Transportation Reform and Funding

While Congress stalls on reauthorization of the federal transportation act, momentum is building for a stop-gap bill.  Senate Bill 3412, the Public Transportation Preservation Act, would authorize more than $2 billion in funding to help prevent draconian public transportation cuts and fare increases across the country.

In the last few weeks, the bill has picked up new cosponsors from Rhode Island, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Oregon, and Alaska.  In other good news, a companion bill was recently introduced in the House, getting us one step closer to this desperately needed funding. 

We continue to monitor the transportation reauthorization efforts.  We support meaningful reform to the process, reform that will not only create a smarter transportation system but will also create more jobs for communities across the country.  Read more here.