Recent Streetsblog USA posts about U.S. DOT

Obama Admin Will Make Its Transportation Push… During the Next Congress

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 28, 2010 | 3 Comments

President Obama is “going to throw his support behind a six-year reauthorization of the transportation program” in Congress. That was the word today from Roy Kienitz, who represented the Transportation Department today as he testified before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. In a meeting with transportation reform advocates last week, Secretary Ray LaHood […]

Applications for TIGER II Funding Overwhelm What U.S. DOT Can Dish Out

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 27, 2010 | 6 Comments

For every dollar awarded from the U.S. DOT’s TIGER II grant program, there are more than $30 that applicants are asking for but won’t be getting. That’s the word from the DOT, which announced on Friday that it had received about $19 billion in applications for nearly 1,000 projects “from all 50 states, U.S. territories […]

Will the Next Merit-Based Transpo Program Rock Harder Than TIGER?

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 20, 2010 | No Comments

Experts are still trying to make sense of President Obama’s $50 billion plan for infrastructure spending, announced on Labor Day and later characterized as an upfront investment on a larger, multi-year transportation bill. More than a hundred people gathered at the Brookings Institution last Thursday looking to learn more about where the administration and Congress […]

On Transpo Bill, Administration Wants Congress to Sort Out The Details

By Adam Voiland | Sep 17, 2010 | 6 Comments

At a networking event for young transportation professionals yesterday, a member of the Department of Transportation’s policy team offered insight into the Obama administration’s strategy as it attempts to reset the nation’s transportation polices. Federal lawmakers usually set transportation policy by authorizing a major spending bill every five or six years. The last of these […]

Livable Communities Act Clears Senate Committee

By Ben Fried | Aug 4, 2010 | 10 Comments

The Senate Banking Committee voted 12-10 yesterday in favor of the Livable Communities Act, legislation that would bolster the Obama administration’s initiatives to link together transportation, housing, economic development, and environmental policy. Shaun Donovan, Ray LaHood, Lisa Jackson: Together forever? The Livable Communities Act would codify the partnership between HUD, US DOT, and the EPA. […]

Postcards From Our National Transportation Funding Meltdown

By Adam Voiland | Jul 15, 2010 | 2 Comments

At an event billed as a “town hall” held at USDOT headquarters yesterday, top department officials answered questions about the future of the nation’s road, rail, bus, and bike networks — even as the prospects of passing a comprehensive transportation reauthorization bill anytime this year appear as dim as ever. Already, reauthorization of the transportation […]

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