Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Transportation Funding

Transit Industry Asks Congress to Quadruple Annual Security Funding

By Elana Schor | Apr 22, 2010 | No Comments

The American Public Transportation Association (APTA), the D.C. lobbying arm for much of the transit industry, today asked the House committee in charge of homeland security spending for $1.1 billion next year to beef up rail and bus security, a four-fold increase over the level that Congress approved for 2010. APTA president William Millar told […]

Obscure Transportation Spending Watchdog to Have Meeting Monday

By Dana Gabbard | Apr 2, 2010 | No Comments

Thanks for the shuttle obscure transportation funding agency! Photo: eldaybeh/Flickr I see that on Monday at 2:30 p.m. the Independent Citizens’ Advisory and Oversight Committee is holding its annual Public Hearing in the Metro Board Room to receive public comments on the result of the audits it oversees of the spending of funds from Propositions A and […]

New Survey: 84% of Transit Agencies Facing Fare Hikes, Service Cuts

By Elana Schor | Apr 2, 2010 | No Comments

Budget shortfalls exacerbated by the lingering recession have forced 84 percent of local transit agencies to hike fares, cut service, or begin considering one or both of those options since the beginning of 2009, according to a report released today by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). (Chart: APTA) APTA’s bleak survey reflects data from […]

Transport and the Tea Party: How Conservatives Talk About the Gas Tax

By Elana Schor | Mar 26, 2010 | No Comments

The passage of health care legislation this week, while elating Democrats, has proven an equally potent motivator for conservatives advocates of states’ rights. Appearing on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show last night, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) was asked about the viability of the legal challenge to the health bill filed by 14 mostly conservative attorneys […]

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

By Elana Schor | Mar 26, 2010 | No 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 […]

Gov Signs Transit Funding Bills, Money Coming for Local Operators

By Matthew Roth | Mar 24, 2010 | No Comments

Photo: hanneorla California transit operators are poised to receive a temporary infusion of $400 million in cash from the state for operating funds, a move that could defray immediate shortfalls and set up a steady stream of state money for the foreseeable future. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger ratified last night the laws (ABX8 6 and ABX8 […]

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