Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Transportation Policy

Boxer: Transpo Funding Will Rise in Senate Bill, Bike/Ped Will Be Preserved

By Tanya Snyder | May 25, 2011 | No Comments

Senator Barbara Boxer, chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee, just addressed reporters about the progress of the transportation bill. Rather than holding funding at SAFETEA-LU levels, as we previously reported and as the EPW statement indicated, the committee is planning a $339.2 billion bill – current spending plus inflation, plus an expanded TIFIA […]

Senate Transportation Bill, MAP-21, Freezes Spending at Current Levels

By Tanya Snyder | May 25, 2011 | No Comments

The Environment and Public Works Committee just released an outline of some core principles of its transportation reauthorization bill. In a statement, the top Republicans and Democrats of both the full committee and the Transportation Subcommittee – Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), James Inhofe (R-OK), Max Baucus (D-MT) and David Vitter (R-LA) – said: It is […]

Senate Finalizing Transpo Bill — It’s Up to Boxer to Preserve Bike/Ped Funding

By Angie Schmitt | May 12, 2011 | No Comments

According to Congressional insiders, members of the Senate’s Committee on Environment and Public Works are meeting today and tomorrow to hash out the details of their proposal for a multi-year transportation reauthorization bill. Hanging in the balance of these negotiations may be the federal government’s only programs dedicated to funding infrastructure for biking and walking. […]

State Considers Restricting Parking in Transit Oriented Districts

By Damien Newton | Apr 20, 2011 | No Comments

A.B. 710, the Infill Development and Sustainable Community Act of 2011 introduced by Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) would mandate that automobile parking in Transit Oriented Developments be limited to one car per residential unit or per 1,000 square feet of retail space. The Assembly Housing & Community Development Committee is scheduled to hear this legislation […]

House Transpo Committee Promises Bipartisanship, To Tackle Aviation First

By Noah Kazis | Jan 26, 2011 | No Comments

Meet the new House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The committee’s meeting this morning, the first of the 112th Congress, included twenty new Republican faces, 19 of whom are freshman representatives. The mostly administrative agenda didn’t offer many chances for the committee members to talk policy, but even some of the freshmen’s short introductions proved potentially […]

N-Judah Transit Bulb Proposal To Go Before SFMTA Board Next Week

By Bryan Goebel | Jan 12, 2011 | 64 Comments

A proposal [pdf] to significantly improve sidewalk conditions for N-Judah riders in Cole Valley is headed to the SFMTA Board for approval with some modifications. As we wrote in November, the current sidewalks on Carl Street at Cole and Stanyan can’t accommodate the thousands of passengers who use the stops daily, so riders waiting for […]

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