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Senate Committee Hearing Signals Possible Shift in Federal Transit Funding
Transit advocates were pleasantly surprised to hear senators address specific questions about the 80/20 split in transportation funding, transit operations, and rural transit needs. May 3, 2021, 7am PDT | Diana Ionescu |
Unlike most years, when public transit gets so overlooked in the federal surface transportation reauthorization bill that many have taken to calling the package the highway bill, the [s]enators in the committee charged with writing the public transit portion of this law up for reauthorization this September surprised us at a recent hearing with questions that got to the heart of the policies keeping U.S. public transit behind. Transportation for America s director Beth Osborne testified before the committee as senators asked questions aimed at understanding the 80/20 split between highway and transit funding, the value of funding transit operations, and rural transit needs, write
Notes on the Buttigieg Confirmation Hearing
Takeaways from last week s Senate confirmation hearing for the nominee to be secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg. February 2, 2021, 6am PST | James Brasuell |
The U.S. Senate is expected to vote today on the confirmation of former South Bend mayor and presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg as the next secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation, succeeding Elaine Chao, who served in the position for the entire four year span of the Trump administration.
Following a tumultuous four years of failed campaign promises, delayed funding, and a significant shift in grant funding priorities, alternative transportation advocates have high hopes for the Biden administration s leadership on federal transportation policy.