Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Barbara Boxer

Mayor Villaraigosa Rebrands L.A.’s Transit Plan as a National Option

By Damien Newton | Feb 24, 2011 | No Comments

Goodbye “30/10” and hello “Fast Forward America.” Congressman John Mica (R-FL) and Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) brought their road show to Los Angeles earlier this week to get feedback and elicit testimony on how to improve the federal transportation bill. While Boxer was on her “home turf,” it was Mica who sounded like a local, […]

AFL-CIO and Chamber Ask For a Gas Tax Increase, Senators Agree

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 16, 2011 | 5 Comments

Business and labor came together to make a rare show of unity today to push for a robust transportation reauthorization with adequate investment for infrastructure. And they spoke out loud and clear for a higher gas tax. Most surprising of all – it seemed that Senators were finally ready to have a mature discussion about […]

Barbara Boxer Commends Obama’s Long-term Transpo Plan

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 15, 2011 | No Comments

As Chair of the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works, Barbara Boxer may be the single most important voice on the future of Obama administration’s six-year transportation proposal. And yesterday, the California Democrat gave her qualified endorsement to the President’s transformative plan. In a statement to the press, Boxer praised the White House’s […]

Senate Committee Backs Infrastructure Spending (But Not For Bike Lanes)

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 26, 2011 | 11 Comments

“We need to take care of this sooner than later,” Sen. Barbara Boxer said this morning in reference to a surface transportation reauthorization. “We can’t keep doing extension after extension.” Before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee even has all its members named (that should happen in the next day or so, according to […]

Guess Who Sen. Barbara Boxer Is Sitting Next to at the SOTU?

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 25, 2011 | 2 Comments

Rep. John Mica, in the spirit of post-Tucson bipartisanship.

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 […]

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