Recent Streetsblog USA posts about transit funding

Opinion: Feds Must Give Transit the Support (And Flexibility) It Needs Right Now

By Greg Regan | May 24, 2023 | No Comments

Budget shortfalls coupled with inflation and rising transit operating costs, threaten to cause the “transit death spiral.” We must not let that happen.

Trouble in Paradise: Political Gridlock, Cost Overruns and Taxpayer Fatigue Plague Hawaii Transit Project

By John Besche | May 22, 2023 | No Comments

That original price tag has ballooned to about $10 billion, and the final number might eclipse the inflation-adjusted cost of building the entire Panama Canal.

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Gov. Hochul Fills Cash-Strapped MTA’s Fiscal Hole … With Casino Money

By Dave Colon | Feb 3, 2023 | No Comments

It's a story that will likely be repeated all over the country as cash-strapped transit systems have to figure out what to do as federal Covid relief money dries up ... and riders have not fully returned.

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Revealed: State Pols Underfund Transit With Underhanded Move

By Dave Colon | Dec 21, 2022 | No Comments

Stop the steal! New York State has been underfunding the MTA by hundreds of millions of dollars for decades, quietly reclassifying dedicated county taxes as its own contribution to the transit agency's operating budget.

Midterm Races that Sustainable Transportation Advocates Are Watching

By Streetsblog | Nov 7, 2022 | No Comments

Sustainable transportation is on Tuesday's ballot in communities across America — and advocates say that several of the most important aspects our federal transportation future may hang in the balance, too.

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Congestion Pricing Update: New York’s Tolls will Have National Implications

By Dave Colon | Aug 10, 2022 | No Comments

There are seven scenarios in New York's environmental assessment for congestion pricing. How this plays out is crucial to America's effort to rein in traffic and fund transit.

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