Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Federal Policy

Why Biden Is Right to Think Beyond the DOT in His Infrastructure Package

By Kea Wilson | Apr 12, 2021 | No Comments

Opponents of President Biden's infrastructure plan ignore that "transportation infrastructure" must include tackling our frayed social safety nets and our broken street designs.

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Mass. Senator Markey Has Four Bills to Loosen Car Culture’s Grip on U.S. Cities

By Kea Wilson | Mar 3, 2021 | No Comments

The next infrastructure package might bring some of sustainable transportation advocates' most long-sought bills back to life — and establish new pots of money for bike lanes, sidewalks, and more.

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MEMO FROM THE MIDWEST: Buttigieg’s American Roots Might Make Him a Great USDOT Secretary

By Kea Wilson | Feb 5, 2021 | No Comments

Is Buttigieg a hayseed Hoosier who wouldn't know a headway from a harvester, or a political ecoterrorist hellbent on leaving rural American in the lurch and laughing all the way to the Amtrak station? Neither: He's a guy from South Bend.

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Georgia Senate Wins Put Major Transportation Reform Within Reach

By Kea Wilson | Jan 6, 2021 | No Comments

Democrats reclaiming majority control of the Senate creates a path to a green infrastructure bill that has eluded sustainable transportation advocates for decades.

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MTA Prepares To Borrow $3B From Federal Reserve

By Dave Colon | Nov 17, 2020 | No Comments

The MTA Board is expected to approve a resolution that would allow the agency to borrow the maximum amount from the Municipal Liquidity Facility fund.