Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Highway trust fund

Yes, Transit Belongs in the Highway Trust Fund

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 4, 2011 | 2 Comments

As gas tax revenues wane, making it harder to finance a long-term transportation bill, ideas are beginning to circulate about how to save the (very poorly named) Highway Trust Fund. Some say the gas tax needs to rise. Others say fewer programs need to be financed out of the fund, which pays for all federal […]

Mica is “Pretty Confident” That New Rules Won’t Starve Highway Trust Fund

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 11, 2011 | No Comments

The Journal of Commerce reported yesterday that the House Transportation Committee chair, Rep. John Mica (R-FL), is “’pretty confident’ in the assurances he has received in talks with House leaders” that recent changes to House rules wouldn’t jeopardize Highway Trust Fund spending. The new rules break the previous assurance that the full balance of the […]

Sen. Boxer: Working With Mica, Inhofe on a Long-Term Transpo Bill

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 6, 2011 | 2 Comments

Senator Barbara Boxer told reporters today that she had an “excellent”, “wonderful” meeting with Rep. John Mica (R-FL), the new chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. She confirmed that they’re working on a “longer-term” transportation bill and have come up with many points of agreement. We’ll let you know more details about […]

Republicans Want to Hoard Transpo Money and Call It Deficit Reduction

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 3, 2011 | 8 Comments

Transportation advocates, from both the highway and transit lobbies, are up in arms about a proposed change to House rules governing transportation spending. It would jeopardize dedicated transportation funds by changing the rule requiring that a certain level of highway trust fund money be spent each year. According to a letter [PDF] sent to House leadership […]