A breakdown of provisions and funding requirements for mass transit in The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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THE DIG :: February 18th, 2009
Recovery.gov: Follow the stimulus money
Established by the Obama Administration, Recovery.gov will track the $787 billion from the economic stimulus bill with the purpose of holding the federal government accountable with the public's money. This increased transparency is intended to enable the tax-payer to follow where the money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is going.
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THE DIG :: February 17th, 2009
Obama signs economic stimulus bill
As President Barack Obama signed the stimulus bill in Denver on Tuesday, it released the biggest influx of federal dollars since the Great Society program of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Unlike LBJ, President Obama – working with less of a Democratic majority – ultimately had to make significant concessions to Congressional moderates and Republicans to pass the bill.
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THE DIG :: February 17th, 2009
The Take Away: ‘The nation is heading towards a transit crisis’
Blueprint America correspondent Rick Karr talks with The Take Away on public radio about the operating budget shortfall common to most of America’s mass transit systems, and if Congress’ stimulus plan will be able to help.
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THE DIG :: February 13th, 2009
Transit in Trouble: Map: Major mass transit operating budgets
A look at America's top mass transit systems - from budget deficits to finding new revenue sources to how agencies will manage both. Also, find out how each agency plans to use federal funds from the economic stimulus.
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THE DIG :: February 12th, 2009
Building the National Infrastructure Bank: Infrastructure of the stimulus plan: Overall public works spending
What has often been referenced as a new New Deal, similar to initiatives instituted during the Great Depression, the following is a breakdown of federal funds from Congress' economic stimulus devoted to projects or spending that is related to or will affect infrastructure in the U.S.
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THE DIG :: February 11th, 2009
‘But it’s a good start.’ Obama’s economic stimulus plan
What is almost gone from the stimulus discussion now is infrastructure. After months of talk of a new New Deal and putting people back to work with public works spending while, at the same time, building a new America, the focus of the stimulus bill has been shifted to tax breaks for home builders, new-car buyers and manufacturers, spending cuts for state governments, and a limit to executive bonus pay.
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THE DIG :: February 10th, 2009
Transit in Trouble: Infrastructure of the stimulus plan: Senate vs. House spending on transportation
As the recovery plan was debated in Congress, the House and Senate had seemingly similar but, at the same time, different ideas on how stimulus money should fund transportation projects.
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THE DIG :: February 9th, 2009
After the Senate compromise: Obama’s economic stimulus
The Senate agreed on a scaled-down economic stimulus bill on Friday when three Republicans said they would back the reworked legislation.
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