Recent Streetsblog USA posts about 2009 Transportation Bill

Your Unlikely Reasonable Voice of the Day

By Elana Schor | | No Comments
Rep. Don Young (R-AK) is not known as a friend of green transportation — and that’s putting it mildly. GOP Rep. Don Young (AK) showed a flash of reason today. (Photo: Progressive Alaska) During his reign as House transportation committee chairman, Young passed a $283 billion bill that helped bloat the federal bureaucracy while steering […]

STAA Tuned

By Ryan Avent | | 1 Comment
We now have in our hands the 775-page Surface Transportation Authorization Act, which was released yesterday by James Oberstar (D-MN), chairman of the House transportation committee. It is, in many ways, a remarkable bill — a blueprint for how transportation planning and infrastructure construction might undergo a significant shift away from the mindsets that have […]

Oberstar’s Transportation Bill: The Early Word

By Elana Schor | | No Comments
Policy wonks across the capital are still poring over the 775-page bill released earlier today by Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN), chairman of the House transportation committee. But searching the legislation for the key topics being debated by transportation reformers reveals new details and raises new questions. The new House transportation bill brings good news for […]

Oberstar’s Transportation Bill: Download it in Full

By Elana Schor | | 1 Comment
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Jim Oberstar’s (D-MN) new federal bill, which he previewed Wednesday despite pushback from the Obama administration, is officially out. You can download the 775-page legislative text right here, thanks to Transportation for America. Streetsblog Capitol Hill is thumbing through it right now to provide highlights later today.

A National Infrastructure Bank By Any Other Name …

By Elana Schor | | No Comments
The House transportation committee’s new $450 billion bill provides for a national infrastructure bank intended to "maximize the limited resources available for our surface transportation needs," as the panel’s early outline puts it. (Photo: National Association of Water Cos.) This sounds a lot like the infrastructure bank proposed by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and 35 […]
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