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March 6, 2017

Stories You May Have Missed

As a valued member, Transportation for America is dedicated to providing you pertinent information. This includes news articles to inform your work. Check out a list of stories you may have missed last week.

  • President Trump in a speech to Congress on Tuesday called on Congress to approve a $1 trillion dollar infrastructure package but offered few additional details about his plan. (Huffington Post)
  • The Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Bill Shuster (Republican-Pennsylvania) told reporters on Wednesday that “President Trump’s $1 trillion infrastructure package won’t be entirely funded with public money and could include projects that are already in the works but have been stalled by the slow federal permitting process”. (The Hill)
  • In a Senate Commerce and Transportation Committee hearing on Wednesday on transportation needs in rural states, South Dakota Republican Governor Dennis Daugaard said that public private partnerships (P3’s) don’t work in rural states and federal investment is needed. (Kelo: Sioux Falls South Dakota Radio Station)
  • Governor Jerry Brown of California asked Secretary Elaine Chao of U.S. DOT to reverse her decision withholding a $647 million grant to Caltrans to electrify Caltrans tracks between San Jose and San Francisco. Secretary Chao withheld the money after all 14 California Congressional Republicans wrote Chao to request that the money be withheld until an audit was done of California’s high speed rail project. (LA Times)
  • The Indianapolis City Council approved the first ever income tax for public transportation that voters gave the thumbs up to in a referendum on the ballot during the November 2016 election. (Indy Star)
  • The City of Philadelphia has made tremendous progress toward raising the $225 million necessary for a transformative project to cap I-95 on the Philadelphia waterfront with a public park. The project only needs $35 million more in funding after The City and Pennsylvania DOT committed $90 million and $100 million respectively. (Plan Philly)
  • An LA Times investigation has found that Southern California civic officials have approved the building of homes near freeways even though California air quality officials warned against doing so because of severe health risks. (LA Times)
  • Austin Texas is in the process of overhauling their zoning code and may cut parking minimums by 50 percent. (Streetsblog USA)

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