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Why we’re thrilled to support the Build Local, Hire Local Act

12 Aug 2019 | Posted by Jenna Fortunati | 0 Comments | congress, data, highways, performance measures

A bike commuter wearing a suit, tie, and a helmet flashes a thumbs up to the photographer while biking on a busy road in San Francisco.

Last month, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) and Representative Karen Bass (CA-37) introduced legislation that would create transportation accessibility performance measures and a grant program to reconnect communities divided by highways. Last month, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Representative. Karen Bass (D-CA), chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, introduced the Build Local, Hire Local Act (S. […]

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In the Wall Street Journal: Our chairman advocates for long-distance rail

31 Jul 2019 | Posted by Jenna Fortunati | 0 Comments | amtrak, Mayor John Robert Smith, passenger rail, rural

T4America’s chairman, John Robert Smith, starred in a mini-documentary from the Wall Street Journal about Amtrak’s proposal to cut long-distance routes. Smith made the case for saving these routes.

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House committee grills USDOT on transit funding delays

18 Jul 2019 | Posted by Jenna Fortunati | 2 Comments | Capital Investment Grant Program, CIG, FTA, stuck in the station, usdot

Bird's eye view of construction on a wide road in Los Angeles.

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held an oversight hearing to question the Federal Transit Administration about its ongoing failure to release billions of congressionally-appropriated funds for local transit projects in a timely fashion through the transit Capital Investment Grant program.

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The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is holding an oversight hearing on USDOT’s failure to release transit grants

12 Jul 2019 | Posted by Jenna Fortunati | 0 Comments | Capital Investment Grant Program, FTA, stuck in the station, usdot

Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee speaking at a hearing.

Transportation for America urges the House of Representatives to turn up the heat on USDOT for failing to release funding for transit grants during an oversight hearing on Tuesday, July 16.

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