Funding

Nonprofit and government funding sources

Federal transit funding is threatened

The House Ways and Means Committee would kick transit out of the Highway Trust Fund, jeopardizing its financial backing.

Posted by Philip Langdon on 03 Feb 2012

War's end could help fund US infrastructure

Obama says the Iraq pullout could allow more spending at home, but transportation gets short shrift in the State of the Union.

Posted by Philip Langdon on 25 Jan 2012

Rumors of light rail death in Detroit exaggerated

After a light rail line was cancelled by Mayor Dave Bing in December, private investors and US DOT refused to give up on the idea. A scaled-down version has been proposed.

Posted by Robert Steuteville on 17 Jan 2012

Undoing a huge mistake — the Rochester Inner Loop boulevard proposal

The Inner Loop is a 2.75-mile-long freeway that put a noose around the downtown of Rochester, New York.

Posted by Robert Steuteville on 16 Jan 2012

California redevelopment agencies face extinction

The outcome of a measure that would save some 400 redevelopment agencies from being abolished by Feb. 1 is uncertain.

Public transit, gaining riders, needs help

Ridership has risen 31 percent since the mid-1990s—meriting more government support, not less.

New Haven road plan tarnishes the TIGER program

A Connecticut expressway replacement is likely to be US DOT's "largest source of embarrassment since Alaska's 'Bridge to Nowhere,'" warns John Norquist.

Maryland gets a very expensive toll road

The 18-mile Intercounty Connector in central Maryland charges peak-hour tolls of up to $4, and that's only the beginning of the costs.

As funds vanish, New England looks at how to pursue sustainability

Boosting the proportion of development along transit networks is one goal of smart growth advocates in the region.

Posted by Philip Langdon on 05 Dec 2011

Sustainable Communities grants eliminated, Choice Neighborhoods increases, TIGER survives

The agreement preserves funding for transit and the innovative TIGER grants program, while zeroing out high-speed rail

Posted by Robert Steuteville on 01 Dec 2011