Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Federal Stimulus Plan

Watch Now: House Rules Committee Debating Stim Package

By Matthew Roth | Jan 27, 2009 | 1 Comment

For the C-SPAN junkies out there, watch the live discussion in the House about the merits of the Stimulus Plan. As Streetsblog NYC reports, New York Rep Nadler and Oregon Rep. Peter DeFazio have delivered their testimony for the Nadler amendment (PDF). Rules Chair Louise Slaughter and committee members Matsui, McGovern, and Diaz-Balart responded very […]

Two Action Alerts to Improve Stimulus Package for Transit Today

By Matthew Roth | Jan 27, 2009 | 7 Comments

Which one gets the stimulus money? NACTO Action Alert We’ve all been disappointed with the tiny margin of transit funding in the $825 billion Obama stimulus package, what amounts to only 1% of the total, despite the fact that 80% of us live in metropolitan regions and transit ridership is booming. Meanwhile highway expansion and […]

Schwarzenegger Long on Fiscal Stimulus Rhetoric, Short on Transit Specifics

By Matthew Roth | Jan 7, 2009 | 1 Comment

Governor Schwarzenegger sent a letter Tuesday to President-elect Obama encouraging massive expenditure in the federal stimulus package on a host of projects in California. The letter comes a month after the governor and president-elect discussed the stimulus package in person: When we met, I had identified $28 billion in infrastructure projects ready to break ground […]