Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about House of Representatives

Massive Coalition Opposes House GOP Attempt to Eviscerate Transit

By Ben Goldman | Feb 3, 2012 | No Comments

The House Ways and Means committee has just passed a bill that would kick transit out of the Highway Trust Fund, casting aside a 30-year history of providing a dedicated funding source for federal transit programs. Transit instead would be funded by a transfer from the general fund, which would have to be offset by […]

House GOP Moves to Decimate Dedicated Transit Funding

By Ben Goldman | Feb 2, 2012 | No Comments

In a move that should dispel any remaining thoughts that the House transportation bill [PDF] will ever be signed into law, the Ways and Means Committee announced today that they will try to forbid gas tax revenue from funding transit. The Ways & Means bill [PDF] would funnel all gas tax revenue toward road programs, […]

Amendment to Restore Bike/Ped Programs in House Transpo Bill Fails

By Ben Goldman | Feb 2, 2012 | No Comments

An amendment that would restore the popular Safe Routes to School and Transportation Enhancements programs to the House GOP’s transportation bill has just been defeated in the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee by a vote of 29-27. Supporters of safer biking and walking sent thousands of messages to Congress supporting this amendment in the short time […]

Now’s the Time to Make the House Bill Better for Walking, Biking, and Transit

By Ben Goldman | Feb 1, 2012 | No Comments

The House transportation bill will be marked up by the Transportation & Infrastructure committee tomorrow morning, and advocates are fighting for amendments that would improve the provisions for active transportation and transit. The first amendment, introduced by Rep. Tom Petri (R-WI), would restore the Transportation Enhancements and Safe Routes to School programs, consolidated into a […]

House Transportation Bill Officially Drops, Lands With a Thud

By Ben Goldman | Jan 31, 2012 | No Comments

John Mica, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, officially unveiled his committee’s transportation bill, the “American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act,” at a press conference outside the House wing of the Capitol this afternoon. (We will post the full bill text here as soon as we can.) Streetsblog wrote about some of the […]

House Transportation Bill “a March of Horribles”

By Ben Goldman | Jan 27, 2012 | No Comments

There was no grand unveiling of the House’s five-year transportation bill today, but a summary of the bill has been kicking around for a few days. While there aren’t any hard numbers available yet, the “American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act” looks like a return to 1950s-style transportation policy. It is particularly unkind to transit […]

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