Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Transportation for America

Trio of Experts Urge Passage of Bipartisan Transportation Bill

By Ben Goldman | Mar 9, 2012 | No Comments

The Senate is finally making progress towards passing their two-year transportation bill, but the big question seems to be what’s to come in the House — and not even the House knows. The uncertainty surrounding the House bill, and the threat it poses to the entire reauthorization process, has elicited an impassioned response from representatives […]

Strike Three: Another Senator Takes Another Swipe At Bike-Ped Funding

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 27, 2011 | 8 Comments

Last month, the Senate’s notorious vote-blocker, Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, tried to obstruct Senate process until they voted on his measure to take bike/ped funding out of the transportation bill. He failed. Then last week, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) suggested keeping bike/ped money but stripping out lots of other budget items that serve cyclists and […]

T4America to Sen. Coburn: Cutting Bike/Ped Won’t Fix Oklahoma’s Problems

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 14, 2011 | 5 Comments

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said today that if Oklahoma Republican Tom Coburn insists on holding up legislation to extend the surface transportation and aviation bills, “we will have about 80,000 people out of work by Saturday.” Although SAFETEA-LU doesn’t expire for another two weeks, the FAA reauthorization expires in two days, and Reid said that if […]

T4America Responds to the Raquel Nelson Case in the Washington Post

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 5, 2011 | 7 Comments

The first shocking thing about Raquel Nelson’s conviction for vehicular homicide was simply that it happened at all. After all, the mother of three wasn’t even driving a car — she was crossing a wide street with poor pedestrian infrastructure when her four-year-old son was killed by a hit-and-run driver. The second shocking thing about […]

Mica’s Transportation Proposal: Responses Flood In

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 7, 2011 | 4 Comments

The GOP transportation proposal is now online. Here are some early reactions. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), chair of the Senate Banking subcommittee with jurisdiction over public transportation: “It used to be that Republicans understood that transportation investment was necessary to spur economic growth and create jobs. Now, I guess they think if we give the […]

T4A Responds: Yes, Bring Transit to Suburban Seniors (Within Reason)

By Sean Barry | Jul 6, 2011 | No Comments

Cross-posted at T4America’s blog. Sean Barry is a communications associate at Transportation for America. In a Streetsblog post last Thursday, Tanya tackled a question that has been marinating since Transportation for America released “Aging in Place, Stuck without Options,” addressing seniors’ mobility challenges: Is it the job of overextended transit agencies – and the responsibility […]

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