Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Transit Advocacy

House and Senate Split on Approach to Obama’s Transit Safety Plan

By Elana Schor | Mar 16, 2010 | No Comments

After a year marked by discord between the House and Senate over the timing of the next federal transportation bill, another split emerged yesterday over the timetable for taking up the Obama administration’s plan for federal involvement in transit safety oversight. Rep. John Mica (R-FL) opposes the White House safety plan, but he also wants […]

LaHood Reaches Out to Transit Industry, Lamenting ‘Lousy Economy’

By Elana Schor | Mar 15, 2010 | No Comments

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood sought to commiserate with the cash-strapped transit industry today, declaring the Obama administration an ally of local rail and bus agencies even as the "lousy economy" clouds prospects for passage of a new long-term federal transportation bill. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (Photo: Getty Images) In an address to the American Public […]

CA Transit Operators Hopeful State Diesel Tax Will Create Stable Funding

By Matthew Roth | Mar 10, 2010 | 1 Comment

Photo: Richard Masoner When Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed eliminating the sales tax on gasoline in his new budget, transit operators and advocates saw the announcement as a move to subvert a California Supreme Court ruling that required the state to stop raiding transit funds. Rather than comply with the court’s ruling, they argued, the Governor […]

Times Backs Gutting of Transit Operations Proposition, Wants Transit Funded by Excise Tax on Gasoline

By Damien Newton | Feb 16, 2010 | 3 Comments

I always thought this picture on Union Station makes it look as though the station is made of gold. Photo: Christopher Chan/Flickr It’s taken me the better part of a day to figure out how best to write about this Sunday’s Editorial in the Times concerning the Governor’s plan to end the transit subsidy that […]

White House Economic Report Touts TIGER, High-Speed Rail, Transit

By Elana Schor | Feb 12, 2010 | No Comments

The White House Council of Economic Advisers’ first annual report under President Obama made headlines today for its gloomy job-creation outlook, but tucked inside its 462 pages is a tangible reflection of a changed outlook on transportation policy under the new administration. Top White House economic adviser Christina Romer, at right, holds up yesterday’s report. […]

Metro Misses Out on Federal “New Starts” Funding

By Damien Newton | Feb 4, 2010 | 2 Comments

For a full copy of the map, visit The Source Earlier this week, Streetsblog Capitol Hill’s Elana Schor wrote about the transit agencies across the country that received federal "New Starts" funding. As is common knowledge now, Los Angeles was shut out, receiving $0 in federal funds in this round of funding from the federal […]

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