The US
federal transportation budget is $76 billion.
Mandatory
programs consume $59.6 billion and $16.3billion are discretionary.
The administration proposes to reduce DOT's annual budget from
$18.6 billion to $16.2 billion. It would eliminate subsidies for Amtrak
long-distance routes, and channel the funds into improving the infrastructure
in the Northeast Corridor. It would provide enough money to continue funding
transit and commuter rail projects under the Federal Transit Administration's
Capital Investment Program, but no funds for new starts.
Amtrak is depending on a Capital Investment Program grant to
finance a portion of the costs of building a new tunnel under the Hudson River
between Newark, N.J., and New York Penn Station. A recent report estimates that
NJ Transit, the project manager, will need an estimated $12.9 billion to build
the new tunnel and rehabilitate the existing tunnel.
Questions ranged from the popular TIGER grant program, which would be zeroed out in 2018, to the Essential Air Service program that subsidizes service to smaller cities, which faces defunding, just like Amtrak's long-distance trains.
Questions ranged from the popular TIGER grant program, which would be zeroed out in 2018, to the Essential Air Service program that subsidizes service to smaller cities, which faces defunding, just like Amtrak's long-distance trains.
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Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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