DC Streetsblog: Congress Takes First Steps on Obama’s Transpo Budget

From DC Streetsblog: 

The House panel in charge of annual transportation spending has begun work on a bill that increases transit funding while providing $150 million for D.C.'s cash-strapped Metro and $150 million for the Obama administration's inter-agency push for "sustainable communities."  The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) would receive nearly $10.5 billion -- about $100 million more than last year -- in the transportation and housing bill released last night by Rep. John Olver (D-MA), chairman of the House spending panel. The extra money for "sustainable communities" work and for D.C. Metro, which suffered a fatal crash last month, would come on top of that FTA budget.