Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Barbara Boxer

And the Streetsies Go To…

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 3, 2011 | No Comments

Happy 2011! May this year bring peace, harmony, and a six-year transportation reauthorization. The best part about 2011 is that it’s not 2010. Last year was a tough one at the federal level: constant extensions of both the transportation bill and the general budget, no progress on an adequate funding source for infrastructure investment, and […]

Senate Vote Will Give GOP a Crack at the Transpo Bill Sooner

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 21, 2010 | No Comments

A few weeks ago, members of the House threw up their hands and voted for a year-long extension of the 2010 budget. It included an extension of the transportation reauthorization. The Senate didn’t vote on it in time, so then the House voted for a three-day extension to give the Senate a few more days […]

CA Mayors Ask Sen. Barbara Boxer for a 21st Century Transpo System

By Tanya Snyder and Bryan Goebel | Dec 16, 2010 | No Comments

Sixty-five elected officials representing a number of California cities are urging California Senator Barbara Boxer to push a new federal transportation bill that reforms spending and puts a focus on public transit, walking and biking, or “21st century needs.” Boxer, as chair of the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works, could play a […]

Barbara Boxer Questions Need for Infrastructure Bank

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 28, 2010 | 1 Comment

California Democrat Barbara Boxer, chair of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, expressed skepticism about one of the centerpieces of President Obama’s infrastructure plan today. As she tries to stave off an election challenge from the right, Boxer seems reluctant to embrace the creation of a national infrastructure bank to finance transportation projects. […]

Could L.A.’s Transit Plan Become a Winning Campaign Issue for Boxer?

By Elana Schor | Apr 20, 2010 | 2 Comments

President Obama did triple duty last night for the re-election campaign of Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), visiting three fundraisers to send a stark message about polls that show the environment committee chairman holding a single-digit lead against her GOP challengers despite a formidable cash advantage. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), at left, with the president last […]

Boxer Aims to Put TIGER-Type Program in Next Federal Transport Bill

By Elana Schor | Mar 25, 2010 | 2 Comments

During an otherwise-abbreviated hearing yesterday, Senate environment committee chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) joined the chorus of praise for the stimulus law’s TIGER program, declaring her intention to add a version of the competitive infrastructure grants to the next long-term federal transportation bill. Bicyclists in Philadelphia, where $23 million in TIGER money was awarded to build […]

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