Today’s Headlines

  • Feds giving cities more money for transit security (AFP)
  • How will the House v. Senate face-off on transport funding end? Some lobbyists see a six-month compromise (Roll Call)
  • Horrors! Utah highway officials fear more money for transit (SL Trib)
  • Virginia’s transportation is a mess — so why isn’t the self-professed "transpo candidate" for governor talking about it? (WaPo)
  • Blumenauer shakes his head sadly at "unhinged" Republicans (HuffPo)

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AFL-CIO Flexing Its Muscle for Senate Transit Operating Aid Bill

By Elana Schor |
The AFL-CIO, a formidable lobbying force in Washington, is throwing its weight behind a Senate bill offered last week that would authorize $2 billion in emergency funding for transit agencies forced to hike fares or cut service in lean budgetary times. Rev. Jesse Jackson, second from left, has joined transit workers’ unions in their Save […]

Today’s Headlines

By Elana Schor |
AFL-CIO and other unions backing Democrats’ push for a new, possibly infrastructure-centric jobs bill (The Hill) West Virginia congressman, calling for a long-term transport bill as a "second stimulus," says toll is a "four-letter word" but vows to be open to any funding proposal — except a VMT tax (Register-Herald) A humorously candid take on […]

Senate Agrees on $26.8 Billion Highway Trust Fund Rescue

By Elana Schor |
The Senate took a major step forward last night in its battle with the House over transportation funding, releasing a plan to give $26.8 billion to the dwindling highway trust fund and — perhaps most importantly, for the long term — to restore the fund’s ability to keep the interest it earns. Senate Finance Committee […]

Transit Industry Asks Congress to Quadruple Annual Security Funding

By Elana Schor |
The American Public Transportation Association (APTA), the D.C. lobbying arm for much of the transit industry, today asked the House committee in charge of homeland security spending for $1.1 billion next year to beef up rail and bus security, a four-fold increase over the level that Congress approved for 2010. APTA president William Millar told […]