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Issues in Transportation - Background, Policy and Funding (Hardcover)
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Issues in Transportation - Background, Policy and Funding (Hardcover)
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Federal assistance to public transportation is provided primarily
through the public transportation program administered by the
Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration
(FTA). The federal public transportation program was authorized
from FY2016 through FY2020 as part of the Fixing America's Surface
Transportation (FAST) Act. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to
the program as authorized by the FAST Act. Unless legislative
action is taken, formula funding for the federal transit program
could be decreased by approximately $1 billion in FY2020, roughly
12% from the amount authorized in the FAST Act as reported in
chapter 2. Almost every conversation about surface transportation
finance begins with a two-part question: What are the "needs" of
the national transportation system, and how does the nation pay for
them? Chapter 3 is aimed at discussing the "how to pay for them"
question. The 116th Congress is expected to address surface
transportation reauthorization, including consideration of how to
deal with the persistent gap between projected HTF revenues and
program costs as discussed in chapter 4 and 5. Chapter 6 begins by
discussing FHWA assistance for the repair and reconstruction of
highways and bridges damaged by disasters (such as the 2017
Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria) or catastrophic failures (such
as the collapse of the Skagit River Bridge in Washington State in
2013). This is followed by a discussion of FTA's assistance
program, established in 2012, which has provided assistance to
public transportation systems on two occasions, once after
Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and again after the 2017 hurricanes. The
focus of chapter 7 is how best to implement and finance a system of
deterrence, protection, and response that effectively reduces the
possibility and consequences of terrorist attacks without unduly
interfering with travel, commerce, and civil liberties. The focus
of chapter 8 is on truck freight and that portion of the rail and
port industries that transports truck trailers and containers
(intermodal freight). The Transportation Infrastructure Finance and
Innovation Act (TIFIA) program provides long-term, low-interest
loans and other types of credit assistance for the construction of
surface transportation projects as reported in chapter 9. DOT
opened the Build America Bureau in July 2016. Chapter 10 assesses,
progress DOT made to establish the Bureau and carry out its
responsibilities, the Bureau's process for evaluating applications,
and whether the Bureau provided a clear rationale for decisions in
that process. Chapter 11 examines the implications for federal
transit policy of the current weakness and possible future changes
in transit ridership. Chapter 12 discusses the extent to which
information exists about future transit workforce needs and FTA
assists with addressing current and future transit workforce needs.
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