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05/07/2012 - NADO Issues Action Alert on Surface Transportation Reauthorization
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SPECIFIC ACTION NEEDED:Urge your Senators and Representatives to support the House language (included in H.R. 7) for state DOT “cooperation” with non-metropolitan local officials in the statewide transportation planning
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05/04/2012 - FHWA Holds Urban Area Webinar
On Friday, April 27, the Federal Highway Administration held a webinar on urban area designation to clarify issues related to the recent release of urban area boundaries and the implications for metropolitan transportation planning, roadway functional class, and transit programs. …
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04/30/2012 - House and Senate Leaders Name Conferees to Negotiate Surface Transportation Legislation
ACTION NEEDED:
Please continue to urge your Senators and Representatives to support the House language for state DOT “cooperation” with non-metropolitan local officials in the statewide transportation planning process (including the establishment of Regional Transportation Planning Organizations for areas outside… -
SPECIFIC ACTION NEEDED:
Urge your Senators and Representatives to support the House language for state DOT “cooperation” with non-metropolitan local officials in the statewide transportation planning process (including the establishment of Regional Transportation Planning Organizations for areas outside of MPOs),… -
On April 18, the U.S. House of Representatives passed another 90-day extension of surface transportation programs (H.R. 4348) which House leaders plan to use as a vehicle to begin a conference committee with the U.S. Senate, which has already approved…
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03/29/2012 - Congress Clears 90-Day Extension of Surface Transportation Programs
On March 29, the House passed a 90-day extension of surface transportation programs (H.R. 4281) by a vote of 266-158. The measure, which only required a simple majority vote to pass, extends programs under the Highway Trust Fund as well…
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02/16/2012 - NADO Analysis of the President’s FY13 Budget
NADO released its annual in-depth analysis of the President’s FY2013 federal budget blueprint. A copy of the written summary, with accompanying budget chart, was emailed to the full membership. In addition, the association hosted a members-only webinar today to discuss…
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02/06/2012 - Senate Finance Chair Releases Funding Ideas for Transportation Bill
On February 4, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) unveiled his plan, Highway Investment, Job Creation and Economic Growth Act of 2012, (http://finance NULL.senate NULL.gov/newsroom/chairman/release/index NULL.cfm?id=4f035bc1-14e2-4bea-8d0b-7e578fa5bfbc) to keep the Highway Trust Fund solvent through FY2013. The Senate Finance Committee…
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02/06/2012 - House Transportation Committee Approves Surface Bill After Long, Partisan Markup
On January 31, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, led by Chairman John Mica (R-FL) and Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Chairman John Duncan (R-TN) unveiled the “American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act” (H.R. 7). On February 2, the committee…
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02/06/2012 - Final FAA Reauthorization Deal Modifies Essential Air Service
After more than four years of extensions and delays, Congress reached a final agreement this week on a four-year reauthorization for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs. The House-Senate conference report (H.R. 658, H. Rpt. 112-381) authorizes $15.8 billion annually for…