Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Federal Funding

Tales From the Post-Earmark Era: Pork Won’t Hog the Transpo Money

By Tanya Snyder | May 10, 2011 | No Comments

We knew it could happen, people! There had to be a better way to distribute federal dollars than Congressional earmarks. The FHWA just announced that 11 programs, funded at a combined $422 million, will be making discretionary grants for innovative projects. “These grants will support projects that work to improve safety, maintain a state of […]

Mica Wants to Abandon Federal Commitment to Bike-Ped Funding

By Tanya Snyder | May 6, 2011 | No Comments

Jonathan Maus at BikePortland just brought our attention to a recent comment we wish House Transportation Committee Chair John Mica (R-FL) hadn’t made. As the Orlando Sentinel reported yesterday, Rep. Mica is making noises about “siphoning away” money for bike paths. The Sentinel says Mica “wants to add flexibility to how states spend their share […]

Well That Was Quick: Obama Disavows Mileage Fee Proposal

By Tanya Snyder | May 5, 2011 | No Comments

The Hill is reporting that the Obama administration has already sworn off a move toward a vehicle-miles-traveled fee. We just reported that an undated draft of the administration transportation proposal included the creation of an office to study the feasibility of implementing such a system to replace the traditional fuel tax. The Hill’s Keith Laing […]

Obama Wants to Study Viability of Mileage-Based Fee for Transpo Revenue

By Tanya Snyder | May 5, 2011 | No Comments

Thanks to The Hill for reading President Obama’s transportation bill draft [PDF] more thoroughly than I did – they discovered a significant detail that I’d missed. Despite his administration’s insistence that they won’t consider an increase in the gas tax or other user fees, Obama’s bill includes language establishing a Surface Transportation Revenue Alternatives Office […]

Mayors Rebel Against State-Controlled Highway Expansion, Fight For Transit

By Tanya Snyder | May 3, 2011 | No Comments

If your roads are congested, your bus lines are getting cut, and money is flowing to brand-new roads to nowhere, don’t blame your mayor. Chances are, he or she is as mad about it as you are. Mayors are speaking out against ineffective transportation funding mechanisms that direct scarce resources to sprawling highways and away […]

Without Adequate Federal Funding, Will States Raise Their Own Gas Taxes?

By Tanya Snyder | Apr 25, 2011 | No Comments

Connecticut state senators just voted to increase the state gas tax by three cents. The New Hampshire House Speaker has proposed cutting theirs by five cents – but only for two months, to help drivers bear the pain of high gas prices. In Georgia, the gas tax jumps every time gas prices go up by […]

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