Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Transportation Funding

Poll: Voters From All Walks Support Transportation Improvements, Reform

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 18, 2011 | No Comments

Don’t be fooled by the high-pitched rhetoric in Washington. The vast majority of Americans are united, at least when it comes to the topic of transportation. That’s the conclusion of the Rockefeller Foundation poll released earlier this week. A bipartisan polling team questioned 1,000 American voters nationwide about their attitudes toward the nation’s roads, bridges […]

Will President Obama Speak for the Transit-Starved Tonight?

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 25, 2011 | No Comments

President Obama is expected to make a strong push for infrastructure spending during the State of the Union address tonight. Ahead of the address, the Transportation Equity Network organized its members and supporters to write to President Obama, telling their personal stories of why transit funding is crucial to their communities. In all, TEN will […]

NTPP: Infrastructure Investment Will Only Boost the Economy If Done Right

By Mitch Wander and Tanya Snyder | Jan 25, 2011 | No Comments

At the federal level, we’re nearly flat out of transportation money and spending most of what’s left to stimulate highway construction jobs. It’s a double whammy that could present a bleak future for federally-funded transportation projects. A new report by the Bipartisan Policy Center’s National Transportation Policy Project (NTPP) challenges the country to envision a […]

Public Transit Funding Slightly Better in Jerry Brown’s Proposed Budget

By Bryan Goebel | Jan 11, 2011 | No Comments

For the first time in three years, California public transit agencies could see a full dose of funding from the State Transit Assistance (STA) fund, thanks in large part to the passage of Proposition 22, which prevents legislators from raiding local government funds, and Governor Jerry Brown, who announced his “painful” budget plan yesterday. The […]

New House Rules Threaten TIGER and Livability Programs

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 7, 2011 | No Comments

The headlines have been apocalyptic. On Day One, Republicans Cripple Construction Industry Rule could endanger transportation budget, building trade jobs sector Critics say GOP rule change could cripple transportation projects As Streetsblog reported, the new House rules [PDF], passed along strict party lines with no defectors Wednesday, include a rule that allows lawmakers to spend […]

Report: Letting Transit Tax Benefit Expire Will Throw Riders From the Train

By Noah Kazis | Nov 18, 2010 | No Comments

For many transit riders, there’s another fare hike coming down the track, one that many may not even be aware of. A provision of the stimulus bill that offered a larger tax break for some transit riders is set to expire at the end of the year. A new report by TransitCenter [PDF], a non-profit […]

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