Comments on: 120 days in, SGA reviews the stimulus spending on transportation

By: Smart Growth Around America » Blog Archive » Jobs data shows stimulus spending on public transportation produces more jobs, faster

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:38:25 +0000

[...] were a more effective job creator than stimulus funds spent on highways. In the 10 months since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was signed, investing in public transportation produced twice as many jobs as investing in [...]

By: Resources » Florida Progressive Coalition Blog -

Resources » Florida Progressive Coalition Blog - — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:04:47 +0000

[...] 120 days in, SGA reviews the stimulus spending on transportation [...]

By: Smart Growth Around America » Blog Archive » New report: 120 days of stimulus spending

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:48:56 +0000

[...] to find out how your state stacks up? Read more about the report on the SGA blog or download the full [...]

By: Smart Growth Around America » Blog Archive » Stimulus spending results add to argument for repair and public transportation investments

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:39:26 +0000

[...] Numbers: Roads Create Pricier Jobs Than Transit” confirms, so far, the predictions in SGA’s Spending the Stimulus: per dollar of investment, state road projects create fewer jobs than do state transit projects. [...]

By: Best and worst states for spending stimulus money on non-highway projects « Bike Monkey Magazine

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:00:36 +0000

[...] (or $189.4 million) will go toward public transportation projects. The report is summarized at the Smart Growth America blog: “While some states proved excellent at investing wisely and making progress, most states [...]

By: Will Schroeer

Will Schroeer — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:08:40 +0000

To those having trouble with the PDF: if you’re still having please drop a note to Elisa Ortiz, eortiz@smartgrowthamerica.org, and she can work with you to get a copy that works for you.

By: Will Schroeer

Will Schroeer — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:23:13 +0000

Mr. Roggenbuck:

The report was clear that it only analyzed federal Section 1511 reports through June 15. None of the bike/ped projects had been reported to the federal web site by then. We worked with our MN partners to note this bike/ped success in their Mn-specific companion report.

The report was also clear, we hope, in describing why we focused on STP funds — these are the funds over which states and MPOs had broad discretion.

By: Charles

Charles — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:32:50 +0000

I can’t believe that many states are under 1% for transportation spending.

By: How We Drive, the Blog of Tom Vanderbilt’s Traffic » Blog Archive » A Few Thoughts About ‘On a Crash Course,’ by Miller & Zaloshnja

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:46:28 +0000

[...] Despite being sponsored by a consortium of road-building concerns, who naturally have a vested interest in highway improvements, there are some interesting and commendable points raised, or at least implied. The first is, given that road crashes bear a larger societal cost than congestion, we should be focusing whatever stimulus dollars (too many, in my opinion) are going to roads on indeed bringing up deficient roadways to modern safety standards, rather than building new roads. Unfortunately, this does not seem to be the case. [...]

By: Stimulus funds and road projects – Off the Kuff

Stimulus funds and road projects – Off the Kuff — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:46:52 +0000

[...] can get that full report here. As we know, Metro will get a little bit of stimulus money. More would have been nice, but what [...]

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» Rural Communities Know Their Broadband Needs Best public institutions — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:54:40 +0000

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By: Cassim

Cassim — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:48:54 +0000

What a great resource. Thanks! Speaking of highway repair trumping projects with more foresight, check out this searing critique of shovel-ready: http://urbanomnibus.net/2009/07/a-country-of-cities/

By: Karen M.

Karen M. — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:43:28 +0000

What’s the deal with the pdf file? When you print it, it isn’t comprehensible. Where else can I get a copy of it?

Thanks.

Karen

By: Kevin Roggenbuck

Kevin Roggenbuck — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:06:40 +0000

The report does not accurately account for the ARRA funds allocated by project type in Minnesota, particularly in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. The Twin Cities MPO allocated about $9.4 million of STP-ARRA funds for bike and pedestrian projects, but the report shows that the State of Minnesota allocated zero dollars for non-motorized projects.

The report focuses on the STP-ARRA funds and does not mention the ARRA funds allocated to Transportation Enhancements projects or to metropolitan transit systems. To be comprehensive, the report should have included the allocation of those ARRA funds as well.

The report could be avaluable retrospective into the ARRA, unfortunately the value of the report is compromised by at least one significant error in the funding tabulation and the exclusion of the other two ARRA funding sources.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:51:34 +0000

There’s a problem with pdf of the report. It won’t open.

By: Smart Growth Around America » Blog Archive » Press coverage of the 120 day transportation stimulus report

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:05:22 +0000

[...] report we released yesterday analyzing the first 120 days of transportation stimulus spending — with the help and leadership of many state partner groups — has been getting some good media [...]