http://bike-pgh.org/2009/06/action-alert-tell-congress-no-new-transportation-money-without-reform/ Bicycle safety, advocacy, and community Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:54:57 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://bike-pgh.org/2009/06/action-alert-tell-congress-no-new-transportation-money-without-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-26631 Planning, Not Pork, in Transportation Funding « Friends of Jeff Smith Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:24:04 +0000 http://bike-pgh.org/?p=2611#comment-26631 [...] The bill gives attention to needed repairs in our transportation system, as well as a focus on regional-level transportation (as opposed to only state or local-level funding). However, as Transportation for America’s James Corliss notes, an important question about the massive funding is, “What does money get spent on once it gets to your state?” The question is unanswered in this bill. TFA urges that there be no new national transportation funding without spending controls reform. [...] [...] The bill gives attention to needed repairs in our transportation system, as well as a focus on regional-level transportation (as opposed to only state or local-level funding). However, as Transportation for America’s James Corliss notes, an important question about the massive funding is, “What does money get spent on once it gets to your state?” The question is unanswered in this bill. TFA urges that there be no new national transportation funding without spending controls reform. [...]

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