Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Federal Transportation Bill

A Vow to ‘Bring Republicans to the Table’ for a New Transport Bill

By Elana Schor | Feb 8, 2010 | No Comments

Despite Senate Democratic efforts to move quickly on a new jobs bill that includes infrastructure investment and takes steps towards solving the nation’s transportation financing dilemma, Congress has just two more weeks of work until time runs out on the latest short-term extension of the five-year-old law governing federal transport policy. "We will bring Republicans […]

More Proof That L.A. Isn’t Getting Its Fair Share of Stimulus and Other Federal Funds

By Elana Schor | Jan 21, 2010 | 3 Comments

The U.S. Conference of Mayors released a report this week with some dire conclusions for the nation’s cities: Even the payroll growth that many prognosticators anticipate this year won’t make a dent in double-digit urban unemployment. Half of the 363 biggest metro areas won’t return to their pre-recession jobs levels until 2013 or beyond. (Chart: […]

Dodd and DeLauro Vow to Get Infrastructure Bank Done This Year

By Elana Schor | Jan 20, 2010 | No Comments

Supporters from every corner of the transportation universe joined Gov. Ed Rendell (D-PA), Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), and Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) today at a press event aimed at jumpstarting a National Infrastructure Bank (NIB), which the two Connecticut lawmakers vowed to steer to passage this year. Gov. Ed Rendell (D-PA), above, founded BAF with […]

Obama Administration Working on Its Own Six-Year Transportation Bill

By Elana Schor | Jan 11, 2010 | 1 Comment

The annual powwow of thousands of transportation workers, planners, and wonks that’s known as the Transportation Research Board (TRB) conference kicked off in the capital yesterday with a candid admission from some senior U.S. DOT officials: reorienting American transport planning to accommodate the overlap with housing and environmental sustainability is proving pretty difficult. U.S. DOT […]

House Jobs Bill Mimics the Stimulus: $27.5B for Roads, $8.4B for Transit

By Elana Schor | Dec 15, 2009 | No Comments

The House is slated to vote as soon as tomorrow on a job-creation package that includes $27.5 billion for highways and $8.4 billion for transit, according to a transportation committee document obtained by Streetsblog Capitol Hill. House transportation committee chairman Jim Oberstar (D-MN) (Photo: Bike Portland via Flickr) That funding divide mirrors the spending levels […]

Transport Bill Earmark to Help Road Project in Palin’s Hometown

By Elana Schor | Dec 14, 2009 | No Comments

Sarah Palin is no longer the governor of Alaska, but a project long championed by the 2008 vice-presidential nominee — and staunch earmark critic — stands to benefit from an earmark inserted into the transportation spending bill that cleared Congress over the weekend. Sarah Palin, then Alaska governor, with husband Todd at the Wasilla, AK, […]

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