Issues & Modes / Transit
Transportation gets a big boost in recovery package but still faces an uncertain future
Mar 11, 2021 | Jeff DavisJeff Davis said funding in the new measure will provide transit agencies with enough money to weather the pandemic, providing a cushion...
Nov. 1970 Nixon Railpax Route Order for Volpe
Mar 11, 2021 | Jeff DavisThis is a November 25, 1970 memo from OMB Director George Shultz to Transportation Secretary John Volpe notifying of President Nixon's...
Nov. 1970 OMB Railpax Route Options Memo for Nixon
Mar 11, 2021 | Jeff DavisThis is a memo from OMB Director George Shultz to President Nixon, undated (but from its context, it was either delivered on November...
Nov. 1970 Volpe Draft Railpax Route Map for President Nixon
Mar 11, 2021 | Jeff DavisThis is a November 24, 1970 memo (with attachments) from Transportation Secretary John Volpe to President Nixon transmitting and...
1970 Preliminary Report on Basic National Rail Passenger System
Mar 11, 2021 | Jeff DavisThis is a preliminary report made by Transportation Secretary John Volpe on November 30, 1970 outlining the endpoint routes that the...
1970 ICC Review of Preliminary Report on Basic National Rail Passenger System
Mar 11, 2021 | Jeff DavisThis is a December 29, 1970 report of the Interstate Commerce Commission giving the ICC's review of the October 1970 Preliminary Report...
Federal covid relief package could lift Metro through pandemic budget problems
Mar 08, 2021 | Jeff DavisJeff Davis discusses how the latest coronavirus relief package would give the nation’s 15 largest transit systems enough funding to...
Reconciliation Bill On Hold Pending Unemployment Insurance Agreement
Mar 05, 2021 | Jeff DavisThe only thing more tedious than a Senate vote-a-rama is, apparently, a suspended vote-a-rama. The period of post-debate amendment...
Biden Meets With Bipartisan House Members on Infrastructure
Mar 05, 2021 | Jeff DavisPresident Joe Biden hosted an Oval Office meeting yesterday with a bipartisan group of House members to discuss infrastructure...
T&I Democrats Announce They Will Earmark Their Infrastructure Bills
Mar 05, 2021 | Jeff DavisThis week, the Democratic leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee announced that they would accept requests...
Webinar: Bus Electrification: The Role Agencies Can Play in Workforce Equity
Apr 13, 2021 | Madeline GormanTransit agencies around the country have been exploring ways to transition to zero-emission bus fleets, and that exploration is poised...
House Democrats to Increase Transit Funding in COVID Bill by $461 Million
Feb 24, 2021 | Jeff DavisHouse Democratic leaders are adding $461 million in extra mass transit funding and a $9 million COVID leave fund for FAA employees to...