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At the recent Winter Meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, DOT Secretary Ray LaHood was among the featured speakers, discussing a variety of issues affecting public transportation.

He described how, through DOT’s discretionary Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant program under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, cities could apply directly to DOT for federal highway funds to support innovative transportation projects “to improve highways, railways, transit, and more.” He added: “We’re excited about the impact these projects will have on cities that have been clamoring for resources to address a wide variety of residential and commercial transportation needs.”

LaHood also discussed new livability factors for major transit capital projects, saying: “This will open the door to federal assistance for the kinds of transit projects so many of you [mayors] want downtown—like streetcars and trolleys.” He also spoke about the $8 billion made available by the administration for high-speed rail planning and development, explaining that “the high-speed rail program … is going to help us revitalize domestic manufacturing in this country.”

Another speaker at the conference was USCM Transportation and Communications Committee Chair Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, who convened a panel to discuss livable cities. “Are federal policy-makers going to get it right,” he asked, “and reverse decades of underinvestment in our nation’s cities and their metro areas by rebuilding the infrastructure to reduce greenhouse gas emission and fuel consumption, utilize cleaner and alternative fuels, and increase the movement of people and goods by more energy-efficient vehicles and systems?”

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