Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Federal Transportation Bill

25 Senators Demand Robust Transit Funding

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 23, 2011 | No Comments

In a letter to Finance Committee leaders [PDF], 25 senators today urged adequate funding for mass transit in the next transportation authorization bill. The letter notes that public transportation systems find themselves in a budgetary crisis just as more and more people, driven by $4/gallon gas, are seeking out transportation options. During the worst economic […]

House Transportation Committee Will Unveil Part of Transpo Bill Next Week

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 15, 2011 | No Comments

Correction: The initial post stated that the full transportation reauthorization will be unveiled next week. The post has been updated to reflect that only the rail portion will be released next week. Committee Chair John Mica (R-FL) just announced that he’ll be introducing the rail portion of the House transportation bill next Tuesday, which will […]

Highwayman Inhofe Still Wants to Rob Bike/Ped Funding From Transpo Bill

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 3, 2011 | No Comments

Last week, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) briefed reporters on the points of consensus reached by the four leaders of the Environment and Public Works Committee with regard to the transportation bill. In answer to a question by Streetsblog, she said that guaranteed federal funding for bike and pedestrian programs would be in the bill. She […]

Boxer: Transpo Funding Will Rise in Senate Bill, Bike/Ped Will Be Preserved

By Tanya Snyder | May 25, 2011 | No Comments

Senator Barbara Boxer, chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee, just addressed reporters about the progress of the transportation bill. Rather than holding funding at SAFETEA-LU levels, as we previously reported and as the EPW statement indicated, the committee is planning a $339.2 billion bill – current spending plus inflation, plus an expanded TIFIA […]

Senate Transportation Bill, MAP-21, Freezes Spending at Current Levels

By Tanya Snyder | May 25, 2011 | No Comments

The Environment and Public Works Committee just released an outline of some core principles of its transportation reauthorization bill. In a statement, the top Republicans and Democrats of both the full committee and the Transportation Subcommittee – Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), James Inhofe (R-OK), Max Baucus (D-MT) and David Vitter (R-LA) – said: It is […]

Good News From the Senate: Transit Operating Assistance and Much More

By Tanya Snyder | May 19, 2011 | No Comments

Today’s Senate Banking Committee hearing held some good news for transit riders. Unintuitive though it may be, Banking has jurisdiction over public transportation in the Senate. While in the House, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee handles every aspect of the reauthorization, in the Senate the bill gets carved up. Environment and Public Works is taking […]

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