On November 18, President Obama signed into law a bundle of appropriation bills for FY 2012 including appropriations for the U.S. Department of Transportation. The measure had been passed earlier in the House by a vote of 298-121 and in the Senate by a vote of 70-30.
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The Precarious State of the Highway Trust Fund
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011Highway Trust Fund: All States Received More Funding Than They Contributed in Highway Taxes from 2005 to 2009
Friday, October 14th, 2011US GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE What GAO Found From 2005 to 2009, every state received more funding for highway programs than they contributed to the Highway Account of the Highway Trust Fund. This was possible because more funding was authorized and apportioned than was collected from the states, and the fund was augmented with about $30 [...]
View this complete post...Will Federal Transportation Funding Stop if Debt Deal Falls Through?
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011TRANSPORTATION ISSUES DAILY Written by Larry Ehl If a debt deal isn’t reached and the government defaults, what might happen to transportation funding? According to an analysis by the well-respected Bipartisan Policy Commission (BPC) there would be barely enough funding to pay interest, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, defense, and unemployment benefits. In another scenario, [...]
View this complete post...Gridlock Sam: The Tea Party’s Bridge to Beyond Nowhere
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010BLUEPRINT AMERICA
It’s so easy to get on the bandwagon: lower my taxes, smaller and more efficient government, don’t touch my liberties, throw the bums out, etc. But what if that bandwagon has to cross a bridge? And what if that bridge hasn’t been maintained in years?
Two Bold Predictions
Monday, May 3rd, 2010Two bold predictions concerning the future of the federal surface transportation program have caught our eye in recent days. Both have come from respected veterans of the transportation scene so they cannot be lightly dismissed as speculations of some anonymous bloggers.
View this complete post...The Federal Surface Transportation Program Gets a New Lease on Life
Thursday, March 25th, 2010The HIRE Act (Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act, H.R. 2847, P.L 111-147), signed by the President on March 18, has placed the federal surface transportation program on a firm footing and taken the pressure off the lawmakers and the White House to come up with a more permanent solution — at least for a while.
View this complete post...Healthy, Equitable Transportation Policy: Recommendations and Research
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010POLICYLINK
In St. Louis, MO, major cuts in bus service this spring left workers, students, disabled people, and elderly residents stranded and feeling bereft. Stuart and Dianne Falk, who are both in wheelchairs, told CNN they no longer would be able to get to the gym or the downtown theater company where they volunteer. “To be saddled, to be imprisoned, that is what it is going to feeling like,” Stuart Falk said…
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