Federal Funding
Basics
The Five Worst Legacies of the Chao Years — And How to Undo Them
Secretary Elaine Chao's leadership of the Department of Transportation damaged our nation — both in what she did and what she failed to do, experts say.
November 10, 2020
Trump Admin Rejects Transit Mask Mandate, Endangering Transport — Again
The Trump administration declined the request from a prominent transit workers' union the same day the President was admitted to a tax payer-funded hospital for coronavirus.
October 7, 2020
Report: Three Million People Could Lose Transit Access Soon
And Black, brown and low-income city residents will bear the brunt.
September 29, 2020
Congress Sells Out Non-Drivers by Reauthorizing FAST Act
Congress passed a short-term spending bill that will renew funding for our existing car-focused infrastructure, missing an opportunity to reform a broken system that's killing our planet and its people.
September 23, 2020
Trump’s Road Grants Favor Red, Rural Projects
Obama's signature TIGER program became just another highway fund when President Trump rechristened it BUILD — but this may be the worst year yet.
September 18, 2020
Is a Federal Greenway Act What the U.S. Needs to Recover from COVID-19?
A new effort is underway to build a massive national network of connected walking and cycle infrastructure— and the organization behind it says a $10 billion federal investment in the project would help the country rebound from the economic ravages of COVID-19 in a way that highway spending never could.
September 9, 2020
A Hard Right Turn: The Moment the U.S. DOT Abandoned U.S. Walkers
Federal transportation officials have never done much to center the needs of pedestrians in their policies or funding decisions. But in 2012, things took a turn for the even worse.
August 20, 2020
Canada Backs Active Transport as COVID Response
It's a great innovation, but not every Canuck is happy about it — even among sustainable transportation advocates.
August 7, 2020
GOP Relief Bill Gives Zero Dollars to Sustainable Transportation
Nope, not even a penny.
July 28, 2020
Four Things Every Sustainable Transportation Advocate Should Know About the INVEST Act
The House reportedly likely to vote on a major infrastructure bill soon — and if it passes, it will have big consequences for the future of sustainable transportation in the U.S.
July 1, 2020
