by SRTC Staff | Sep 12, 2011 | Uncategorized |
SAFETEA-LU, the federal transportation spending bill, will be renewed for six months under a Senate-House agreement reached late Friday. Congress will likely vote on the deal within the week. There are some major concerns that come along with the extention though....
by SRTC Staff | Aug 17, 2011 | Uncategorized |
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced today $25.9 Million in Grants for Washington Highway Projects. The only project in our region is replacement of the Keller Ferry. Here’s the list of projects to receive funding.
by SRTC Staff | Jul 25, 2011 | Uncategorized |
At a hearing on Friday on a new transportation reauthorization, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) confirmed that dedicated federal funding for bicycle and pedestrian programs remains in the bill. StreetsBlog has the details on that as well as the debt ceiling debate and...
by SRTC Staff | Jul 20, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Text hasn’t been released yet, but a summary of the House Transportation Committee’s reauthorization bill has some people worried that repeated use of the term ‘streamlining’ in reference to project delivery may actually indicate a desire to gut...
by SRTC Staff | Jul 18, 2011 | Uncategorized |
E. Susan Meyer, chief executive officer for Spokane Transit Authority, has been named to Gov. Chris Gregoire’s new task force on transportation planning, the Connect Washington Task Force.The Spokesman-Review’s ‘Getting There’ column has that and...