Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Federal Funding

Inside Obama’s Transpo Budget: “Historic Increase” in Transit Funding

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 4, 2014 | No Comments

A few more details about the Obama administration’s proposal for a new transportation bill surfaced today when the president unveiled his 2015 budget proposal. The topline numbers came out last week and look good for transit, biking, and walkability. The White House’s four-year, $302 billion surface transportation plan proposes an “historic increase” in transit funding — […]

Let’s Do the Time Warp Again: U.S. DOT Fails to Get Travel Forecasting Right

By Phineas Baxandall and Tony Dutzik | Mar 3, 2014 | No Comments

The U.S. Department of Transportation seems to be stuck in a bizarre time warp. For nine years in a row Americans have decreased their average driving miles. Yet U.S. DOT’s most recent biennial report to Congress on the state of the nation’s transportation system, released last Friday, forecasts that total vehicle miles will increase between […]

Obama to Propose Four-Year Transpo Bill Funded By “Business Tax Reform”

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 26, 2014 | No Comments

President Obama will unveil a proposal for a $302 billion, four-year transportation bill during a speech today in Minnesota, according to an announcement from the White House. A fact sheet from the administration indicates the proposal would increase dedicated funding for transit more than funding for highways. The proposal would represent a 38 percent spending […]

In Sly Fashion, Cuomo Skirts Requests for Bike-Ped Funding

By Stephen Miller | Feb 21, 2014 | 2 Comments

Last week, nearly three dozen advocates from across the state went to Albany to meet with legislators, asking for dedicated bike-pedestrian funding from the state. But some timely announcements by Governor Cuomo put a damper on their request. The most recent federal transportation bill cut dedicated bike-pedestrian funding to New York state by 30 percent, or $12 […]

Why Is It Still So Hard to Find Out How States Are Spending Transpo Money?

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 19, 2014 | No Comments

You would be lucky to get half as much information about a $5 million transportation project in your state as you can get from a toothpaste tube about how to brush. That sad comparison comes from a new report by Advocacy Advance (a project of the League of American Bicyclists and the Alliance for Biking […]

New Bill Would Make Bike/Ped Projects Eligible for Federal Loans

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 30, 2014 | No Comments

The day after President Obama’s State of the Union plea to improve economic opportunity for struggling Americans, New Jersey Democrat Albio Sires introduced a bill that he says will help meet that goal. His bill [PDF] would build on the TIFIA loan program, which is so beloved by Congress its funding was expanded by a […]

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