Today’s Headlines

By Elana Schor
Mar 26, 2010

Cleveland City Council passes resolution backing Sen. Brown and Rep. Kucinich in their push for bike-ped lane on the new Innerbelt Bridge (Plain Dealer Blog)

New study examines the stress that a future electric-car boom would put on the nation’s grid, with surprising results (TreeHugger)

Questioning the nation’s dwindling investment in its built environment (Grist)

Democratic senators from both coasts vow to oppose offshore drilling expansions in the pending climate change bill (The Hill Blog)

Democrat vying to replace Rendell as PA governor calls for state transportation spending to double (Inquirer)

Missouri state DOT chief Pete Rahn leaves to join engineering firm HNTB (KC Star)

New Hampshire follows Wyoming in nixing the notion of new interstate tolls (Observer)

Seattle mayor still vowing to build light rail in the face of skeptical financial analysis (P-I Blog)

Maryland lawmakers pass ban on hand-held cell phones (WaPo)

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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 […]

Who Cares About the Highway Trust Fund?

By Elana Schor | May 14, 2009

Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) is proposing today to make a small but crucial change in federal transit policy by requiring the nation’s Highway Trust Fund to keep the interest money it accrues, rather than give it up for the government’s general use. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) Photo: politicalkudzu.com. Which brings up an even more crucial […]

Today’s Headlines

By Elana Schor | May 5, 2010

After a lackluster year, Carrion leaves White House "urban czar" post for lesser duties at HUD (NYDN) FTA chief Rogoff skeptical on Dallas’ chances of snagging viable transit public-private partnership (Morn News Blog) LaHood uses Massachusetts appearance to take the state to task for not acting on distracted driving (Globe) Ryan Avent: Seattle light rail […]

Fix-It-First Bill Introduced in Senate

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 15, 2011

Highway maintenance has been getting short shrift in state budgets, according to a recent report from Smart Growth America. But a bill introduced in the Senate today seeks to address the imbalance between road construction and maintenance. Maryland Senator Ben Cardin’s Preservation and Renewal of Federal-Aid Highways Act would require states to develop targets for […]

The Looming Transit Breakdown That Threatens America’s Economy

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 16, 2015

While federal transit funding stagnates, the nation’s largest rail and bus systems have been delaying critical maintenance projects. Without sustained efforts to fix infrastructure and vehicles, the effects of deteriorating service in big American cities could ripple across the national economy, according to a new report from the Regional Plan Association [PDF]. RPA focuses on ten of the nation’s largest transit agencies […]

Forty Transportation Experts, One Message

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 30, 2011

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee just spent two days listening to 40 experts from different aspects of the transportation sector and advocacy community, from engineers to environmentalists to the Tea Party. Each person had just four minutes to speak and they crammed as much as they could into their time: observations, demands, recommendations for […]