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Two Years After the Stimulus Bill: Still a Political Grudge Match
President Obama's stimulus bill is one of a small handful of pieces of legislation that have come to define his presidency. Whether you think it was a smashing success or a dismal failure seems to depend on whether there's an R or a D next to your name.
May 6, 2011
State Transpo Officials Push to Toll for Maintenance, Not Just Capacity
Last week, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told state DOT officials gathered at an AASHTO conference in Washington that he was all in favor of tolling – but only to add new capacity.
March 8, 2011
GAO: Transportation Spending an Investment With Uncertain Returns
Cross-posted from Mobilizing the Region, the official blog of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign.
January 25, 2011
U.S. DOT Unveils Full List of TIGER II Winners
The complete list of TIGER II grants has been released by U.S. DOT today, after members of Congress revealed many winners last week. In keeping with the department's livability goals, the list is filled with transit projects (especially streetcar lines), efforts to bolster the country's non-trucking freight network, and fix-it-first projects aimed at deteriorating roads and bridges.
October 20, 2010
TIGER’s Biggest Bite: Atlanta Streetcar Proposal Gets $47 Million
More news keeps rolling in about TIGER II grantees...
October 15, 2010
Obama Admin Will Make Its Transportation Push… During the Next Congress
President Obama is “going to throw his support behind a six-year reauthorization of the transportation program” in Congress. That was the word today from Roy Kienitz, who represented the Transportation Department today as he testified before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
September 28, 2010
Applications for TIGER II Funding Overwhelm What U.S. DOT Can Dish Out
For every dollar awarded from the U.S. DOT's TIGER II grant program, there are more than $30 that applicants are asking for but won’t be getting.
September 27, 2010
Will the Next Merit-Based Transpo Program Rock Harder Than TIGER?
Experts are still trying to make sense of President Obama's $50 billion plan for infrastructure spending, announced on Labor Day and later characterized as an upfront investment on a larger, multi-year transportation bill. More than a hundred people gathered at the Brookings Institution last Thursday looking to learn more about where the administration and Congress might go from here.
September 20, 2010
On Transpo Bill, Administration Wants Congress to Sort Out The Details
At a networking event for young transportation professionals yesterday, a member of the Department of Transportation's policy team offered insight into the Obama administration's strategy as it attempts to reset the nation's transportation polices.
September 17, 2010
Livable Communities Act Clears Senate Committee
The Senate Banking Committee voted 12-10 yesterday in favor of the Livable Communities Act, legislation that would bolster the Obama administration's initiatives to link together transportation, housing, economic development, and environmental policy.
August 4, 2010