Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about National Infrastructure Bank

Would an Infrastructure Bank Have the Power to Reform Transportation?

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 9, 2010 | No Comments

Our report earlier this week on transportation financing may have left you with a few more questions. We started with a look at TIFIA, which provides credit assistance for infrastructure projects. Many observers see the program as limited by its position inside the DOT and its opaque decision-making process. But what about a National Infrastructure […]

Why Reformers Should Care How We Pay for Transportation

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 6, 2010 | No Comments

TIFIAs and TIGERs and NIBs — oh my! The alphabet soup of infrastructure funding mechanisms can be alienating even to committed transportation advocates. But with the power of the gas tax diminishing and elected officials refusing to raise it, other financing options are taking on increasing importance. If you’re interested in reforming our transportation system […]

Five Reasons Reformers Are Rallying Behind Obama’s Transpo Push

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 13, 2010 | No Comments

When President Obama announced his push for a long-term transportation bill on Monday, he introduced a report by his Council of Economic Advisors and the Treasury Department analyzing the economic impact of infrastructure investment [PDF]. At face value, the numbers in the president’s plan might not look so impressive. It calls for rebuilding 150,000 miles […]

A National Infrastructure Bank: Can the U.S. Learn From Europe?

By Roger Rudick | Oct 8, 2010 | No Comments

On Labor Day, President Barack Obama gave a speech in which he pushed for the creation of a National Infrastructure Bank. Legislation that would establish the bank was introduced over the summer in Senate Bill 1926, authored by Chris Dodd of Connecticut and Chuck Hagel of Nebraska. But the idea of an independent financing entity […]

Barbara Boxer Questions Need for Infrastructure Bank

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 28, 2010 | No Comments

California Democrat Barbara Boxer, chair of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, expressed skepticism about one of the centerpieces of President Obama’s infrastructure plan today. As she tries to stave off an election challenge from the right, Boxer seems reluctant to embrace the creation of a national infrastructure bank to finance transportation projects. […]

Will the Next Merit-Based Transpo Program Rock Harder Than TIGER?

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 20, 2010 | No Comments

Experts are still trying to make sense of President Obama’s $50 billion plan for infrastructure spending, announced on Labor Day and later characterized as an upfront investment on a larger, multi-year transportation bill. More than a hundred people gathered at the Brookings Institution last Thursday looking to learn more about where the administration and Congress […]

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