Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Federal Stimulus

Why Biden Is Right to Think Beyond the DOT in His Infrastructure Package

By Kea Wilson | Apr 12, 2021 | No Comments

Opponents of President Biden's infrastructure plan ignore that "transportation infrastructure" must include tackling our frayed social safety nets and our broken street designs.

Gov. Cuomo argued for federal stimulus money for the AirTrain last May.

Cuomo’s ‘Wrong Way AirTrain’ Boondoggle Moves Ahead

By Eve Kessler | Mar 16, 2021 | No Comments

The LaGuardia AirTrain gets a shot in the arm — but is it (and the governor) still relevant?

Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit

MTA Prepares To Borrow $3B From Federal Reserve

By Dave Colon | Nov 17, 2020 | No Comments

The MTA Board is expected to approve a resolution that would allow the agency to borrow the maximum amount from the Municipal Liquidity Facility fund.

Senate Dems Put Out Their Own Trillion Dollar Infrastructure Plan

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 24, 2017 | No Comments

Senate Democrats have an infrastructure "blueprint" of their own, one that's weighted toward transit. The trouble is that Democrats have little power to set terms, and getting drawn into negotiations over an unnecessary infrastructure bill may not play out to their advantage.

Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi have followed along with an exaggerated narrative about America's infrastructure needs, and that is leading them to dangerous conclusions. Pelosi photo: Wikimedia Commons; Trump photo: Gage Skidmore/Flickr; Schumer photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls, via Wikimedia Commons

Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi Are Falling for Infrastructure Propaganda

By Angie Schmitt and Ben Fried | Nov 17, 2016 | No Comments

We're going to see a lot of stories about Donald Trump and infrastructure in the next few months, and this reporting will be heavily influenced by a message that has been honed and perfected by the American Society of Civil Engineers. It will be important to see through these arguments and view the Trump infrastructure plan with clear eyes.

Brookings: “Cash for Clunkers” Wasn’t Worth It

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 31, 2013 | No Comments

Turns out paying people to buy cars isn’t a great policy for the economy or the environment. That’s the determination of a pair of Brookings Institution researchers who evaluated the effectiveness of the 2009 Cash for Clunkers program. The $2.85 billion program, part of President Obama’s economic stimulus package, produced only 2,050 “job-years,” according to researchers […]

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