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Oberstar’s New Transportation Bill: Get The Highlights

By Elana Schor | Jun 18, 2009 | No Comments

(editor’s note: Elana Schor has done yeoman’s work analyzing the newly released white paper from Congressman Jim Oberstar (D-MN) which very well could end up being the framework for the next authorization of the Federal Transportation Trust Fund. Oberstar’s work on this issue really puts the "work" done by the Chair of the Senate Transportation […]

Boxer Thrilled Obama Wants Delay on Federal Transportation Bill

By Elana Schor | Jun 18, 2009 | 3 Comments

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee and a key player in the federal transportation re-write, just released a statement hailing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s call for an 18-month extension of the existing transport law: I am very pleased that the White House is being proactive in working with the […]

No New Federal Transportation Bill Until 2011?

By Damien Newton | Jun 17, 2009 | 2 Comments

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is asking Congress to extend the existing federal transportation law for 18 months, averting the coming insolvency of the nation’s highway trust fund while putting off broad-based transport reform for as long as the Bush administration did in the days surrounding the 2004 election. Photo: AP LaHood’s request comes at an […]

Carnahan Steps Up Push For Federal Help With Transit Operating

By Elana Schor | Jun 11, 2009 | No Comments

While lawmakers maneuver to fill local transit agencies’ operating budget gaps with economic stimulus cash, Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-MO) is taking it a step further with a proposal that would make federal operating aid permanent — and use it as an incentive to spur more state-level funding as well as emissions reductions. Rep. Russ Carnahan […]

When Will Oberstar’s Transportation Bill Drop? Place Your Bets Now

By Elana Schor | Jun 10, 2009 | No Comments

At first it was slated to emerge by June 1. Then its release was said to slip to this week. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Jim Oberstar (D-MN) now plans to release his version of the six-year federal transportation bill by the end of the month, with a full House vote unlikely to come […]

The Long, Ugly Road to a Federal Transportation Plan

By Elana Schor | May 19, 2009 | 2 Comments

You’ve likely been hearing a lot, on this blog and others, about the coming expiration of the federal transportation bill. Come September 30, Congress has to have a plan in hand to fund the nation’s trains, buses, bikes, bridges and roads — or pass an extension of the 2005 federal bill, locking in the same […]

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