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Transportation for America proposal creates more jobs than current transportation law, Economic Policy Institute finds

24 Jun 2010 | Posted by Transportation for America | 0 Comments | featured, jobs, reauthorization, safetea lu

What if we could re-design our nation’s transportation policy to increase travel choices, reduce oil dependency and create more jobs? According to an Economic Policy Institute study, we could do just that if Congress adopts Transportation for America’s proposal.

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HIRE Act a down payment on transportation priorities

22 Mar 2010 | Posted by Transportation for America | 0 Comments | highway trust fund, safetea lu

When President Obama signed the HIRE Act into law last week, he ushered in important progress on several important transportation initiatives. The Act extends current transportation law until December 31, 2010 and restores $19.5 billion in interest to the Highway Trust Fund. This works out to $14.7 billion for highways and $4.8 billion for mass […]

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FAQ: Transportation bill expires, emergency extension passed

1 Oct 2009 | Posted by Steve Davis | 6 Comments | extension, featured, House, rescission, safetea lu, senate, u.s. dot, usdot

As you may have read on Streetsblog Capitol Hill, the Senate passed a stopgap one-month extension of the current law last night. There have been a lot of questions flying around today, so we’re going to try to post a handful with some simplified answers when possible to clear up any confusion. The short explanation? The Senate failed to pass an extension of their own to match the House’s 3-month extension before the transportation bill expired last night. Instead, they passed an emergency one-month extension.

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