Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about U.S. Senate

How the House and Senate Transportation Bills Changed Overnight

By Ben Goldman | Mar 2, 2012 | No Comments

The sun rose this morning on a landscape considerably different from the one described by not one but two articles Streetsblog published yesterday. Senate Bill Gets Bigger, Better, But Harder to Move Senator Harry Reid took a lot of business into his own hands yesterday, unveiling his updated version of the Senate’s “two year” bill (it’s […]

Cardin-Cochran Amendment Incorporated Into Senate Bill

By Ben Goldman | Mar 2, 2012 | No Comments

Majority Leader Harry Reid has incorporated much of the Ben Cardin/Thad Cochran amendment into the so-called “manager’s mark” of the Senate transportation bill. The move means that the amendment’s provisions letting local governments directly access funding from popular bicycle and pedestrian programs will be included in the bill without having to come up for a separate vote. Without […]

House Bill Delayed, But Transit, Biking, and Walking Aren’t Safe Yet

By Ben Goldman | Feb 22, 2012 | No Comments

Congress is in recess, and the House’s atrocious transportation bill has been dismembered and delayed, but if you want to preserve funding for transit and active transportation, don’t let your guard down yet. There’s still plenty to watch out for as the House and Senate attempt to reauthorize federal transportation programs. As we’ve reported, there […]

Cardin-Cochran Amendment Would Boost Local Control of Bike-Ped Funding

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 14, 2012 | No Comments

We mentioned it briefly last week, but the amendment to the Senate transportation bill from Maryland Democrat Ben Cardin and Mississippi Republican Thad Cochran is a critical one to track. The amendment would give local governments, rather than state DOTs, access to most federal bike-ped funding. The way the Senate transportation bill, MAP-21, is currently […]

Senate Transit Bill Would Let Federal Funds Support Transit Service

By Ben Goldman | Jan 31, 2012 | No Comments

All eyes are on the House side of Capitol Hill today in anticipation of the Republicans’ grand unveiling of their American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act at 3:00 p.m. But last night, some enduring questions about the Senate’s transportation bill finally got some answers. Senators Tim Johnson and Richard Shelby, respectively the chairman and ranking […]

Senate’s Changes to TIFIA Could Mean More Toll Roads, Less Transit

By Ben Goldman | Dec 21, 2011 | No Comments

When the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee unanimously passed a two-year transportation reauthorization bill last month, it quickly became clear that bipartisan support was coming at a price. First, we learned that the Transportation Enhancements bike/ped programs would lose their dedicated funding. Now, we learn that Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loans […]

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