Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about U.S. Senate

Report: Investing in Transit Could Create 180,000 Jobs, for Free

By Noah Kazis | Sep 3, 2010 | 8 Comments

Between calls for renewed stimulus on the one hand and for deficit reduction on the other, Washington, D.C. is stuck. A new report by the Transportation Equity Network, however, shows one easy way out of that political stalemate: shifting our transportation spending to transit. According to the report, written by University of Missouri-St. Louis researchers […]

Will GOP Senators Acknowledge the Fiscal Sense of Livable Communities?

By John Burgess Everett | Aug 10, 2010 | No Comments

Last week, the Livable Communities Act cleared the Senate Banking Committee, a milestone for legislation that would fund local efforts to plan for growth while curbing sprawl. But the 12-10 party line vote raised the prospect that the bill might also encounter unified Republican opposition in the full Senate, where the threat of a filibuster […]

The Problems With Ports, or Why We Need a National Freight Act

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 6, 2010 | No Comments

Maybe you commute by train, or maybe you’ve switched from driving to biking. But your stuff is still traveling the country by diesel truck. Containers at the Port of Oakland. Photo: NOAA Nearly a quarter of transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions come from freight. The movement of goods from port of entry to a store near […]

Livable Communities Act Clears Senate Committee

By Ben Fried | Aug 4, 2010 | No Comments

The Senate Banking Committee voted 12-10 yesterday in favor of the Livable Communities Act, legislation that would bolster the Obama administration’s initiatives to link together transportation, housing, economic development, and environmental policy. Donovan, LaHood, Jackson: Together forever? The Livable Communities Act would codify the partnership between HUD, US DOT, and the EPA. Photo: EPA The […]

Reid Energy Bill: No $ for Transit, Billions for Electric and Natural Gas Cars

By Joan Mooney | Jul 28, 2010 | No Comments

It seems that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has not only given up on a carbon cap in this year’s energy bill, but also ruled out provisions promoting transit and smart growth. In Reid’s effort to pass an energy bill this year, even a weak bill, advocates say that chances to include major transportation reforms […]

Environmentalists, Transpo Reformers Brace for Scaled-Back Energy Bill

By John Burgess Everett | Jul 27, 2010 | No Comments

"We know we don’t have the votes." With those seven words last Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid dashed hopes for a comprehensive climate bill. Prospects also dimmed for a transportation component in the final energy legislation that emerges from the Senate. Reid is expected to announce that plan later today. Harry Reid indicated last […]

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