Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Transportation Funding

A Federal Transportation Bill is Coming… But When?

By Elana Schor | May 13, 2009 | No Comments

Senator Chris Dodd, whose committee is responsible for transit policy in the Transportation Act, with USDOT Secretary Ray LaHood, via SenChrisDodd on Flickr Editor’s Note: We’re happy to announce the premiere today of our new Streetsblog Capitol Hill reporter, Elana Schor. Elana has rich experience covering Washington as a reporter for The Hill, the Guardian […]

Boxer: Collect Fees on Driving Through ‘Honor System’

By Ben Fried | May 11, 2009 | 4 Comments

Another must-read from last week’s Reuters Infrastructure Summit: Barbara Boxer, who as Chair of the Senate’s Transportation Committee will be responsible for shepherding the next transportation bill through the Senate, says she’s open to a mileage tax and to indexing the gas tax to inflation to generate new revenue. It’s great to hear a legislator […]

City Council Celebrates Bike to Work with Bike-Themed Meeting

By Damien Newton | May 8, 2009 | 4 Comments

Cyclists pack last week’s City Council Meeting in Van Nuys after "Storming the Bastille." Photo: Dr. Alex Thompson/Flickr The City Clerk’s office just emailed out copies of next week’s City Council Transportation Committee Agenda. When the Committee meets next Wednesday at 2:00 P.M. it will be celebrating Bike to Work week with an agenda full […]

Freakonomics Ponders the Freeloading Cyclist

By Brad Aaron | Apr 6, 2009 | 7 Comments

Who’s next? Photo: wodaking/Flickr The New York Times’ Freakonomics blog has picked up on proposed legislation from Wayne Krieger, an Oregon representative who wants every bike owner in the state aged 18 and older to pay a $54 registration fee every two years. "[B]ikes have used the roads in this state forever and have never […]

California is Setting the Stage for a Tax on Vehicle Miles Traveled

By Matthew Roth | Mar 31, 2009 | 9 Comments

A sign of the times? When USDOT Secretary Ray LaHood last month suggested that the country should consider replacing the gas tax with a tax on vehicle miles traveled (VMT) to compensate for the dwindling Highway Trust Fund, which is primarily supported from gas taxes, the White House immediately rebuffed him, assuring the public and […]

Back to the Grid, Part 2: John Norquist on Reclaiming American Cities

By Ben Fried | Mar 30, 2009 | No Comments

Brady Street, which boasts some of the best street life in Milwaukee, has flourished thanks in part to the defeat of a nearby freeway spur and the redevelopment that followed. Photo: Steve Filmanowicz. As mayor of Milwaukee from 1988 to 2004, CNU President John Norquist made urbanism and livability top priorities. Some of his most […]

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