Commons

Four Bills Could Help Break the Car Culture

By Kea Wilson | Mar 3, 2021 | No Comments

The next infrastructure package might bring some of sustainable transportation advocates' most long-sought bills back to life — and establish new pots of money for bike lanes, sidewalks, and more.

Will Amtrak Get the Subsidy It Deserves?

By Kea Wilson | Feb 22, 2021 | No Comments

Amtrak wants intercity rail take its rightful place as an essential component of our public transportation ecosystem, rather than quasi-private afterthought.

Ask a state politician, and they'll probably tell you that their constituents are calling for more highway funding. But ask a city or county politician, and they're more likely to ask for money for transit — especially post-pandemic. Image: Laurie Skrivan/Post Dispatch, via Creative Commons

Study: Cities Want More Transit From Infra Bill

By Kea Wilson | Feb 16, 2021 | No Comments

If city and regional leaders were the ones writing next federal infrastructure bill, mass transit would be a top priority and highways would be de-emphasized, a new study suggests.

Image: Gage Skidmore via Creative Commons

Opinion: Buttigieg's Midwest Roots Will Help Him at USDOT

By Kea Wilson | Feb 4, 2021 | No Comments

Is Buttigieg a hayseed Hoosier who wouldn't know a headway from a harvester, or a political ecoterrorist hellbent on leaving rural American in the lurch and laughing all the way to the Amtrak station? Neither: He's a guy from South Bend.

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