Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Federal Funding

De Blasio Calls for More Local Control of Federal Transpo Funds

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 23, 2014 | No Comments

At a convening of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington today, Mayor Bill de Blasio made reference, without really naming it, to the single biggest demand of transportation reformers going into the negotiation for the next national bill: local control. Bicycle advocates successfully fought for local control over some bike and pedestrian dollars precisely […]

The Next Transpo Bill: Can Congress Solve the Funding Problem?

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 14, 2014 | No Comments

It’s that time again. Just 18 months after the passage of the latest federal transportation bill, known as MAP-21, Congress has to get serious about the next one. The first hearing on the bill that will replace MAP-21 took place today in the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. With gridlock the order of the day […]

TIGER Funding Gets 20 Percent Boost in Final 2014 Spending Bill

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 14, 2014 | No Comments

In a rare instance of Congress producing some halfway decent news, funding for the federal TIGER program, which issues grants for multi-modal projects, will increase after the House and Senate unveiled the details of an omnibus budget bill yesterday. For the past few years, Congress has been unable to agree on a budget, so funding […]

Budget Deal Is Good News for Transit

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 12, 2013 | No Comments

The House of Representatives is preparing to vote on that rarest of Capitol Hill treasures — a bipartisan budget deal. If both houses approve the deal, negotiated by Democratic Senator Patty Murray and Republican Congressman Paul Ryan, it will be the first time since 2010 that Congress has passed a budget. The deal would erase […]

Concrete Proposals for Raising Gas Tax Finally on the Table

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 3, 2013 | No Comments

After a lot of vague talk about transportation revenues since the passage of MAP-21 — “everything is on the table” and “we need to think outside the box” — real proposals are finally being presented. A few months ago, House Transportation Committee Chair Bill Shuster told me, “The surest way to kill something is to […]

Lawmakers Score Conservative Bona Fides By Attacking Efficient Transport

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 18, 2013 | No Comments

Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Congressman Tom Graves (R-Georgia) have introduced a bill to eliminate federal involvement in transportation policy, which would spell disaster for funding that supports transit, biking, and walking. A largely symbolic vote in favor of “devolution” will allow Republican members of Congress to demonstrate their conservative bona fides. The Transportation Empowerment Act (TEA) […]

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