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Federal Stimulus

March 2010
Thu 11: New House Jobs Bill Dominated by Direct Aid to Cities 0
Wed 3: Bunning Throws in the Towel, Congress Restores Transport Funding 2
February 2010
Wed 24: Little-Known Provision in Senate Jobs Bill Could Spark House Resistance 0
Wed 17: Who Lost Out in the Bid for a Piece of TIGER Transportation Stimulus? 3
Tue 16: Moynihan Station Is the First Big TIGER Stimulus Winner 17
Fri 12: White House Economic Report Touts TIGER, High-Speed Rail, Transit 0
Thu 11: Bipartisan Senate Jobs Bill Has Highway Trust Fund Rescue, But No TIGER 1
Thu 4: Senate Dems to Call Up Jobs Bill Monday… With Transport Details TBA 0
January 2010
Wed 27: Transit Riders Launch Grassroots Lobbying Push in Dire Political Climate 1
Tue 26: Senate Weighs $14B for Roads, $7.5B for Transit in Jobs Bill 0
Thu 14: LaHood Wants More TIGER Aid in the Congressional Jobs Bill 0
December 2009
Wed 16: House Jobs Bill Mimics the Stimulus: $27.5B for Roads, $8.4B for Transit 3
Tue 8: White House Backs $50B For 'Merit-Based Infrastructure Investment' 3
Mon 7: Rendell: National Infrastructure Bank Could Move as Part of New Jobs Bill 1
Wed 2: Congress Gets Project Lists for Jobs Bill: $15B for Transit, $48B for Roads 0
Tue 1: The Missed Opportunity for an Urban Stimulus: Mayors "Were Ignored" 2
November 2009
Mon 2: Obama Calls For 'More Creative' Ways to Pay For Infrastructure 9
October 2009
Tue 27: Feds Gambled More on Electric Cars in 6 Months Than Transit Gets All Year 3
Fri 16: Transport Debate Still Stalled As Oberstar Decries "Lack of Political Will" 3
Wed 14: CNU Summit to Focus on Reforming Transportation, Planning Principles 5
September 2009
Fri 4: Biden on Stimulus Aid to Cities: "We’re Trying … It’s Imperfect" 0
Thu 3: Killing the Myth of the "More Shovel-Ready" Road Stimulus 0
August 2009
Tue 4: How to Judge "Cash for Clunkers" 7
July 2009
Wed 22: Advocating for a Transpo Bill That Keeps Transit Riders Moving 4
Thu 9: Top 20 Metro Areas Get 28% of Road Stimulus, 61% of Transit Stimulus 0
June 2009
Mon 29: Report: States Used $6.6B in Stimulus Cash on New Roads, Not Repair 1
Tue 16: Report: Nation’s Cities Not Getting Their Share of Stimulus Transpo Money 1
May 2009
Fri 22: Recovery.org Tracks The Stimulus Faster Than The Guys Spending It 2
Wed 13: Less Than One Percent of Transpo Stimulus Money Paid Out So Far 0
Fri 8: Stim Cash Gone Bad: Feds Fund Houston's Highway to Nowhere 3
April 2009
Mon 27: Obama's Touted Office of Urban Policy Slow to Take Shape 2
Tue 14: Obama Falls Prey to Ribbon-Cutting Syndrome 7
March 2009
Tue 31: NYC Stim Projects Help Fund Big Bike-Ped Improvements 18
Thu 26: Back to the Grid: John Norquist on How to Fix National Transpo Policy 17
February 2009
Wed 18: Hope Springs Eternal for American Transpo Policy 8
Wed 18: Stimulus Bill Is a Step Forward for Pedestrians, Cyclists & Cities 4
Fri 13: Tonight: PBS on Transit, States, and the Stimulus 6
Thu 12: Final Stimulus Bill Slaps Transit Riders in the Face 23
Wed 11: Wiki Wednesday: The Story of the Stimulus 1
Wed 11: Stim Bill About to Enter Final Negotiations 3
Tue 10: Cartoon Tuesday: Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back? 0
Tue 10: Obama: The Days of "Building Sprawl Forever" Are Over 14
Tue 10: Senate Approves Stimulus Bill -- On to Conference Committee 0
Mon 9: Senate Requires Environmental Approval For Stimulus Projects 7
Sat 7: Stimulus Update: Senate Compromise Unlikely to Raid Transit Funds 7
Fri 6: Senator Jim DeMint Wants to Eliminate Bike Stim Funds: Take Action! 7
Fri 6: Urgent Action: Billions for Transit in Jeopardy 3
Fri 6: Where Does Stimulus Cash Go From Here? TSTC Explains. 2
Thu 5: Senate's $50 Billion Highway Giveaway Nearly Dead 1
Thu 5: The Boxer/Inhofe Amendment: Not Green Enough 2
Wed 4: Update on Stimulus Action in the Senate -- Keep Up the Pressure 3
Wed 4: Albany's Transit Sins Come Back to Bite America 4
Wed 4: Urgent Action: Oppose Highway Robbery in Senate Stim Bill 6
Tue 3: It Gets Worse: Boxer/Inhofe to Request $50B More for Highways 10
Tue 3: Cartoon Tuesday: Political Suicide 0
Tue 3: Republican Minority Blocks Murray Amendment 0
Tue 3: Tell Your Senator to Support Transit and Green Jobs, Not Highways 1
Tue 3: Stimulus + Mass Transit = Opportunity 3