Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Federal Funding

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 […]

Why Transit Agencies Expand Capacity While They Cut Service

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 22, 2010 | No Comments

The past couple of years have been bittersweet for American transit riders. While the Obama administration’s TIGER grant program and livability initiatives have spurred investments in new streetcar and bus projects, service cuts and fare hikes have been the order of the day in cities large and small, as transit agencies cope with shrinking revenues […]

U.S. DOT Unveils Full List of TIGER II Winners

By Noah Kazis | Oct 20, 2010 | No Comments

The complete list of TIGER II grants has been released by U.S. DOT today, after members of Congress revealed many winners last week. In keeping with the department’s livability goals, the list is filled with transit projects (especially streetcar lines), efforts to bolster the country’s non-trucking freight network, and fix-it-first projects aimed at deteriorating roads […]

TIGER II Funds Sheridan Replacement Study, Fordham Redesign

By Noah Kazis | Oct 15, 2010 | 5 Comments

The TIGER II leaks keep coming. Here in New York, Congressman José Serrano just announced two winners of the much-sought-after federal funds (hat tip to the Tri-State Transportation Campaign on the news). $1.5 million will fund a planning study of the Sheridan Expressway area, which could provide a big boost for efforts to replace that […]

Obama Admin Will Make Its Transportation Push… During the Next Congress

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 28, 2010 | No Comments

President Obama is “going to throw his support behind a six-year reauthorization of the transportation program” in Congress. That was the word today from Roy Kienitz, who represented the Transportation Department today as he testified before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. In a meeting with transportation reform advocates last week, Secretary Ray LaHood […]

Applications for TIGER II Funding Overwhelm What U.S. DOT Can Dish Out

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 27, 2010 | No Comments

For every dollar awarded from the U.S. DOT’s TIGER II grant program, there are more than $30 that applicants are asking for but won’t be getting. That’s the word from the DOT, which announced on Friday that it had received about $19 billion in applications for nearly 1,000 projects “from all 50 states, U.S. territories […]

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