Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Federal Transit Administration

Trump Finally Releasing Transit Cash

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 29, 2018 | 4 Comments

Trump's Federal Transit Administration is finally releasing long-ago-approved funding for major projects.

Photo: Gateway Program Development Corporation

Trump’s Infrastructure Games Threaten NY

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 29, 2018 | 11 Comments

Donald Trump has been threatening to derail the nation's largest metro economy as leverage to get his border wall.

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

Ore. Rep Says Dems Will Fix 'Incoherent' Trump Transit Policy

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 23, 2018 | 1 Comment

The Oregon Democrat says House Democrats will restore sanity to transportation policy.

Trump Delays More Federal Transit Funds

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 3, 2018 | 9 Comments

Barely a quarter of the money Congress has sent the Feds for new transit projects over the last two years has been awarded. Dozens of cities are waiting on funds.

Kochs Want to Kill Light Rail in Phoenix

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 25, 2018 | 64 Comments

A group presenting themselves as neighborhood residents and business owners is receiving funding from Koch-backed groups. We have receipts.

LA's Purple Line extension is one of 17 projects waiting for funding from an FTA that suddenly seems uninterested in providing it. Photo: Wikimedia

Trump’s Federal Transit Administration Has Gone Rogue

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 22, 2018 | 6 Comments

More evidence from the GAO that under Trump, federal officials are obstructing programs intended to improve transit in American cities.

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