Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Federal Stimulus Plan

Crunching June Stimulus Numbers: Roads Create Pricier Jobs Than Transit

By Elana Schor | Aug 19, 2009 | No Comments

Transportation spending under the economic stimulus law created close to 15,000 jobs in June, or three times as many as were created in May, according to estimates released today by the U.S. DOT. (Photo: Cleveland Plain Dealer) Those numbers are bound to hearten Obama administration officials who have defended the stimulus’ 6-percent investment in infrastructure […]

Kalashnikovs for Clunkers: The Next Stimulus Plan

By Matthew Roth | Jul 28, 2009 | 4 Comments

In case you don’t qualify for the federal Cash-for-Clunkers rebate program, Mark Muller of Max Motors in Butler, Missouri, has an offer you might want to consider: get a free AK-47 with a new truck. The dealer, whose motto is "God, Guns, Guts and American Pick-Up Trucks," one-upped himself from last year’s offer of pistols […]

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 […]

How Much Operating Aid is Your Local Transit Agency Getting?

By Elana Schor | Jun 26, 2009 | No Comments

President Obama has signed into law a $106 billion war funding bill that includes a provision allowing local transit agencies to spend 10 percent of their stimulus money on operating costs. That sounds good … but how much money are we actually talking about? According to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA): St. Louis’ Metro system […]

House GOPers Propose Filling Trust Fund With Stimulus Money

By Elana Schor | Jun 19, 2009 | No Comments

As their committee’s leaders butted heads with the Obama administration, a group of Republicans on the House transportation panel proposed to fill the $7 billion hole in the nation’s highway trust fund with unobligated money from the economic stimulus law. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) (Photo: SW Broward GOP) The bill, offered yesterday by Rep. Mario […]

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