Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about U.S. Senate

Senate Committee Backs Infrastructure Spending (But Not For Bike Lanes)

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 26, 2011 | No Comments

“We need to take care of this sooner than later,” Sen. Barbara Boxer said this morning in reference to a surface transportation reauthorization. “We can’t keep doing extension after extension.” Photo from Zagasi Before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee even has all its members named (that should happen in the next day or […]

Sen. Boxer: Working With Mica, Inhofe on a Long-Term Transpo Bill

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 6, 2011 | No Comments

Senator Barbara Boxer told reporters today that she had an “excellent”, “wonderful” meeting with Rep. John Mica (R-FL), the new chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. She confirmed that they’re working on a “longer-term” transportation bill and have come up with many points of agreement. We’ll let you know more details about […]

Senate Vote Will Give GOP a Crack at the Transpo Bill Sooner

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 21, 2010 | No Comments

A few weeks ago, members of the House threw up their hands and voted for a year-long extension of the 2010 budget. It included an extension of the transportation reauthorization. The Senate didn’t vote on it in time, so then the House voted for a three-day extension to give the Senate a few more days […]

Transit Benefit (Wrapped in Tax Cuts) Clears the Senate

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 15, 2010 | No Comments

The Senate voted 81-19 to support President Obama’s plan to extend the Bush tax cuts this afternoon. Some of those Senators probably didn’t even realize that they were also voting to extend equal tax benefits for transit commuters, on par with parking credits. One Senator was certainly aware. Democrat Bob Menendez of New Jersey told […]

Earmark Ban Goes Down to Defeat in the Senate

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 30, 2010 | No Comments

The Senate just voted down the Republican proposal to ban earmarks. The proposed ban was met with profound ambivalence in the transportation community. Some, like Rob Sadowsky, Executive Director of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, worried that a ban would remove a primary funding mechanism for bike-ped projects. The day after the election, Sadowsky told BikePortland, […]

GOP Victory Could Imperil Bike-Ped Funding and Transportation Reforms

By Daniel de Zeeuw | Oct 29, 2010 | No Comments

Daniel de Zeeuw is the Campaign Coordinator for America Bikes, which advocates for bike and pedestrian infrastructure in the federal transportation bill. Streetsblog asked him to tell our readers about the conversations he’s been hearing about the outlook for the transportation bill after the election. With Election Day expected to bring the GOP big gains […]

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