Federal Funding
Basics
Infrastructure Deal ‘Worst Ratio for Transit Funding Since Nixon’
Washington is one step closer to passing an infrastructure package that would provide historic funding for transit, and then immediately undercut it with historic funding for drivers.
July 30, 2021
Advocates Call for Action on Biden’s Infrastructure Bill
The Senate may be on the brink of slashing the nation’s core transit funding at a moment when many hoped the mode would finally get its due — unless advocates speak out.
July 27, 2021
Americans Want Green School Buses, But Congress Sells Them Short
Most Americans agree its past time to green the nation's fleet of yellow school buses, a new survey finds — but Congress keeps whittling down funding for this common sense, bipartisan priority.
July 26, 2021
‘Human Infrastructure’ Package Predicted to Offer Big EV Subsidies, Not Much For Other Modes
The massive infrastructure package announced on Tuesday promises to pump hundreds of billions into affordable housing and other policies that will make active transportation a viable option for more Americans — but it may also include big money for electric vehicles with little for other modes.
July 15, 2021
As Feds Debate Transportation Pay-Fors, Don’t Forget What We’re Buying
Washington celebrates a bipartisan infrastructure agreement, but advocates are still wondering what, exactly, the bill will actually build.
June 25, 2021
Active Transportation Big in ‘INVEST’ Earmarks
An unprecedented number of infrastructure projects earmarked in the House infrastructure bill would serve pedestrians, micromobility riders, and people who use assistive devices, on top of the robust increases in core programs that already fund infrastructure for those modes.
June 11, 2021
Advocates Overjoyed with New and Improved INVEST Act
It's “arguably the most transformative transportation bill of our lifetimes,” one advocate said.
June 11, 2021
SET YOUR CALENDARS: How to Radically Shift the Way the U.S. Does Infrastructure
America is on the brink of making one of the biggest investments in transportation infrastructure in a generation — and a new event will explore why we need an even bigger cultural shift towards mobility justice if we want to do it right.
June 8, 2021
A Cheat Sheet for ‘Infrastructure Year’
Washington is in the thick of negotiating two major infrastructure bills that could reshape American transportation for decades. Here's a primer you can come back to again and again.
June 7, 2021
OPINION: Raise the Gas Tax? Yes, but Fix Transportation Spending First
We can’t keep pumping new money into a broken system and expect a different result.
June 1, 2021
