Recent Streetsblog USA posts about U.S. DOT

New Federal Guide Will Show More Cities the Way on Protected Bike Lanes

By Michael Andersen | May 19, 2015 | 26 Comments

Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. Protected bike lanes are now officially star-spangled. Eight years after New York City created a trailblazing protected bikeway on 9th Avenue, designs once perceived as unfit for American streets have now been detailed in a new […]

You Can Help Make State DOTs Accountable for How They Spend

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 27, 2015 | 2 Comments

Pressure is mounting on the president and Congress to keep roads and bridges from falling apart by increasing transportation funding. But a big part of the problem is states, which receive the lion’s share of federal transportation funds but opt to spend most on new roads, instead of maintaining existing infrastructure. Between 2009 and 2011, states spent just […]

4 Things to Know as Transportation Bill Negotiations Heat Up

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 18, 2015 | 10 Comments

Lawmakers in Washington are just beginning their latest attempt to craft the first long-term transportation bill in roughly a decade. The current bill expires in just a few months, on May 31, but in Congress that’s an eternity. While it’s a long way from go time, the contours of the debate are starting to become […]

Obama’s New Transportation Budget: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 2, 2015 | 7 Comments

With federal transportation funding on track to run dry by May 31, Washington lawmakers are gearing up again to reset national transportation policy… or, if that doesn’t work out, to limp along indefinitely under the status quo. Today President Obama unveiled his opening bid in this process. The $478-billion, six-year plan from the White House includes many […]

Four Nice Touches in U.S. DOT’s New “Mayors’ Challenge” for Bike Safety

By Michael Andersen | Jan 23, 2015 | 7 Comments

Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. There’s a difference between bike-safety warnings that focus on blaming victims and warnings that recommend actual systemic improvements. The launch of a Mayors’ Challenge for Safer People, Safer Streets by U.S. Secretary […]

Hastily-Debated Collins Measure Could Put More Tired Truckers on the Road

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 9, 2014 | 21 Comments

It just wouldn’t be Congress if we weren’t trying to debate substantive policy changes, with drastic implications for public safety, with a government shutdown deadline fast approaching. As Congress tries to wrap up the hideously-named “cromnibus” (continuing resolution (CR) + omnibus) spending bill for the rest of FY 2015 by Thursday, one provision is attracting […]

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