Recent Streetsblog USA posts about DOT

Why Reformers Should Care How We Pay for Transportation

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 6, 2010 | 2 Comments

TIFIAs and TIGERs and NIBs — oh my! The alphabet soup of infrastructure funding mechanisms can be alienating even to committed transportation advocates. But with the power of the gas tax diminishing and elected officials refusing to raise it, other financing options are taking on increasing importance. If you’re interested in reforming our transportation system […]

What Does It Take to Win a Planning Grant From the Feds?

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 10, 2010 | 3 Comments

Reconnecting America has crunched the numbers on which projects won planning grants from the feds last month. Planning awards were announced through three programs: Sustainable Communities Regional Planning (SCRPG), Community Challenge, and TIGER II. It’s worth noting that these are the types of competitive grant programs that John Mica is planning to put under the microscope […]

Could Common Design Standards Bring Back U.S. Transit Manufacturing?

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 22, 2010 | 5 Comments

The Portland area is the only place in the country that manufactures streetcars these days. United Streetcar, in the suburb of Clackamas, opened last year to build Portland’s streetcars — and to serve as a lesson, perhaps, that rail transit manufacturing doesn’t all need to happen overseas. Ray LaHood’s deputy, John Porcari, said as much at Rail~volution. […]

If You Come, They Will Build It: Notes on Livability From Rail~volution

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 21, 2010 | No Comments

Those looking for hope in this era of transit service cuts took heart from the words of William Millar, President of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), at Rail~volution yesterday. In his keynote speech, Millar reasons to hope for a better future — despite the fact that 84 percent of APTA members were cutting service, raising fares, […]

TIGER II Leaks Begin: New Haven’s Highway-to-Boulevard Project a Winner

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 15, 2010 | 6 Comments

We reported earlier today that Ray LaHood is keeping mum about the TIGER II grant winners until the middle of next week, but the info is beginning to drip — and it’s members of Congress doing the leaking. Word is out that New Haven, Connecticut has landed a $16 million TIGER II grant to convert part […]

TIGER II Grants to Be Announced Next Week

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 15, 2010 | No Comments

Applicants for the U.S. DOT’s TIGER II grants are on pins and needles awaiting a decision… and even awaiting a decision about when there might be a decision. Rumors have been flying around that the awardees would be announced today, but the DOT press office said that won’t be happening. One DOT source told Streetsblog […]

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