Recent Streetsblog SF posts about 2009 Transportation Bill

Is a Bigger Transportation Bill — This Year — Back on the Table?

By Elana Schor | Oct 6, 2009 | No Comments

That’s the suggestion that an anonymous "Senate aide" made to Bloomberg News this morning, recounting a possible White House change of heart as mounting job losses stoke new debate over a second stimulus bill: Administration officials have told allies in Congress that a broader transportation bill, and extensions of a homebuyer tax credit and unemployment […]

Senate Passes One-Month Extension of Transport Law … For Now

By Elana Schor | Sep 30, 2009 | No Comments

By a vote of 62-38, the Senate has passed a one-month extension of the 2005 transportation law, which was set to expire at midnight tonight and leave state DOTs without a steady source of funding for road, bridge, and transit projects. But the one-month stopgap, which was approved by the House last week, does not […]

Deja Vu: Congress Could Put Off Deal on Transport Bill Until Next Month

By Elana Schor | Sep 24, 2009 | 1 Comment

After a day of twists and turns, the House yesterday approved a three-month extension of the current law that governs spending on the nation’s transit, bridges, and roads. Yet the 335-85 vote obscures an ongoing clash between the House and Senate that could extend into a fourth straight month. (Image: East Bay R.E.) House transportation […]

Business Lobby to Senate: No, Stimulus Won’t Do Enough for Transport

By Elana Schor | Sep 22, 2009 | No Comments

As the Senate backs up the White House’s push for an 18-month delay in approving a new federal infrastructure bill, one of its major arguments is that the economic stimulus law’s $48 billion in transportation money would help tide the nation over until long-term legislation could be passed. (Image: CleanTechies Blog) "The good news is […]

Oberstar to Back 3-Month Delay in Transport Bill As Soon As Next Week

By Elana Schor | Sep 17, 2009 | 1 Comment

House transportation committee chairman Jim Oberstar (D-MN) is readying a proposal to extend current infrastructure law by three months — 15 months less than the delay preferred by the White House — and could introduce the legislation as soon as next week, his office said today. House transport committee chairman Jim Oberstar (D-MN) (Photo: Capitol […]

New Investigation Finds 2,100 Transport Lobbyists Working the System

By Elana Schor | Sep 16, 2009 | No Comments

Interest groups seeking to influence transportation policy-making have long flooded the capital with campaign cash and lobbyists — and their numbers are rising at an eye-popping rate. Nearly 1,800 interests are employing at least 2,100 transportation lobbyists to work the system in anticipation of the next federal infrastructure bill, according to a Center for Public […]

Show More Stories