Federal Funding
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When it Comes to Federal Infrastructure Grants, Size Does Matter
Cities and municipalities with larger budgets and staff are more likely to win competitive federal infrastructure grants, the Urban Institute has found.
May 7, 2024
Op-Ed: Keeping Poor Residents in Transit Deserts is Getting Expensive
The mayor is in such a rush to create a park that he never bothered to ask Queens residents if they wanted better rail, a park, or both.
April 4, 2024
State Must Cut Car Trips by 20%: Advocates
New York should spend billions on transit, bikes, and paths instead of more highway.
February 6, 2024
How Small Cities Are Winning Big Money for Street Safety
Small cities are drawing disproportionately large grants for street safety — and sharing their secrets for how others can follow their lead.
January 22, 2024
Queens Blvd. Gets Beaucoup Biden Bucks
One of the city's biggest projects is now also one of the Biden Administration's biggest.
December 14, 2023
To Improve Equity, Car-Share Needs Subsidies, Large Coverage Area: Report
A team of researchers says that Los Angeles's "BlueLA" car-share program did indeed "increase transportation access for low-income travelers," but only due to "reduced-rate pricing," the report found.
November 29, 2023
Highway Boondoggles 2023: This Year’s Poster Children for Bad Projects
Once again, transportation funds that could be used to repair streets, roads and bridges are instead diverted into costly, damaging highway expansion projects. Here's this year's list of the worst of the worst.
November 10, 2023
GOP Appropriations Bill Would Slash Transit Funding and Key Safety Policies
Here's what's on the chopping block — and why advocates are staying optimistic.
July 26, 2023
This Year’s RAISE Grants Will Help Disadvantaged Communities
“This is a record amount,” said a U.S. DOT official, noting that last year, just 50 percent of RAISE funds went to underserved groups. This year, it's 70 percent.
July 3, 2023
Rail Problem: House GOP Wants to Undermine Trains Exactly When We Need Them Most
The future of interstate rail travel is in jeopardy if the White House caves to House Republican spending cuts as part of the ongoing debt ceiling negotiations, advocates say.
May 27, 2023
