Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Federal Funding

National Transportation Funding Is Ailing — Is Michigan ‘Patient Zero’?

By Elana Schor | Jun 10, 2009 | 5 Comments

In a sight that could become more commonplace by year’s end, the state of Michigan is being forced to cancel $740 million in road and bridge repairs after its gas tax revenues fell short of the level required to secure matching funds from the federal government. Rep. Candice Miller (R-MI) (Photo: Macomb Daily) The matching-funds […]

Lawmakers Push for Federal Help With Transit Operating: Read the Letter

By Elana Schor | Jun 9, 2009 | 3 Comments

The House and Senate are racing to reach agreement on a $90 billion bill to keep the Iraq and Afghanistan wars funded, but the legislation also could mark a pivotal victory for transit. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR). Photo: UPI The Senate version of the war bill contains a provision that would allow transit agencies to […]

GOP-ers and Dems Agree: Feds Need to Get Their Transpo Act Together

By Elana Schor | Jun 9, 2009 | 8 Comments

Reports on federal transportation policy — like campaign fundraisers and lobbying groups — seem to proliferate in Washington, most of them drawing a few days’ worth of news coverage before fading from memory. (Remember the National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission and the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Commission?) Former Sen. Slade Gorton (R-WA), […]