The organizations said they wrote to bring awareness to a burgeoning crisis in the small bus industry that threatens ongoing operations.
The guide can help decide how public agencies can participate in supporting and enabling high speed rail and intercity passenger rail projects.
The bill includes $343 billion to improve and repair roads, bridges, and transportation safety; $109 billion for transit; and $95 billion for passenger and freight rail.
Preliminary projections from state DOTs show at least a 30% decline in transportation revenues on average for the next 18 months.
Interactive map touts transit projects that reduce travel times, improve safety, protect the environment, and boost the economy.
Michael Lewis will assist with large, innovative transportation programs locally and globally
Each bus is equipped numerous safety features including security cameras, an audible safe turn alert system, and curbside and street-side turn aid lights, as well as a factory-installed driver’s barrier to increase bus operator safety.
Allocates $100 billion for a grant competition with preference given to applicants that raise revenue such as taxes, fees or tolls, and would limit federal help to 20% of new money generated.
New President John Schroer, who was appointed Tennessee DOT Commissioner in Jan. 2011, has served in several top committee positions at the association, including chairman of the AASHTO Standing Committee on Finance and Administration and chair of the association’s Strategic Management Committee.
Working to repair an association faced with the recent departure of its largest transit property and the resignation of its president/CEO, APTA Interim President/CEO Richard A. White and Chair Valarie J. McCall laid out the group’s plan to move forward during a press conference at the Bus & Paratransit Conference this week in Charlotte, N.C.
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