This morning, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget released the blueprint outline of the President’s Federal Fiscal Year 2018 budget request to Congress. As outlined, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s budget would be cut by 13 percent. Currently, Metro assumes substantial federal funding in its financial plan. A lack of federal [continue reading]
Yes, I know it was a tough commute on the Blue Line and Expo Line for yesterday’s p.m. commute and on the Gold Line this a.m. due to a pair [continue reading]
The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations on Thursday awarded $81 million in funding in the 2013 federal budget to two key Metro transit projects in Los Angeles, the Westside Subway Extension and the Regional Connector. “Thanks to the hard work of Senator Feinstein, today’s vote by the Senate Committee on [continue reading]
It doesn’t take a genius to realize the haggling — a nice term — in Congress over raising the U.S. debt ceiling and huge federal budget cuts probably doesn’t bode well for many programs, such as transportation. That’s a bad thing, because transit agencies across the U.S. — including Metro [continue reading]
