Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Federal Funding

Budget Deal Is Good News for Transit

By Tanya Snyder | | 3 Comments
The House of Representatives is preparing to vote on that rarest of Capitol Hill treasures — a bipartisan budget deal. If both houses approve the deal, negotiated by Democratic Senator Patty Murray and Republican Congressman Paul Ryan, it will be the first time since 2010 that Congress has passed a budget. The deal would erase […]

Was TIGER Eliminated in the Shutdown Deal?

By Tanya Snyder | | 6 Comments
Soon after the government shutdown ended, we heard murmurs that the TIGER grant program for innovative transportation projects had been a casualty of the negotiations. Under the rules of the Office of Management and Budget, any program that was de-funded in either chamber’s bill would be de-funded in the continuing resolution (the temporary budget) until […]

Asphalt Industry Leader: “We’re Not Out Picking Fights” With Other Modes

By Tanya Snyder | | 1 Comment
Jay Hansen is executive vice president of the National Asphalt Pavement Association. He’s led the organization’s efforts to secure federal highway funding and even convinced the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History to install a permanent asphalt pavement exhibit. He says he’s been reading Streetsblog Capitol Hill since it started publishing. I talked to him […]

Why Are State DOTs So Afraid of Accountability?

By Deron Lovaas | | 7 Comments
Deron Lovaas is the federal transportation policy director for NRDC. A version of this article appeared on his blog this morning. In this era of constrained resources, the country must move toward performance-based management and accountability for results in all sectors — including transportation. It’s a Culture of Consequences, in the words of the RAND […]
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