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BUILDing a better competitive grant program, in 5 steps

22 Apr 2019 | Posted by Transportation for America | 2 Comments | authorization, BUILD, BUILD Grants, competitive grants, FTA, TIGER, TOD planning grants, usdot

Under President Trump, USDOT has hijacked the TIGER/BUILD competitive grant program, taking it far from its intended function. After a decade of experience with the program there are a number of simple steps that lawmakers could take to get it back on track and even improve it.

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10 things you need to know about the Senate’s DRIVE Act

31 Jul 2015 | Posted by Steve Davis | 2 Comments | authorization, DRIVE Act, freight, funding, local control, passenger rail, performance measures, senate, TIFIA, TIGER, Transportation Alternatives

Though the Senate finally moved beyond repeated short-term extensions to the nation’s transportation program with a multi-year bill, their DRIVE Act is also major missed opportunity to give cities, towns and local communities of all sizes more control over and access to federal transportation dollars. Here are nine other things that you need to know about the Senate’s bill.

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