Recent Streetsblog USA posts about National Infrastructure Bank

Sen. Patty Murray Increases Transportation Investment in 2014 Budget

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 15, 2013 | 1 Comment

So, right now you’re thinking, “God save me, not another post about the budget!” And you’re to be forgiven. There are two versions of the FY 2013 budget out there right now (House and Senate), for a year that’s half over. There are the budget cuts from the sequester that everyone’s still waiting to feel […]

Rockefeller, Lautenberg Re-Introduce Infrastructure Bank Bill in Senate

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 27, 2013 | No Comments

These two men are serious about creating an infrastructure bank before they leave office. Sens. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) — both titans of the Commerce Committee, both retiring in 2015 — yesterday re-introduced legislation to create such a bank. Their previous bill died at the end of the last Congressional session. That […]

What Has President Obama Done to Improve American Transportation Policy?

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 2, 2012 | 8 Comments

With the election just days away, it’s a good time to reflect on what the Obama administration has done with transportation policy – and what a Romney administration might have in store. Streetsblog does not endorse candidates. This is an overview of their respective records and a look back at what we know of these […]

Brookings: Revive State Infrastructure Banks to Stretch Transpo Dollars

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 14, 2012 | 2 Comments

In these days of stagnant gas taxes, state and local governments are scrambling for new ways to finance infrastructure. Rahm Emanuel has his $7 billion Chicago Infrastructure Trust, and Antonio Villaraigosa has his America Fast Forward. Even John Kasich in Ohio is trying to sell advertising at rest stops to shore up ODOT. In a […]

A New Bill Passes, But America’s Transpo Policy Stays Stuck in 20th Century

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 29, 2012 | 11 Comments

The House of Representatives approved the transportation bill conference report this afternoon by a vote of 373 to 52. [UPDATE 4:00 PM: The Senate has also approved the bill, 74-19.] This is a bill that’s been called “a death blow to mass transit” by the Amalgamated Transit Union, “a step backwards for America’s transportation system” […]

McCaskill-Collins: Tax Cuts With a Side of Infrastructure, but Hold the Transit

By Ben Goldman | Dec 13, 2011 | No Comments

Congress has already delayed their holiday recess by a week, and members are hoping another delay won’t be necessary. Among the yet-unfinished business: an extension of the payroll tax cut. House Speaker John Boehner plans to hold a vote today on his bill, which marries an extension of the payroll tax cut to the controversial […]

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