Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Peter DeFazio

Infrastructure Law Helps Fix Amtrak Funding Woes, Rail Exec. Tells House

By Jacob Fischler | Dec 27, 2021 | No Comments

An infusion of $22 billion for Amtrak would allow the system to offer more reliable service, upgrade stations and work on its backlog of deferred maintenance.

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chair Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.). Image: Oregon State University, CC

Reconciliation Looking Good For Sustainable Transport

By Kea Wilson | Sep 14, 2021 | No Comments

New House legislation coming out of Peter DeFazio's committee could restore some of what sustainable transportation advocates lost during the negotiations over the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill — without technically breaking President Biden's promises to the GOP.

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chair Peter DeFazio (D-OR). Photo: Creative Commons

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Democrats’ Infrastructure Plan Has a Lot to Like

By Kea Wilson | Jan 30, 2020 | No Comments

If you like your streets livable, your transit funded and your climate change addressed, there's a lot to like in the Democrats' infrastructure plan.

President Trump Has Starved Transit Agencies of $854M

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 17, 2019 | 8 Comments

Administration delay tactics have made applying for transit construction funding much more costly and difficult.

House Transport Chair: 'We Must Move Beyond Fossil Fuel'

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 29, 2019 | 34 Comments

Peter Defazio, the new chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, talks bikes, pedestrians and transit — and getting us off fossil fuel.

DeFazio, Norton, and Larsen Take on Dangerous Street Design

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 18, 2014 | No Comments

Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) is already proving that he’ll put some muscle into the fight for bike and pedestrian safety in his new post as ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. DeFazio and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), top Democrat on the Highways and Transit Subcommittee, have signed on to fellow T&I […]

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