Transportation Bill

• If a transportation bill amended Thursday passes the Senate, it will likely include dedicated funding for bicycle and pedestrian paths.
(Huffington Post)
• The countdown continues toward the March 31 expiration of the most recent extension of the current highways and transportation funding bill.
(Occupational Health Safety)
• In 2005, Congress passed a legislative horror popularly known as the transportation bill that, among other things, funded Alaska's infamous "Bridge to Nowhere." The bridge was never built, and the law itself may finally expire at the end of March.
(Businessweek)
• The bill also gleans about $40 billion from new cuts to federal worker pensions, a move guaranteed to enrage Democrats, especially since the figure appears to be much larger than a $10 billion estimated gap in the bill for the Highway Trust Fund.
(Tree Hugger)
• THE BLAME GAME: The House is charting a path forward for an 18-month transportation bill that will restore dedicated transit funding and come in slightly under the Senate's $109 billion price tag, Rep. Steve LaTourette said yesterday.
(Mica talks 'funny weed' - Senate lines up Thursday amendment vote - Stillwater Bridge vote today - Politico.com)
• UPDATE (3:45 p.m.): Citing a lack of support from his colleagues, Speaker John Boehner has dropped his 18-month transportation proposal and has not yet offered an alternative, according to Politico.
(Streetsblog Capitol Hill)
• CHICAGO (AP) -- A bipartisan group of Illinois Congress members proposed changes Tuesday to a U.S.
(Yahoo Finance)
• STANDING UP FOR THE CHAIRMAN: As House Republican leadership moves toward a new 18-month transportation bill, Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman John Mica has gotten some blame for why an earlier five-year, $260 billion version fell apart.
(Politico.com)
• One of the few areas where Republicans and Democrats in Congress generally agree has been transportation funding. This year, House Republicans managed to propose a transportation funding bill that has generated bipartisan criticism.
(Butler Eagle)