Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Transportation for America

Transportation 101: Cliff’s Notes for the Reauthorization Debate

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 28, 2011 | No Comments

A few weeks ago, I put together a little cheat sheet listing the last three transportation reauthorization bills, their dates of passage, and the dollar amounts. It helped me save some time I would have spent Googling. Now there’s a more comprehensive cheat sheet. I’ll never again be at a loss to remember what the […]

T4America Maps TIGER Grantees: Find One Near You!

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 28, 2010 | 6 Comments

Thanks to Transportation for America for putting together this handy-dandy map of TIGER recipients. It shows the geographical reach of the program, as well as the broad range of projects benefitting from the grants. Note that this map does not show planning grants. T4America says: In two batches in February and October 2010, USDOT gave […]

How the Information Age Can Make Streets and Transit More Efficient

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 7, 2010 | 9 Comments

In Pittsburgh, elderly para-transit riders get automated phone calls with the precise arrival time of their vehicle. Bus priority lanes and preferential traffic signals in the Twin Cities are improving on-time service. Here in Washington, DC, stored value on SmartTrip cards pays for Metro parking, train and bus, and it can sync with pre-tax employee […]

If Republicans Take the House, What Happens to Transportation Reform?

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 6, 2010 | 17 Comments

It’s November 3. The Republicans have won a majority in the House of Representatives. Meet John Mica (R-FL), the new Chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Will it happen? Depends which pundit you listen to or which polls you look at. It’s likely enough that some transportation advocates are concerned about what would happen […]

Feds Announce Winners of $293 Million in Transit Grants

By Ben Fried | Jul 8, 2010 | 8 Comments

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and FTA chief Peter Rogoff announced the winners of $293 million in competitive grants for bus and streetcar projects today. The biggest chunks of funding will help build streetcar projects in Cincinnati, Charlotte, Fort Worth, and St. Louis, as well as rapid bus corridors in New York and Chicago. All told, […]

Does Your Commute Suck? Tell Us About It.

By Sarah Goodyear | May 15, 2009 | 1 Comment

This morning our friends over at Transportation for America are launching a new site called My Commute Sucks, designed to give people around the country a place to vent their frustration over the nation’s overburdened and inefficient transportation systems. Commuters can share their tales of commuting woe, upload photos and videos, and also take action […]

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