Recent Streetsblog USA posts about DOT

Government Shutdown Would Be a Punch in the Gut to Transit Agencies

By Tanya Snyder | Apr 8, 2011 | 6 Comments

A powwow between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, President Obama, and House Speaker John Boehner last night failed to yield a compromise that would put a budget in place before the government shuts down at midnight tonight. The failure of yet another attempt to negotiate makes a government shutdown all but inevitable. Just a month […]

Florida Gov. Rick Scott Chooses Politics Over Constituents, Rejects HSR Funds

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 16, 2011 | 51 Comments

Florida Governor Rick Scott announced today he would forfeit $2 billion in federal grants to build a high-speed rail line between Orlando and Tampa. The announcement ended months of speculation about whether Scott would join fellow Republican Governors John Kasich (Ohio) and Scott Walker (Wisconsin) in turning down federal funds for expanding passenger rail in […]

10 New Rail, BRT Projects Selected for Funding by DOT

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 15, 2011 | 2 Comments

From bus rapid transit in Michigan to light rail in Arizona, ten new local transit projects are in line to receive federal capital funding under the President’s 2012 Budget proposal. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today released a list of 10 new projects in nine cities that would receive a total of $569 million in funding […]

Top DOT Officials Preview the Push for a Transportation Bill

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 26, 2011 | 2 Comments

Before President Obama made his call for infrastructure investment in the State of the Union address last night, an impressive panel of about a dozen DOT officials addressed the Transportation Research Board’s annual meeting to divulge what they could about the reauthorization of the long-term national transportation law. Secretary Ray LaHood has said he’s confident […]

Bicycle Advocates Thank LaHood, Talk Strategy

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 14, 2011 | 2 Comments

This was a big week for bike advocates: They had a pow-wow with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, launched a new coalition, and refined their strategy for the 112th Congress. LaHood blogged about the meeting, encouraging bike advocates to stay engaged in the political process. He assured advocates that they “have a friend in the administration” but […]

Would an Infrastructure Bank Have the Power to Reform Transportation?

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 7, 2010 | 2 Comments

Our report yesterday on transportation financing may have left you with a few more questions. We started with a look at TIFIA, which provides credit assistance for infrastructure projects. Many observers see the program as limited by its position inside the DOT and its opaque decision-making process. But what about a National Infrastructure Bank, you ask? Transportation […]

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