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With Deadlines Looming, Mica Supports Transportation Extension
Congress returns from a monthlong recess — oh sorry, “district work period” — next Wednesday. Before September 30, they’ll have to figure out next steps for keeping the transportation program going, assuming there’s no way that the two chambers will come to an agreement about a long-term bill before the current extension expires. Both houses are reportedly now on board to pass an extension of the current transportation law, but many questions remain.
August 30, 2011
Report: Get Out of the Highway-Obsessed Eisenhower Era
Building America’s Future, led by former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, has added their voice to the chorus calling for greater investment in U.S. infrastructure, lest the country fall behind its global competitors. In a new report, Falling Apart and Falling Behind, BAF recommends more focus on mass transit, a switch away from formula funding without performance requirements, and more emphasis on metropolitan areas.
August 8, 2011
Bike League: “Eligibility” for Bike-Ped Isn’t the Same As “Dedicated Funding”
At this point, we’re not expecting any movement on a transportation bill, in either house, before the August recess. (After that, get ready for a panicked frenzy of activity ahead of the September 30 deadline.)
July 27, 2011
Street Safety Projects Threatened as States Give Transpo $ Back to Feds
It’s payback time again for state DOTs. The fine print on the jobs
bill Congress just passed includes a $2.2 billion rescission from state
transportation funding, and projects to make biking and walking safer
are especially at risk of losing out.
August 18, 2010
Federal Bike-Ped Funding Sets New High, With Much More Room to Grow
Federal funding for pedestrian and bicycle projects reached a new
high last year, according to a report released
today by the Federal Highway Administration. In terms of dollars,
federal investment in walking and biking more than doubled compared to
the previous high, set in 2007, thanks largely to an infusion of $400
million in stimulus funds.
June 16, 2010
Philly Mayor Tells Senate: Climate Bill Can Help Make Cities Greener
As the Senate opened its second round of climate change hearings
today, Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter delivered the urban case for
climate legislation, outlining an array of infrastructure improvements
and green reforms that would be made possible by federal action to
reduce carbon emissions.
October 28, 2009
CNU Summit to Focus on Reforming Transportation, Planning Principles
The Congress for the New Urbanism will meet in Portland, Oregon, in early November for the annual Project for Transportation Reform, a summit to further define and clarify emerging urban transportation policies that embrace entire networks, rather than interdependent transportation segments, and that seek to balance modal transportation splits and reduce overall vehicular miles traveled (VMT).
October 9, 2009
SamTrans Considers Raising Fares, Cutting Service and Eliminating Lines
SamTrans - the buses and paratransit vehicles that run the length of El Camino Real between Palo Alto and Daly City, traverse the Santa Cruz mountains, and service San Francisco's financial district - is preparing to raise fares and reduce service on some bus lines and eliminate other lines in order to close a $28.4 million budget gap.
August 25, 2009
Five Down, Five to Go: Plan Linking Transit to Climate Bill Wins Sponsors
Streetsblog Capitol Hill reported this week
that the Obama administration -- which often talks about reducing
transportation-based emissions -- is staying mum on a bill that would
devote a guaranteed share of revenues from carbon regulation to
transit, bike paths, and other green modes of transport.
July 17, 2009
Lawmakers Cross Party Lines on Transpo Funding as Debate Rages
An 18-month extension of existing transportation law cleared the
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today, but not before
spirited debate on a proposal billed as a compromise with House members
who remain strongly opposed to the Senate's stopgap.
July 15, 2009