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More Proof That L.A. Isn’t Getting Its Fair Share of Stimulus and Other Federal Funds
The U.S. Conference of Mayors released a report
this week with some dire conclusions for the nation's cities: Even the
payroll growth that many prognosticators anticipate this year won't
make a dent in double-digit urban unemployment. Half of the 363 biggest
metro areas won't return to their pre-recession jobs levels until 2013
or beyond.
January 21, 2010
Dodd and DeLauro Vow to Get Infrastructure Bank Done This Year
Supporters from every corner of the transportation universe joined
Gov. Ed Rendell (D-PA), Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), and Sen. Chris Dodd
(D-CT) today at a press event aimed at jumpstarting a National
Infrastructure Bank (NIB), which the two Connecticut lawmakers vowed to
steer to passage this year.
January 20, 2010
Obama Administration Working on Its Own Six-Year Transportation Bill
The annual powwow of thousands of transportation workers, planners,
and wonks that's known as the Transportation Research Board (TRB) conference
kicked off in the capital yesterday with a candid admission from some
senior U.S. DOT officials: reorienting American transport planning to
accommodate the overlap with housing and environmental sustainability
is proving pretty difficult.
January 11, 2010
House Jobs Bill Mimics the Stimulus: $27.5B for Roads, $8.4B for Transit
The House is slated to vote as soon as tomorrow on a job-creation package that includes $27.5 billion for highways and $8.4 billion for transit, according to a transportation committee document obtained by Streetsblog Capitol Hill. House transportation committee chairman Jim Oberstar (D-MN) (Photo: Bike Portland via Flickr) That funding divide mirrors the spending levels … Continued
December 15, 2009
Transport Bill Earmark to Help Road Project in Palin’s Hometown
Sarah Palin is no longer the governor of Alaska, but a project long
championed by the 2008 vice-presidential nominee -- and staunch earmark
critic -- stands to benefit from an earmark inserted into the transportation spending bill that cleared Congress over the weekend.
December 14, 2009
Rendell: National Infrastructure Bank Could Move as Part of New Jobs Bill
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D), who is in Washington today continuing his push for a "front-loaded"
federal transportation bill, told Streetsblog Capitol Hill that he sees
momentum building for a National Infrastructure Bank (NIB) to be
created as part of the jobs bill now moving forward in Congress.
December 7, 2009
Rendell & Lawmakers Aligning on 2-Year, Treasury-Funded Transport Bill
Senior Democrats in Congress are warming
to a new two-year federal transportation bill as a vehicle for upwards
of $100 billion in infrastructure spending aimed at job creation -- and
a key player in building that momentum makes his home far from the
Capitol.
December 3, 2009
The Missed Opportunity For an Urban Stimulus: Mayors ‘Were Ignored’
wo-thirds
of America's population, and more than three-quarters of its economic
productivity, come from major cities. So why did the Obama
administration's economic stimulus law end up giving metropolitan areas
the short end of the stick?
December 1, 2009
DeFazio, Perlmutter Drafting New Version of Wall Street Transport Tax
Reps. Pete DeFazio (D-OR) and Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) are working on a
broader version of the former lawmaker's plan to pay for U.S.
infrastructure investment by imposing a small tax on stock
transactions, despite a note of caution sounded last week by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).
November 24, 2009