Today’s Headlines

European ash cloud prompting push for better rail systems (Reuters)

Villaraigosa uses airport tarmac encounter to lobby Obama on federal funding for "30/10" transit plan (LAist)

$48B in transport funding now available to states, about a month after Congress officially extended the 2005 transportation law until next year (DOT Press)

Conservatives blast Oberstar’s new proposal to strengthen oversight of public drinking water supply (ATR Press, Daily Caller)

General Motors repays $4.7B in outstanding bailout loans to the Treasury five years ahead of schedule (Reuters)

Kansas City’s transit-centric Green Impact Zone project gets $20m stimulus grant (Star Blogs)

Recovery schmecovery: many urban areas still shedding jobs (MSNBC)

Illinois transit officials join project planning for future toll roads (Sun-Times)

San Francisco explores street paving technology that aids in water conservation (Streetsblog SF)

Salt Lake City unveils new "complete streets" redesign plan (SL Tribune)

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Federal funding for projects like the South Central Light Rail in Phoenix, shown here in mural form, is much more uncertain under the Trump administration. Photo: Valley Metro

Slowly and Stealthily, Trump’s DOT Starves Transit Expansion Projects of Federal Funds

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 18, 2018

The Trump administration has slowed the release of federal transit grants to such a crawl that expansion projects in the works for years are now in jeopardy.

Today’s Headlines

By Katie Pearce | Aug 13, 2015

Foxx, GOP Senator Push for Bipartisanship on Transpo Funding (The Hill) Blumenthal: Hold Railroads Accountable for Not Meeting Safety Tech Deadline (NH Register) Christie Officially Pledges Against Gas Tax Hike for Jersey (NJ Spotlight) Insiders Offer Game Plan for Congress to Get Serious With Transpo Funding (Politico) Crowdfunding Can Be a Faster Path to Urban Projects Like […]

Today’s Transit Dreams May Come True — 78 Years From Now

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 22, 2013

By the looks of it, my humble hometown of Washington, DC is winning the transit space race. The region currently has 45 transit projects either planned or underway — and one that’s stalled. You may have heard of the Silver Line to Dulles Airport, but a new map from Reconnecting America proves that that’s just […]

House Transpo Bill Turns Communities Into Collateral Damage

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 14, 2012

There’s been a lot of analysis and explanation of how bad the House transportation bill is from a policy standpoint. This proposal takes sound transportation policy, covers it with oil, sets it on fire, and then dances on the ashes. It’s also important to remember this transportation bill would make life worse for millions of […]

More on McCain’s Anti-Transit and Coburn’s Anti-Bike Amendments

By Elana Schor | Sep 15, 2009

As Streetsblog Capitol Hill reported yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) offered amendments striking money for more than 20 transit projects from the bill that funds the U.S. DOT next year. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) (Photo: Reuters via MediaBistro) The individual amendments have yet to come to a vote, but earlier today the Senate defeated a […]

Milwaukee Transit Advocates Win $13.5 Million Settlement From State DOT

By Angie Schmitt | May 22, 2014

In a Wisconsin lawsuit that’s been closely watched by transportation reformers around the country, local advocates have extracted some resources for transit from a notoriously highway-obsessed state DOT. Settling in federal court with Milwaukee civil rights groups, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation agreed to provide $13.5 million in transit funding as part of the enormous […]