Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Barbara Boxer

Boxer: Two-Year Transpo Bill Will Save 600,000 Jobs

By Alice Ollstein | Jul 6, 2011 | No Comments

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee, says a transportation reauthorization bill needs to be passed soon in order to avoid the loss of 600,000 jobs in the construction and transit industries. She issued a call to action this morning, pushing for a new bill before the current extension of […]

Finally: Rustlings of a Reauthorization

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 6, 2011 | 1 Comment

First, the House and Senate pledged they’d have a bill marked up by Memorial Day. Then it was definitely going to come in June. (One staffer even told me that they were still planning on it coming “in the spring,” so it would be before the summer solstice — June 21.) But it looks like […]

Highwayman Inhofe Still Wants to Rob Bike/Ped Funding From Transpo Bill

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 3, 2011 | 2 Comments

Last week, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) briefed reporters on the points of consensus reached by the four leaders of the Environment and Public Works Committee with regard to the transportation bill. In answer to a question by Streetsblog, she said that guaranteed federal funding for bike and pedestrian programs would be in the bill. She […]

Boxer: Transpo Funding Will Rise in Senate Bill, Bike/Ped Will Be Preserved

By Tanya Snyder | May 25, 2011 | 2 Comments

Senator Barbara Boxer, chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee, just addressed reporters about the progress of the transportation bill. Rather than holding funding at SAFETEA-LU levels, as we previously reported and as the EPW statement indicated, the committee is planning a $339.2 billion bill – current spending plus inflation, plus an expanded TIFIA […]

Senate Transportation Bill, MAP-21, Freezes Spending at Current Levels

By Tanya Snyder | May 25, 2011 | 2 Comments

Note: See follow-up post, “Boxer: Transpo Funding Will Rise in Senate Bill, Bike/Ped Will Be Preserved” for updates, including clarification that the new bill will fund transportation at current levels plus inflation and an expanded TIFIA program. The Environment and Public Works Committee just released an outline of some core principles of its transportation reauthorization […]

Senate Finalizing Transpo Bill — It’s Up to Boxer to Preserve Bike/Ped Funding

By Angie Schmitt | May 12, 2011 | 1 Comment

According to Congressional insiders, members of the Senate’s Committee on Environment and Public Works are meeting today and tomorrow to hash out the details of their proposal for a multi-year transportation reauthorization bill. Hanging in the balance of these negotiations may be the federal government’s only programs dedicated to funding infrastructure for biking and walking. […]

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