Here’s the news release from Metro: Metro applauds action taken today by the U.S. House of Representatives in approving a six-year surface transportation authorization bill called the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015 (STRR). “I want to thank U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer and members of the Los Angeles [continue reading]
The Surface Transportation Bill was signed into law at 5:32 EST. In case you missed it, here is a replay in the ‘photos & video’ menu of the White House [continue reading]
UPDATE (2:04 p.m.): The signing will be streamed live at http://www.whitehouse.gov/live President Obama is scheduled to sign the Surface Transportation Bill at 4:55 p.m. EST (1:55 p.m. PST). The long-awaited transportation bill includes America Fast Forward, which would make it possible for localities — including Los Angeles — to accelerate [continue reading]
Here are a pair of legislative alerts posted Monday. From Metro’s government relations staff: U.S. Senate Finance Committee Poised to Act on Surface Transportation Bill Tomorrow, the U.S. Senate’s Finance Committee, under the leadership of Max Baucus (D-MT), is slated to consider the Highway Investment, Job Creation and Economic Growth [continue reading]
