Recent Streetsblog USA posts about transit funding

Gas Taxes May Not Be Just For Roads Anymore In Georgia

By Kea Wilson | Feb 11, 2020 | No Comments

The Georgia State Senate may finally let transportation leaders use fuel tax dollars for sustainable transportation — and not just endless infrastructure for cars.

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Federal Bus Grants Are Just Too Damn Low

By Kea Wilson | Feb 3, 2020 | No Comments

Federal bus grants of $454.6 million sound like a lot...until you consider that it's for the whole country.

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.

Congress nixed an electric vehicle tax credit at the president's request, which will make Teslas more expensive next year. Image: Wolfram Burner

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Winners and Losers In $1.4T Fed Spending Bill

By Aaron Short | Dec 19, 2019 | No Comments

Congress has some stocking stuffers and a few lumps of coal for the transportation sector in the $1.4 trillion spending package the House of Representatives passed on Tuesday in one of the last votes of the year before impeachment.