Browse by Tag: Safetea-lu
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DOT Announces Next Round of TIGER Grants
This week the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced the availability of funds for the next round of the TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) Discretionary Grant program. The FY2012 TIGER grant program will make $500 million available for projects...
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House Begins to Move Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill
The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is scheduled to mark up a five-year SAFETEA-LU highway and transit reauthorization bill on February 2 at 9:00 am. In addition to new revenues from expanded oil and gas drilling, rumors are circulating...
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NADO Issues Action Alert on Senate’s Surface Transportation Bill
On November 9, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) considered and unanimously approved “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century” (S. 1813), their long term SAFETEA-LU reauthorization legislation. The two-year, $109 billion measure aims to maintain existing...
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Surface Transportation and Aviation Programs Extended
On September 13, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a combined extension of surface transportation programs and aviation programs. H.R. 2887 provides for a six month extension of highway programs (until March 31, 2012) and a four and a half...
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RPO Bill Introduced in House
On April 14, 2011, Representative Tim Walz (D-MN) and Representative Richard Hanna (R-NY) introduced H.R. 1565 (http://thomas NULL.loc NULL.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H NULL.R NULL.1565:), a bill to incorporate Regional Transportation Planning Organizations (RTPOs) into the statewide transportation planning process. Previously, on March 17,...
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RPO Bill Introduced in House
On April 14, 2011, Representative Tim Walz (D-MN) and Representative Richard Hanna (R-NY) introduced H.R. 1565 (http://thomas NULL.loc NULL.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H NULL.R NULL.1565:), a bill to incorporate Regional Transportation Planning Organizations (RTPOs) into the statewide transportation planning process. Previously, on March 17,...
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NADO President Testifies on Transportation Issues
NADO President Timothy Ware urged members of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit to consider the needs and importance of small metropolitan and rural America during the reauthorization process of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient...
