Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Federal Funding

55 FHWA Programs You Won’t Have to Kick Around Anymore

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 15, 2011 | 3 Comments

We reported yesterday that the president’s six-year transportation plan proposes simplifying federal policy by eliminating 55 highway programs and rolling them all into five umbrella programs: the National Highway Program, Highway Safety Improvement, Livable Communities, Federal Allocation, and Research, Technology, and Education. Here’s the list, from DOT, of the 55 programs they intend to consolidate. There are […]

Obama Admin’s Bold Transpo Plan Leaves Funding Question to Congress

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 14, 2011 | 16 Comments

The president’s six-year transportation plan [PDF], included as part of the administration’s FY2012 budget proposal, weighs in at a hefty $556 billion and lays out several policy reforms that, if enacted, could help the nation transition to a more multi-modal, less oil-dependent transportation system. The plan is a blueprint that Congress can use as a […]

Obama Proposes Infra Bank, Livability Grants, Doubling Transit Funds

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 14, 2011 | 10 Comments

The White House has released a fact sheet on the transportation provisions in the President’s budget. [PDF] Here are the highlights, straight from the document: Provides $13.4 billion in discretionary resources in 2012, a $1.3 billion decrease from 2010 levels. (This figure excludes $109 billion in obligation limitations for the surface transportation plan. Including surface […]

Obama Budget Proposes $556B, Long-term Transportation Bill

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 14, 2011 | No Comments

The White House hasn’t released its FY2012 budget request yet. What we know so far is that it’s a $3.7 trillion budget that would reduce the deficit from $1.6 trillion projected for 2011 to $1.2 trillion next year. President Obama “trims or terminates” more than 200 federal programs, according to the Washington Post, but has […]

What to Look For in President Obama’s Budget Request on Monday

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 11, 2011 | 1 Comment

On Valentine’s Day, President Obama’s heart-shaped box of chocolates to Congress will come in the form of his budget request for 2012. It will include the president’s proposal for a six-year transportation reauthorization. The FY2012 budget request comes as Congress is still wrangling over the budget for the rest of FY2011 (which, by the way, […]

GOP Moves Ahead With Deep Cuts to Transportation, Housing

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 9, 2011 | No Comments

The House Appropriations Committee voted last night to move ahead with deep spending cuts, totaling $32 billion, to the remainder of the FY2011 budget. It’s still not the $100 billion the GOP wanted to cut, and some committee Republicans voted no, saying the cuts were still too small. Tell that to Americorps volunteers, who will […]

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