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Boxer: Transpo Funding Will Rise in Senate Bill, Bike/Ped Will Be Preserved
Senator Barbara Boxer, chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee, just addressed reporters about the progress of the transportation bill.
May 25, 2011
Senate Transportation Bill, MAP-21, Freezes Spending at Current Levels
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:
May 25, 2011
Senate Finalizing Transpo Bill — It’s Up to Boxer to Preserve Bike/Ped Funding
According to Congressional insiders, members of the Senate's Committee on Environment and Public Works are meeting today and tomorrow to hash out the details of their proposal for a multi-year transportation reauthorization bill. Hanging in the balance of these negotiations may be the federal government's only programs dedicated to funding infrastructure for biking and walking.
May 12, 2011
Antonio Villaraigosa Rebrands L.A.’s Transit Plan as a National Option
Goodbye "30/10" and hello "Fast Forward America."
February 25, 2011
CA Mayors Ask Sen. Barbara Boxer for a 21st Century Transpo System
Sixty-five elected officials representing a number of California cities are urging California Senator Barbara Boxer to push a new federal transportation bill that reforms spending and puts a focus on public transit, walking and biking, or "21st century needs." Boxer, as chair of the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works, could play a key role in the long-term re-authorization of the federal surface transportation act.
December 16, 2010
Barbara Boxer Questions Need for Infrastructure Bank
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.
September 28, 2010
Excitement at Transbay Event, But Federal Transportation Bill Uncertain
Though most of the California political class celebrated the groundbreaking of the new Transbay Transit Center with U.S. DOT Secretary Ray LaHood in San Francisco yesterday, significant questions remain for funding a national high-speed rail network through the federal transportation act.
August 12, 2010
Could L.A.’s Transit Plan Become a Winning Campaign Issue for Boxer?
President Obama did triple duty last night for the re-election
campaign of Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), visiting
three fundraisers to send a stark message about polls that show the
environment committee chair holding a single-digit
lead against her GOP challengers despite a formidable cash
advantage.
April 20, 2010
Road and Transit Groups Join Boxer to Push for Senate Jobs Bill
Representatives from Washington's road and transit lobbies joined
Senate environment committee chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today to
call for swift passage of job-creation legislation that is slated for a
vote in the upper chamber of Congress on Monday.
February 17, 2010
Boxer, LaHood to Discuss Federal Transportation Bill at L.A. Town Hall
As transportation reformers continue to wait for the Senate to join
the House in offering a new federal
transportation bill, Senate environment committee chair Barbara
Boxer (D-CA) and Transportation
Secretary Ray LaHood will hold a town hall meeting at the headquarters
of L.A.'s Metro transit authority on Friday, February 19.
February 10, 2010