Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Federal Transportation Bill

Advocates: Private Transit Giant Lobbied House to Weaken Public Transit

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 9, 2012 | No Comments

The threat of service reductions and fare increases always loomed large over the transfer of Long Island Bus service to a private operator. After Nassau County refused to assume its share of costs for the service, international private transit provider Veolia Transport was brought on to take over from the New York MTA at the beginning of the […]

Senate Leaders Reach Deal on Transpo Bill, Setting Up Slew of Votes Today

By Ben Goldman | Mar 8, 2012 | No Comments

The leaders of each political party in the Senate have reached a deal on their two-year, $109 billion transportation bill, clearing the way for as many as 10 votes on amendments to the bill later today. With a deal struck, prospects for passage of the Senate bill have now improved dramatically. Majority leader Harry Reid had […]

Cloture Vote on Transpo Bill Fails, Setting Up Longer Fight in Senate

By Ben Goldman | Mar 6, 2012 | No Comments

Majority Leader Harry Reid failed to win a key vote in the Senate today that would have forged significant progress toward passage of a two-year transportation bill. It is the second time a cloture vote on the bill has failed since it was first brought to the Senate floor. Needing 60 votes to invoke cloture, […]

Key Vote on Senate Transpo Bill Could Go Either Way

By Ben Goldman | Mar 6, 2012 | No Comments

In interviewing a number of experts for an upcoming article about the prospects of passing a transportation bill, I’ve found a surprising amount of disagreement about whether the Senate bill will clear a key milestone today. Last week, Majority Leader Harry Reid finalized his “manager’s amendment,” combining all the major components of the Senate transpo […]

How the House and Senate Transportation Bills Changed Overnight

By Ben Goldman | Mar 2, 2012 | No Comments

The sun rose this morning on a landscape considerably different from the one described by not one but two articles Streetsblog published yesterday. Senate Bill Gets Bigger, Better, But Harder to Move Senator Harry Reid took a lot of business into his own hands yesterday, unveiling his updated version of the Senate’s “two year” bill (it’s […]

Cardin-Cochran Amendment Incorporated Into Senate Bill

By Ben Goldman | Mar 2, 2012 | No Comments

Majority Leader Harry Reid has incorporated much of the Ben Cardin/Thad Cochran amendment into the so-called “manager’s mark” of the Senate transportation bill. The move means that the amendment’s provisions letting local governments directly access funding from popular bicycle and pedestrian programs will be included in the bill without having to come up for a separate vote. Without […]

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