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How State DOTs Got Congress to Grant Their Wish List
Bike and pedestrian funding got slashed. Federal assistance for transit operations was rejected. Even the performance measures – arguably the high point of the recently passed federal transportation...
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MAP-21 Puts the Squeeze on Bridge Repair and Bikes
One of the most popular elements of the new transportation authorization is its consolidation or elimination of 60 federal programs. But this cleanup is not without its casualties. One of those...
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There’s a Lot Riding on U.S. DOT’s Definition of “Congestion”
Congress has done its job, such as it is, and passed a transportation bill. Now it’s handed off the policymaking to U.S. DOT, which must issue a raft of rules, definitions, and guidance to accompany...
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September 1: Deadline for States to Opt Out of Recreational Trails Funding
The MAP-21 transportation bill in many ways made it tougher for cities and towns to provide safer streets for walking and biking. Projects to build bike lanes and sidewalks now have to compete harder...
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Politico: Boxer Already Working on the Next Transportation Bill
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) confirmed she is already working on the next transportation bill — “two months to the day after President Obama signed MAP-21 into law and before the new policies even kick in...
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Boxer Demands Restoration of MAP-21 Funding Levels
The MAP-21 transportation bill was just signed two months ago, and its funding levels, agreed to by a difficult and fragile compromise between warring political parties, are already under attack. Sen....
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Will MAP-21 Require Thousands More Dangerous Stroads?
Shown in red are some of the arterial roads the Oregon Department of Transportation thinks will need to be upgraded to comply with MAP-21. Photo: Bike Portland An obscure provision of the new federal...
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As MAP-21 Takes Effect, Road Builders Vie for TIFIA Funds
It’s October 1, the start of the federal government’s fiscal year 2013, and the first official day of the MAP-21 transportation law. The law was signed July 6 but got a three-month grace period to let...
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How MAP-21 Allocates Transpo Funds Where They’re Needed Least
Who wins and who loses when political wheeling and dealing takes the place of sound decision-making on transportation? Graphic: CAP Transportation reauthorizations have typically not been a time for...
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FHWA Helps Cities and Towns Land Bike/Ped Funding
American cities and towns should get a leg up on using federal funds to make streets safer for biking and walking, thanks to rules enacted yesterday by the Federal Highway Administration. Projects like...
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At NACTO Conference, LaHood Delivers Straight Talk on MAP-21
After a rousing opening speech from NYC Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood took the stage at the “Designing Cities” conference of the National...
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What Has President Obama Done to Improve American Transportation Policy?
With the election just days away, it’s a good time to reflect on what the Obama administration has done with transportation policy – and what a Romney administration might have in store. Streetsblog...
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How MAP-21 Pushed Transit to the Edge of Its Own Fiscal Cliff
You want to talk about a fiscal cliff? Here's your fiscal cliff. Source: AASHTO via "MAP-21 and Transportation's Fiscal Cliff" report Congress has seven weeks to come to some sort of agreement on the...
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How States Are Adapting to MAP-21’s Changes to Bike/Ped Funding
One state’s plan for Transportation Alternatives: Utah will use some of its $6.4 million for Recreational Trails and Safe Routes to School, give some to metro areas, and spend the rest on any type of...
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Seven Jiu-Jitsu Moves for Advocates to Use MAP-21 to Their Own Advantage
OK, truth: Raise your hand if you find federal transportation legislation intimidating and incomprehensible. T4America's new document will help communities improve mobility and keep everyone safer....
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FTA Grapples With Likely Funding Cuts
After fighting to maintain reasonable funding levels in the transportation bill – and for the inclusion of dedicated transit funding in the first place – the Federal Transit Administration now finds...
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In Violation of MAP-21 Promises, House Votes to Cut Transportation Spending
The House of Representatives voted to subtract $785 million from the transportation budget this week, trimming dollars from transit, New Starts and highway safety programs as part of a “continuing...
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Senate Restores MAP-21 Funding Through 2013
The Senate yesterday restored hundreds of millions of dollars in federal transportation spending singled out for elimination by the House of Representatives. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) fought to help...
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“The Twilight of the Appropriations Process”: House GOP Gets Its Knives Out
Constrained by Paul Ryan’s budget and the sequester, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation and HUD passed a $44 billion spending bill for 2014 – 15 percent lower than 2013 enacted...
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T4A: One in Nine American Bridges Structurally Deficient
There’s a new report out on the state of America’s bridges, and with it a new raft of disturbing statistics. Nearly one in nine, or 11 percent, are structurally deficient — meaning a bridge inspector...
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