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Bipartisan Senate bill introduced today would give local communities greater...
Five Senators from both parties just introduced a bill this afternoon that would give local communities more access to, and control over, a share of the federal transportation dollars that flow to...
View ArticleLocal chambers from every state urge Congress to save transportation fund,...
Adding a strong business voice to the call for a robust transportation program that helps build local economies, more than 260 regional chambers of commerce today sent a message to Congress to pass a...
View ArticleSenators and reps respond to locals’ pleas, introduce bill to steer more...
Yesterday afternoon, a bipartisan group of senators and representatives released a bill that will give local communities more access to, and control over, a share of the federal transportation dollars...
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Could a national TIGER program co-exist along with a version in each state?...
As momentum builds for a proposal to give local communities of all sizes direct access to a share of federal transportation dollars via statewide competitive grant programs, a USDOT official affirmed...
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Former Amtrak chair (and our current chair) on the derailment and need for...
As former Amtrak Board Chairman, my thoughts and prayers are with the crew, passengers and their families after last night’s derailment in Philadelphia. John Robert Smith I was chair in 1999, when a...
View ArticleStatement in response to introduction of the Railroad Reform, Enhancement and...
Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) today introduced a multi-year bill to authorize funding to Amtrak and support passenger rail, dubbed the Railroad Reform, Enhancement and Efficiency...
View ArticleSenate’s new transportation bill is a good start, but more should be done for...
At long last, there’s finally some progress to report on a new long-term federal transportation bill. Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released their draft six-year...
View ArticleSenate Committee rolls forward with speedy markup of six-year transportation...
In a committee markup where the phrase “doing the Lord’s work” was invoked by numerous members on both sides of the aisle, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee sped through a markup of...
View ArticleSupport the new plan from a bipartisan duo of senators to send more...
Two Senators championing the cause of giving local communities more control over their transportation dollars have introduced a modified plan to steer more federal transportation dollars directly to...
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Gulf Coast leaders intent on boosting their economic prospects with passenger...
While the local residents who turned out along the Gulf Coast last week to support the return of passenger rail through their communities are perhaps most hopeful for a new way to get where they want...
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