Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation for America

Call This Morning to Boost Transit Funding in Stimulus Package

By Ben Fried | Jan 28, 2009 | 4 Comments

Last night Jerrold Nadler’s stimulus bill amendment, which would add $3 billion for transit, cleared the House Rules Committee. The full House may vote on the amendment by noon today, so the sooner you call your representative the better. Transportation for America sends along some key points to make in your phone call: In the […]

Stimulus Draft, the Day After

By Ben Fried | Jan 16, 2009 | 5 Comments

For everyone hoping that an $825 billion stimulus package might advance a visionary national agenda for sustainable transportation, yesterday’s release of a draft economic recovery bill didn’t deliver the goods. Nor did it include some pretty easy lifts, like the $1.7 billion for transit operations that the House approved in an earlier bill last summer. […]

Tell Congress: Don’t Waste Money on Highway Expansion

By Ben Fried | Jan 7, 2009 | 2 Comments

States should know better than to funnel more money into road expansion at the expense of maintenance. With President-elect Obama back in Washington, action is heating up again around the economic recovery package, which could total up to $850 billion over the next two years. As much as $100 billion may be at stake for […]

Introducing the Streetsblog Network

By Sarah Goodyear | Dec 2, 2008 | 2 Comments

We’ve just launched our shiny new transportation-policy blog network, and we’re pretty darn excited. You can find out why by clicking here. Streetsblog Network (http://usa.preprod-streetsblog.alley.ws) brings together more than 100 blogs from 31 states — and counting. Its purpose is twofold: to create a place where people who blog on smart growth, livable streets and […]

Share Your National Vision With the President-Elect

By Brad Aaron | Nov 7, 2008 | 8 Comments

Union Station, Denver, CO With the Obama administration indicating that it may counter the current economic slowdown with much-needed infrastructure investment, Transportation for America has issued a letter calling for the president-elect to "lay the groundwork for a clean-energy future that is less dependent on oil." T4A has set up a page for members of […]

Rubbing Elbows on a Crowded Bus in Alaska

By Sarah Goodyear | Oct 21, 2008 | 3 Comments

It may look desolate, but business is picking up at the Fairbanks bus depot. All around the country, local transit systems are seeing spikes in ridership caused by rising fuel prices, and oftentimes straining under the increased demand. As part of our participation in Transportation for America‘s Build for America campaign, we’ve been looking around […]

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