Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Transportation Funding

House Dems Release Alternative to GOP Budget, Separate From Obama

By Tanya Snyder | Apr 13, 2011 | No Comments

With the FY2011 budget finally settled, it’s time for Washington to start fighting over 2012. President Obama released his 2012 budget proposal in February. The Republicans introduced theirs last week. And the House Democrats have just released theirs [PDF]. Meanwhile, President Obama is giving a speech in just a few hours on his plan to […]

Two Important Transit Bills Moving in Sacramento

By Ryan Wiggins | Apr 12, 2011 | No Comments

(Ryan Wiggins is Transportation for America’s an on the ground in Southern California. Last week he presented a primer on transportation funding at “Expanding Our Public Transit Options: Resources to Keep LA Moving Forward?” a Salon put on by Breathe L.A. He was nice enough to share his notes with us in a two-part series. […]

A Federal Funding Primer from Transportation for America

By Ryan Wiggins | Apr 11, 2011 | No Comments

Government Shutdown Would Be a Punch in the Gut to Transit Agencies

By Tanya Snyder | Apr 8, 2011 | No Comments

A powwow between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, President Obama, and House Speaker John Boehner last night failed to yield a compromise that would put a budget in place before the government shuts down at midnight tonight. The failure of yet another attempt to negotiate makes a government shutdown all but inevitable. Just a month […]

A Call to Plan Cities for Tomorrow, While Bracing for Transit Cuts Today

By Alice Ollstein | Apr 5, 2011 | No Comments

USDOT Deputy Secretary John Porcari kicked off the Transportation Equity Network’s “One Nation, Indivisible” conference yesterday with a call to think long-term. By 2050, he said, we can expect the U.S. population to grow by 100 million people, and nearly all of them will live in large urban centers. Problems like crumbling infrastructure, inadequate transit […]

Senators Hammer LaHood for Specifics on Funding His Transpo Plan

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 4, 2011 | No Comments

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood played defense – and dodgeball – this morning as members of the Senate Budget Committee grilled him on how he proposed to pay for the administration’s new transportation agenda. Secretary Ray LaHood indicates how many details he’s going to give Congress on how to fund the transportation budget proposal (Photo: AP) […]

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