Recent Streetsblog SF posts about U.S. DOT

CALPIRG, Smart Growth America Slam State Stimulus Spending

By Damien Newton | Jun 29, 2009 | 4 Comments

With the passage of the stimulus bill last spring, states had a 120 day deadline to obligate at least half of the transportation funding allocated to them. To mark that federal deadline, CALPIRG and Smart Growth America released a report today detailing how California is spending its stimulus money. The news isn’t good. Despite all […]

Report: States Used $6.6B in Stimulus Cash on New Roads, Not Repair

By Elana Schor | Jun 29, 2009 | No Comments

Today is the deadline for state DOTs to allocate at least half of the transportation money they received under the economic stimulus law, and Smart Growth America marked the occasion with a study of what types of projects are getting that cash. North Carolina spent $5.7 million in stimulus cash repaving I-540, pictured above, along […]

STAA Tuned: Transpo Bill Leaves Funding Question Hanging

By Ryan Avent | Jun 23, 2009 | No Comments

We now have in our hands the 775-page Surface Transportation Authorization Act, which was released yesterday by James Oberstar (D-MN), chairman of the House transportation committee. It is, in many ways, a remarkable bill — a blueprint for how transportation planning and infrastructure construction might undergo a significant shift away from the mindsets that have […]

LaHood Asks for 18-Month Extension of Four-Year-Old Transpo Law

By Elana Schor | Jun 17, 2009 | No Comments

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is asking Congress to extend the existing federal transportation law for 18 months, averting the coming insolvency of the nation’s highway trust fund while putting off broad-based transport reform for as long as the Bush administration did in the days surrounding the 2004 election. Photo: AP LaHood’s request comes at an […]

U.S. Dot Clocks High-Speed Rail at 110 MPH, Give or Take

By Elana Schor | Jun 17, 2009 | 4 Comments

The federal DOT has just released its guidance for states seeking a share of its $8 billion in high-speed rail funding — and tucked in the rules are standards that could prove crucial to the project’s success. Ray LaHood geeks out on French high-speed rail. Photo via The Overhead Wire The definition of high-speed rail […]

We’re Not Just Driving Less, We’re Also Flying Less

By Elana Schor | Jun 12, 2009 | 5 Comments

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s statistical arm today released its latest tally of airline travel, showing that the number of nationwide plane passengers has decreased from the previous year for a record 13 straight months. This is a view fewer Americans are seeing lately. (Photo: ETF Trends) The DOT found that U.S. airline flights, both […]

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