Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Transportation Funding

Cal Transit Association on State Budget: Armageddon Is Here

By Damien Newton | Feb 13, 2009 | 12 Comments

Yesterday, transit advocates from around the state strove to grapple with the new reality that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the state legislature’s "compromise" on the state budget completely abolished the State Transit Assistance (STA) and the $536 million that it dedicated to subsidizing transit operations. There are multiple villains in this story, but the blackest […]

Final Stimulus Bill Slaps Transit Riders in the Face

By Ben Fried | Feb 12, 2009 | 16 Comments

The final tally is in, and we now have a breakdown for transportation funding in the stimulus bill that President Obama will sign, barring some unforeseen turn of the screw. Via Transportation for America: $29 billion for highways and bridges $8.4 billion for transit $8 billion for high-speed rail $1.3 billion for Amtrak To compare […]

State Budget: Higher Fees Won’t Lead to Better Transportation

By Damien Newton | Feb 12, 2009 | 2 Comments

For those of us awaiting our tax return from the State of California, the news from Sacramento concerning yesterday’s budget compromise comes as welcome news. For just about everyone else, the news isn’t good. That’s especially true for anyone that has a commute that isn’t either a pedestrian or cyclist. You’re not going to catch […]

Waxman on Stimulus Conference Committee, Call Now

By Damien Newton | Feb 11, 2009 | 2 Comments

The fight to preserve and expand funding for bicycle, pedestrian and transit projects in the federal stimulus package isn’t over just yet. Because the Senate and House of Representatives didn’t pass identical bills, the two sides will each send five members to a conference committee to hammer out the differences before it is signed by […]

Senate Approves Stimulus Bill — On to Conference Committee

By Ben Fried | Feb 10, 2009 | No Comments

The Senate approved its version of the stimulus bill this afternoon by a 61-37 vote. Attention now turns to conference committee negotiations, where differences between the House and Senate bills will get ironed out. Politico has the scoop on who will be negotiating on the Senate side, and they’re not exactly an urban bunch: Obama’s […]

Senator Jim DeMint Wants to Eliminate Bike Stim Funds: Take Action!

By Bryan Goebel | Feb 6, 2009 | 2 Comments

Senator Jim DeMint, the South Carolina Republican who said that directing stim funds toward bicycle and hiking infrastructure will not help the economy or create jobs, has gone too far. He and Republican Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma have just proposed an amendment that would kill all stimulus funds for bike and hiking trails. In […]

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