Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Federal Transportation Bill

Federal Transportation Bill Includes America Fast Forward Provisions

By Damien Newton | Jun 29, 2012 | 5 Comments

Amidst all of the negative news about the federal transportation bill recently agreed to by members of the House of Representatives and Senate agreed to, there is a silver lining. The “America Fast Forward” provisions, a group of changes and funding increases that will help cities expand their rail transit systems, survived the conference committee. […]

Mayor Villaraigosa Passes on Criticizing House Republicans, Reserves Praise for Senator Boxer

By Damien Newton | Feb 8, 2012 | No Comments

In recent weeks, two competing pieces of legislation are moving in Washington, D.C. The first, is moving through the House of Representatives on a series of highly partisan votes and is reviled by advocates for transit, walking, bicycling and complete streets for it’s over-the-top support for highway construction. The other is moving through the Senate […]

Villaraigosa Offers Bi-Partisan Praise for Federal Transportation Bills, But Favors Boxer’s Over House Mica’s

By Damien Newton | Jul 21, 2011 | No Comments

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was in Washington, D.C. today to support the dramatic increase in the TIFIA loan program to $1 billion that is proposed in both the House and Senate draft reauthorization bills and is the center plank of the America Fast Forward plan to accelerate transit construction. By the time he flew […]

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Experts Agree: Six-Year Transportation Bill Won’t Pass This Year

By Tanya Snyder | May 23, 2011 | No Comments

At times in this whole reauthorization process, it’s been hard to see the way forward. House Republicans refuse to deficit-spend their way out of the funding conundrum, and Democrats haven’t gotten behind a coherent plan to come up with more revenues, though they’re still arguing for a bigger bill. Still, I’ve been reporting on the […]

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Don’t Hold Your Breath for a White House Transportation Bill

By Tanya Snyder | May 13, 2011 | No Comments

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told reporters today that the administration sent its draft bill to Capitol Hill two weeks ago. “It’s with the people that it needs to be with,” LaHood said, “the staff that’s working on a bill.” So while we reporters have been busy poring over draft bills that, it later turns out, […]

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Two Years After the Stimulus Bill: Still a Political Grudge Match

By Angie Schmitt | May 6, 2011 | No Comments

President Obama’s stimulus bill is one of a small handful of pieces of legislation that have come to define his presidency. Whether you think it was a smashing success or a dismal failure seems to depend on whether there’s an R or a D next to your name. Was the $787 billion spending package was […]

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