Recent Streetsblog USA posts about U.S. DOT

U.S. DOT Names the Transit Projects Set for Federal Funding

By Elana Schor | Feb 2, 2010 | No Comments

The Obama administration last night revealed the names of local transit projects getting recommendations for federal aid under the U.S. DOT’s New and Small Starts programs, which are set to receive $1.8 billion during fiscal year 2011. Federal Transit Administration (FTA) chief Peter Rogoff, in hard hat at the groundbreaking of New Jersey’s rail tunnel. […]

LaHood Talks Budget: “Very Bright” Future for Infrastructure Fund

By Elana Schor | Feb 1, 2010 | No Comments

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said today that he sees "very bright" prospects for congressional approval of the Obama administration’s $4 billion National Infrastructure Innovation and Finance Fund, the new iteration of the long-discussed National Infrastructure Bank proposal. Transportation Secretary LaHood, at left, with the president. (Photo: NYT) "There is a great deal of interest in […]

White House Budget Includes $530M for Local Sustainability, $1B for HSR

By Elana Schor | Feb 1, 2010 | 2 Comments

The White House officially unveiled its $3.8 trillion budget for the fiscal year 2011 this morning, seeking $1 billion to continue its high-speed rail investment and $530 million for the transportation leg of the Obama administration’s inter-agency push to promote sustainable planning on the local level. White House budget chief Peter Orszag challenged employees to […]

Obama Taps High-Speed Rail Winners: Florida, California, Illinois and More

By Elana Schor | Jan 28, 2010 | 6 Comments

Click here for a larger version. (Image: U.S. DOT) In his State of the Union address last night, President Obama hinted at what many in the transportation world have anticipated all week: Florida’s emergence as a winner in the race for a share of the White House’s $8 billion (and growing) high-speed rail fund. But […]

One More Reason to Dig TIGER: Transit and Roads on the Same Footing

By Elana Schor | Jan 27, 2010 | 1 Comment

Being D.C.-bound, Streetsblog Capitol Hill could only watch with interest as the U.S. DOT kicked off a transportation "listening tour" this week with four senior lawmakers in Minnesota, which has become a transit hotspot of late with the imminent construction of a new light rail line. (Logo: U.S. DOT) But a helpful source has passed […]

In the White House’s High-Speed Rail Chase, a First Likely Winner: Florida

By Elana Schor | Jan 25, 2010 | 8 Comments

The prediction that Rep. John Mica (R-FL) backtracked on last month is starting to come true: President Obama is headed for Florida on Thursday, and the state is all but certain that he’s coming with $2.6 billion in federal stimulus funding for a new high-speed rail link between Tampa and Orlando. (Photo: FL High-Speed Rail) […]

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