Today’s Headlines

By Elana Schor
Jul 15, 2009

The war of words between House and Senate transportation leaders continues … (Roll Call)

… as Boxer and the Senate show signs of giving more to transit in their climate bill (Wash Indy)

U.S. DOT’s latest round of transpo stimulus cash helps move Detroit towards ferry service (Free Press)

Voinovich may be transpo stalwart, but his approach to the EPA is very different (NWF Blog)

LaHood, other Cabinet officials press Arizona governor: Side with your senator or with us on the stimulus (AP)

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Today’s Headlines

By Elana Schor | Aug 7, 2009

Every state has committed half of their transpo stimulus money, but who’s actually started the most work? Wyoming, at 76%! But Florida’s at 2%, and Oberstar’s putting them on notice (Wash Times, Oberstar’s ofc) "Cash for clunkers" extended by the Senate (WaPo) Nadler’s got Oberstar’s back: "There seems to be a weakness on the part […]

Republicans Deem Transpo Stimulus — 6% of Total Spending — a ‘Failure’

By Elana Schor | Jul 10, 2009

Republicans on the House transportation panel held a press conference today to deem the economic stimulus law a failure, citing low infrastructure spending in the nation’s highest-unemployment states. Rep. John Mica (FL), the committee’s senior GOPer, and six colleagues displayed a chart (depicted at right) that used estimates of stimulus money spent so far by […]

Did Pelosi Just Side With Oberstar on the Transpo Bill?

By Elana Schor | Jul 9, 2009

That’s the implication of a Roll Call story today that states: "Momentum Builds for Transportation Bill." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (Photo: moniquemonicat.wordpress.com) Here’s how the exchange in question played out at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) weekly briefing. Pelosi was asked for her position on a possible second stimulus bill, and she replied: I […]

Voinovich Secures Dem Promise to Hold a Senate Vote on Transpo in 2010

By Elana Schor | Feb 23, 2010

Compelling infrastructure news out of the Senate last night: The long-delayed successor to the 2005 federal transportation law could come to a vote sooner than the spring 2011 timetable sought by the Obama administration, thanks to a promise secured by Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH) in exchange for his vote in favor of the Democratic jobs […]

Report: Nation’s Cities Not Getting Their Share of Stimulus Transpo Money

By Elana Schor | Jun 15, 2009

The nation’s largest metropolitan areas — which account for 63 percent of the U.S. population and 73 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) — have received less than half of the surface transportation money allocated so far underthe Obama administration’s economic stimulus plan, according to a new report compiled for the U.S. Conference of […]

Gauging a Transpo Bill’s Chances in the Senate

By Brad Aaron | Aug 19, 2009

It remains to be seen whether lawmakers will move on a new long-term federal transportation bill this year. If they do, what might the opposition look like, and how will legislators react? These are the questions posed today by The Transport Politic (TTP). To get an idea of how a new funding package might fare […]