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Geithner Adviser Backs ‘More Merit-Based’ Infrastructure Spending

By Elana Schor | Dec 16, 2009 | No Comments

Treasury Department counselor Gene Sperling told senators today that "we definitely support looking at … more merit-based" approaches to transportation spending, particularly an expansion of the stimulus law’s competitive TIGER grants and a national infrastructure bank. Treasury Department counselor Gene Sperling (Photo: Crooks and Liars) Sperling’s comments align with a White House document that last […]

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 […]

White House Backs $50B For ‘Merit-Based Infrastructure Investment’

By Elana Schor | Dec 8, 2009 | No Comments

President Obama today threw his weight behind significant new transportation spending as part of a broad jobs bill taking shape in Congress, with $50 billion slated for transit, roads, bridges, and ports and the administration endorsing "merit-based infrastructure investment that leverages federal dollars." President Obama gave a high-profile jobs speech today. (Photo: NYT) During his […]

NY and CA: How Did They Spend Transportation Stimulus Money?

By Elana Schor | Dec 7, 2009 | 1 Comment

In an economic recovery report released today by New York Gov. David Paterson (D), the state broke down its plans for the estimated $31 billion it received as part of the Obama administration’s first stimulus law. New York spent more than half of its transport stimulus money on transit. (Photo: PlanetWare) A chart of New […]

Rendell & Lawmakers Aligning on 2-Year, Treasury-Funded Transport Bill

By Elana Schor | Dec 3, 2009 | No Comments

Senior Democrats in Congress are warming to a new two-year federal transportation bill as a vehicle for upwards of $100 billion in infrastructure spending aimed at job creation — and a key player in building that momentum makes his home far from the Capitol. Gov. Ed Rendell (D-PA), the co-chairman of Building America’s Future, held […]

Congress Gets Project Lists for Jobs Bill: $15B for Transit, $48B for Roads

By Elana Schor | Dec 2, 2009 | 3 Comments

AASHTO’s chart of projects deemed "ready to go" by its members. As Democrats in both chambers of Congress work on drafting new economic recovery legislation, they now have a preliminary list of how much spending can be set in motion on short notice: $15 billion for transit projects and $48 billion for highway projects. Those […]

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