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As the House version of a new transportation bill to reauthorize and reform the current federal transportation law, which expires at the end of September, remains in the House, the Senate has made two significant moves in the past week to postpone the debate for a new law.
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Rep. Jim Oberstar (D., MN), Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, has been at odds with the Obama Administration on when to take up his recently introduced transportation bill: THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2009.
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When the stimulus bill was passed last February, it sent billions of dollars to the nation's mass-transit agencies. Still, the money was purposed for only new equipment and construction -- nothing to operate the systems, even as many are cutting service, laying off workers or raising fares.
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A roundup of links to local stories of national importance to the state of America's infrastructure.
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In a two-part series, Blueprint America -- with The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer -- looks at budget disasters on both sides of the ledger for public transit agencies.
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A breakdown of Transportation and Infrastructure stimulus funding by state.
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Blueprint America -- with host David Brancaccio (NOW on PBS) -- interviews economist Paul Krugman on the effect a stimulus in infrastructure spending will have on the American economy.
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Welcome to the inaugural issue of The Number Thirteen Line, a monthly blog about transportation in New York and around the world by "Gridlock Sam" Schwartz and Annie Weinstock. This month’s topic: The Stimulus Package and its impact on transportation.
(7 votes) Loading ...The Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, in partnership with Blueprint America and MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, hosts a conversation at the National Governors Association Winter Meeting in Washington, DC with Gov. Ed Rendell and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
(8 votes) Loading ...Blueprint America co-hosts a discussion on the question of how government at all levels can work together to create a comprehensive infrastructure policy in concert with national energy, environmental, and economic priorities at the National Governors Association's Winter Meeting.
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