Recent Streetsblog USA posts about TIGER

Boxer Pushes LaHood on Financing for Transportation

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 10, 2011 | 10 Comments

Senator Barbara Boxer got down to brass tacks on transportation funding in a committee hearing yesterday, even as DOT Secretary Ray LaHood remained vague on how to pay for the president’s ambitious proposal. Boxer said she’s not in favor of raising the gas tax, but she’d like it to be indexed to inflation. “We don’t […]

House to Vote on Deep Cuts to Essential Transportation Programs

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 18, 2011 | 5 Comments

The House is still voting on amendment after amendment to the continuing resolution that will fund the federal government for the rest of FY2011. Just a quick recap as we go into the weekend. The “base bill” of HR 1 – not the amendments – would do the following: Eliminate the entire high-speed rail program. […]

Heads Up, Tom Latham: Livability Pays Big Dividends in Rural Iowa

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 1, 2011 | 6 Comments

You could say Oskaloosa, Iowa, population 11,000, is a model of small-town livability. Families rent apartments over renovated historic storefronts. Local college students take the bike lane down Market Street to grab a bite in the local restaurants. Visitors travel from distant towns to browse the city’s local bookstore in its revitalized, walkable town square. […]

We’re Pulling for You, Gabby Giffords

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 10, 2011 | 3 Comments

Our hearts are with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords today as she struggles to recover from the brutal attack this weekend. By now you must have heard about Saturday’s shocking massacre in a Tucson supermarket parking lot, leaving six dead and 13 wounded. Among the wounded is the Tucson area Congresswoman, shot point-blank in the head and […]

The Capitol Hill Streetsies, Continued: The Best and Worst of 2010

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 4, 2011 | 2 Comments

Check out our first installment of the Streetsie winners for who will be missed, who will be a hero, and the best ideas and legislation that didn’t come to pass. We continue our look back at 2010 with some state- and local-level highs and lows for the year. Starting with: Most short-sighted governor: When it […]

What Does It Take to Win a Planning Grant From the Feds?

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 10, 2010 | 3 Comments

Reconnecting America has crunched the numbers on which projects won planning grants from the feds last month. Planning awards were announced through three programs: Sustainable Communities Regional Planning (SCRPG), Community Challenge, and TIGER II. It’s worth noting that these are the types of competitive grant programs that John Mica is planning to put under the microscope […]

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