Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Federal Funding

Why the Senate Transportation Bill Will Devastate Transit

By Tanya Snyder | May 22, 2014 | 21 Comments

Transit officials lined up today to make clear that holding transit spending at current levels — as the Senate’s transportation authorization bill does — will put transit systems at risk of falling further into dangerous disrepair. The backlog for transit maintenance and replacement stands “conservatively” at $86 billion, according to the Federal Transit Administration. That […]

Sen. Bob Corker Sets Up for Gas Tax Increase, Yanks the Football

By Tanya Snyder | May 20, 2014 | 1 Comment

Last week — Infrastructure Week, as it happens — Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) sent an urgent plea [PDF] to the leaders of the Environment and Public Works Committee the day before they unanimously approved the committee’s transportation reauthorization bill and sent it to the full Senate. Corker also sent his letter to the top members of the […]

Senate Transportation Bill Moves Forward With a Few Key Changes

By Tanya Snyder | May 15, 2014 | No Comments

The Senate’s proposal for the next transportation reauthorization took another step forward today with the unanimous approval of the Environment and Public Works Committee. The bill the members sent to the full Senate was slightly different from the one that was unveiled Monday night. The changes include [PDF]: An amendment introduced by Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) […]

How the Federal TIGER Program Revived a Cleveland Neighborhood

By Angie Schmitt | May 15, 2014 | 9 Comments

Cleveland doesn’t look like a dying Rust Belt city these days in the Little Italy and University Circle neighborhoods. In fact, it looks like it’s thriving. At the corner of Euclid and Mayfield, a new mixed-use development — MRN’s “Uptown” — is filling out, hosting a bookstore, a bakery, bars, and new apartments. Just across the street, […]

President Obama’s Hollow Push for Infrastructure Investment

By Tanya Snyder | May 14, 2014 | 20 Comments

This afternoon, President Obama stood by New York’s Tappan Zee Bridge and made a speech pressing Congress to do something about infrastructure investment. It’s part of his Infrastructure Week push for Congress to pass a fully funded transportation reauthorization bill. Many other groups are spending this week sounding the same horn. “If they don’t act […]

GOP Appropriations Bill Would Turn TIGER Into a Roads Program

By Tanya Snyder | May 7, 2014 | 16 Comments

As the president’s transportation proposal fades from the news cycle and we eagerly await the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee’s six-year reauthorization bill, here comes the House Republicans’ proposed budget for transportation and housing for next year. Note: What the House GOP released yesterday wasn’t an authorization bill but an appropriations bill for 2015. […]

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