Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Highway Expansion

Stimulus Jobs From Transit vs. Roads: A Tale of Two States

By Elana Schor | Jan 5, 2010 | 1 Comment

Smart Growth America, the Center for Neighborhood Technology, and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group today reported that transit stimulus spending created nearly twice as many jobs per dollar as highway stimulus projects — a conclusion that Streetsblog Capitol Hill first previewed a few weeks ago. But as the groups snag some big-media attention today, […]

Adding a Dose of Honesty to the Congressional Job-Creation Debate

By Elana Schor | Dec 28, 2009 | No Comments

The House’s $75 billion jobs bill was intended as a holiday gift to out-of-work voters, but transportation reformers were less than thrilled with lawmakers’ decision to mimic the first stimulus law’s use of outmoded funding formulas to send three times as much money to roads as to transit. Hartford’s Union Station, above, is in line […]

Transit Jobs Nearly Twice as Cheap to Create as Roads — By Congress’ Math

By Elana Schor | Dec 17, 2009 | No Comments

During the first stimulus debate, House Democrats and the White House famously sparred over how quickly infrastructure money could be spent — with the data later proving that transit was just as "shovel-ready" as roads, if not more so. (Photo: DMI Blog) Now that transportation policymakers have turned to stemming the rising unemployment rate, three […]

House Jobs Bill Answers Some Key Transportation Questions

By Elana Schor | Dec 16, 2009 | 2 Comments

The House jobs bill, expected to pass later today before the chamber adjourns for the holidays, includes a $75 billion infrastructure section that gives $27.5 billion to roads and $8.4 billion to transit, largely mirroring this year’s first economic stimulus law. The header of today’s House jobs bill: No one ever said they’re easy reads! […]

House Jobs Bill Mimics the Stimulus: $27.5B for Roads, $8.4B for Transit

By Elana Schor | Dec 15, 2009 | 1 Comment

The House is slated to vote as soon as tomorrow on a job-creation package that includes $27.5 billion for highways and $8.4 billion for transit, according to a transportation committee document obtained by Streetsblog Capitol Hill. House transportation committee chairman Jim Oberstar (D-MN) (Photo: Bike Portland via Flickr) That funding divide mirrors the spending levels […]

Wins For Washington (State): Transport Bill Resolves Two Local Debates

By Elana Schor | Dec 14, 2009 | No Comments

Tucked into the transportation spending bill that Congress approved over the weekend are two wins for Washington state’s senior senator, Patty Murray (D), who chairs the upper chamber’s transport budget-writing panel. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) (Photo: Seattle Times) Murray’s first victory deals with Bush-era rules for charter buses that barred local transit agencies from providing […]

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