Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Federal Transportation Bill

Transportation 101: Cliff’s Notes for the Reauthorization Debate

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 1, 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 […]

Road Interests Crowd Reauthorization Panels in Indiana and Chicago

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 24, 2011 | No Comments

Road interests continued to dominate the discussion as members of Congress wound their way through Chicago and Indiana this weekend, gathering feedback for the six-year transportation reauthorization bill. While Streetsblog couldn’t be at every hearing, some of our dedicated Network bloggers were there to document discussions on state and regional transportation priorities, as expressed to […]

Goodbye, 30/10. Hello, Fast Forward America.

By Damien Newton | Feb 23, 2011 | 20 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 morning 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 […]

Congress Woman Laura Richardson Speaks to Streetsblog Following Today’s Field Hearing

By Damien Newton | Feb 23, 2011 | No Comments

Congress Woman Laura Richardson, one of three Members of Congress from L.A. County to sit on the House Sub-Committee on Transportation, took a moment to speak directly to L.A. Streetsblog readers following today’s Joint U.S. Senate and House Field Hearing on the Transportation Re-authorization Bill. Richardson represents parts of South Los Angeles, Compton, Long Beach, […]

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 […]

Obama Admin’s Bold Transpo Plan Leaves Funding Question to Congress

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 15, 2011 | No Comments

The president’s six-year transportation plan [PDF], included as part of the administration’s FY2012 budget proposal, weighs in at a hefty $556 billion and lays out several policy reforms that, if enacted, could help the nation transition to a more multi-modal, less oil-dependent transportation system. The plan is a blueprint that Congress can use as a […]

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