Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Federal Funding

Bike League: “Eligibility” for Bike-Ped Isn’t the Same As “Dedicated Funding”

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 27, 2011 | No Comments

At this point, we’re not expecting any movement on a transportation bill, in either house, before the August recess. (After that, get ready for a panicked frenzy of activity ahead of the September 30 deadline.) From what we hear from Sen. Barbara Boxer’s staff, the EPW bill includes dedicated funding for bicycle and pedestrian projects. […]

Street Safety Projects Threatened as States Give Transpo $ Back to Feds

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 18, 2010 | No Comments

It’s payback time again for state DOTs. The fine print on the jobs bill Congress just passed includes a $2.2 billion rescission from state transportation funding, and projects to make biking and walking safer are especially at risk of losing out. State DOTs have to return funding to the feds, and programs to improve biking […]

Federal Bike-Ped Funding Sets New High, With Much More Room to Grow

By Ben Fried | Jun 16, 2010 | 3 Comments

Graph: FHWA [PDF] Federal funding for pedestrian and bicycle projects reached a new high last year, according to a report released today by the Federal Highway Administration. In terms of dollars, federal investment in walking and biking more than doubled compared to the previous high, set in 2007, thanks largely to an infusion of $400 […]

Philly Mayor Tells Senate: Climate Bill Can Help Make Cities Greener

By Elana Schor | Oct 28, 2009 | 2 Comments

As the Senate opened its second round of climate change hearings today, Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter delivered the urban case for climate legislation, outlining an array of infrastructure improvements and green reforms that would be made possible by federal action to reduce carbon emissions. A sample image of Philadelphia’s proposed "green corridors." (Image: Lomo Civic […]

CNU Summit to Focus on Reforming Transportation, Planning Principles

By Matthew Roth | Oct 9, 2009 | 2 Comments

The Congress for the New Urbanism will meet in Portland, Oregon, in early November for the annual Project for Transportation Reform, a summit to further define and clarify emerging urban transportation policies that embrace entire networks, rather than interdependent transportation segments, and that seek to balance modal transportation splits and reduce overall vehicular miles traveled […]

SamTrans Considers Raising Fares, Cutting Service and Eliminating Lines

By Susan Vaughan | Aug 25, 2009 | 3 Comments

Flickr photo: kuronakko SamTrans – the buses and paratransit vehicles that run the length of El Camino Real between Palo Alto and Daly City, traverse the Santa Cruz mountains, and service San Francisco’s financial district – is preparing to raise fares and reduce service on some bus lines and eliminate other lines in order to […]

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