Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Federal Funding

Trump Budget Threats and the Local Anti-Transit Brigade Spike Lansing BRT

By Stephen Miller | Apr 21, 2017 | No Comments

Eight years in the making, the project was undone by suburban opposition. Now, transit advocates in Michigan's capital are figuring out what can be done to improve transit while their opponents take a victory lap.

The GOP Case for Cutting Federal Transit Funding Isn’t Principled — It’s Tribalism

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 3, 2017 | No Comments

The insistence that transit is a local issue while highways are a national concern is an article of faith at right-wing think tanks. But highways mostly serve the same type of trips that Republicans believe are inappropriate for federal funding.

Trump Moves to Immediately Gut Transit Expansion and TIGER Funding

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 30, 2017 | No Comments

Waiting for fiscal year 2018 isn't fast enough for the Trump administration to cut transit funding. The White House wants to slash transit expansion and TIGER grants immediately.

Transit Advocates Launch Call to Action Against Disastrous Trump Budget

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 22, 2017 | No Comments

Dozens of transit projects across the nation -- as well as walking and biking projects that count on funds from the TIGER program -- are under threat unless Congress scraps the hardline budget outline proposed by the White House. Transportation for America is urging people to contact their representatives and oppose the cuts.

Think of Trump’s Budget as an Attack on Cities

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 17, 2017 | No Comments

Yesterday Donald Trump released a budget outline that calls for severe cuts to transit. The budget threatens dozens of transit projects cities have been planning for years and which, in many cases, voters have approved by large margins. Meanwhile, no such cuts are planned for federal highway funding.

Trump’s Budget Takes an Axe to Transit

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 16, 2017 | No Comments

The Trump administration has released its budget blueprint, and it's a bloodbath for everything that's not defense spending. In keeping with the budget's general hostility to cities, transit would be hit especially hard.

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