Recent Streetsblog USA posts about 2009 Transportation Bill

House GOPers Propose Filling Trust Fund With Stimulus Money

By Elana Schor | Jun 19, 2009 | No Comments

As their committee’s leaders butted heads with the Obama administration, a group of Republicans on the House transportation panel proposed to fill the $7 billion hole in the nation’s highway trust fund with unobligated money from the economic stimulus law. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) (Photo: SW Broward GOP) The bill, offered yesterday by Rep. Mario […]

Oberstar’s Bill Praised by Mayors, Engineers

By Elana Schor | Jun 18, 2009 | No Comments

The U.S. Conference of Mayors and American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) are out with statements this afternoon hailing House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Jim Oberstar’s (D-MN) new federal transportation proposal. The mayors like Oberstar’s creation of a dedicated metropolitan-area program, while the engineers are most concerned with getting a higher level of reliable […]

House Transpo Leaders United — in Frustration With the White House

By Elana Schor | Jun 18, 2009 | No Comments

Senior members of the House transportation committee today fired a warning shot at those pushing an 18-month extension of existing federal law, putting the Obama administration and key senators on notice that their $450 billion proposal would move forward this year. How often does this man hold a shovel? (Photo: World Economic Forum via flickr) […]

But What About the Highways-Transit Split?

By Elana Schor | Jun 18, 2009 | 2 Comments

As transit fans and policy wonks digest the details of House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Jim Oberstar’s (D-MN) new proposal, one question is coming to mind: Does it change the typical 80-20 split in the percentage of funding that goes to highways versus transit? The short answer is, not really. While road programs got […]

Boxer Likes LaHood’s 18-Month Extension Plan

By Elana Schor | Jun 17, 2009 | 2 Comments

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee and a key player in the federal transportation re-write, just released a statement hailing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s call for an 18-month extension of the existing transport law: I am very pleased that the White House is being proactive in working with the […]

LaHood Asks For 18-Month Extension of Four-Year-Old Transpo Law

By Elana Schor | Jun 17, 2009 | 1 Comment

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is asking Congress to extend the existing federal transportation law for 18 months, averting the coming insolvency of the nation’s highway trust fund while putting off broad-based transport reform for as long as the Bush administration did in the days surrounding the 2004 election. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (Photo: AP) LaHood’s […]

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