Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Federal Stimulus Plan

Senator Jim DeMint Wants to Eliminate Bike Stim Funds: Take Action!

By Bryan Goebel | Feb 6, 2009 | 3 Comments

Senator Jim DeMint, the South Carolina Republican who said that directing stim funds toward bicycle and hiking infrastructure will not help the economy or create jobs, has gone too far. He and Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn, another pro-highway Republican who is no friend of bicyclists, have just proposed an amendment that would kill all stimulus […]

Senate’s $50 Billion Highway Giveaway Nearly Dead

By Matthew Roth | Feb 5, 2009 | No Comments

The Inhofe/Boxer stimulus bill amendment for $50 billion in additional infrastructure funds appears to be dead, with official word expected soon from Senator Harry Reid’s office. Sources close to the negotiations say that at least five Democratic Senators were not going to support the amendment if transit and water provisions weren’t improved, while Senate Republicans […]

The Boxer/Inhofe Amendment: Not Green Enough

By Matthew Roth | Feb 5, 2009 | No Comments

A revised draft of the Boxer/Inhofe amendment just came over the transom from a source in DC close to the negotiations (PDF). This is a draft from yesterday and negotiations are ongoing, so expect changes. Specifically, enviros are trying to get a "green screen" put in place, so that USDOT can pick from the priority […]

It Gets Worse: Boxer/Inhofe to Request $50B More for Highways

By Matthew Roth | Feb 3, 2009 | 2 Comments

Friends of the Earth tells Streetsblog San Francisco that Senator Barbara Boxer’s staff has confirmed that Boxer and Senator Inhofe will present an amendment to the federal Stimulus Plan for $50 billion in additional funding for highways, bringing the total to $80 billion, exactly the figure Inhofe demanded last week in a letter to the […]

Stimulus + Mass Transit = Opportunity

By Aaron Naparstek | Feb 3, 2009 | 2 Comments

I generally avoid cable news like the plague but I’ve been tuning in lately hoping to find some interesting discussion of the federal stimulus bill. Despite my low expectations of the medium I’ve been amazed by the inanity, the lack of substance and the incredible amount of Republican demagoguery being allowed to make it onto […]

Will Senator Boxer Give in to Global-Warming-a-Hoax Inhofe on Stimulus?

By Matthew Roth | Feb 3, 2009 | 2 Comments

Inhofe takes aim at transit funding A $5.5 billion discretionary fund for transit projects is in danger of being handed over to the highway lobby by Senators James Inhofe, Kit Bond, and Max Baucus. Inhofe you will recall is the former Chair of the Senate Environmental and Public Works (EPW) Committee who boasted in 2005, […]

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