ICYMI > Why Should You Be a Voice For Public Transit?

In case you missed it, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee passed a transportation bill with three years of funding with the possibility of longer-term funding after the three-year period. With strong bipartisan support, the Committee approved the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015.

While this is certainly a step in the right direction, there could still be a long road ahead of us. The full House still needs to vote on the legislation, and we will continue to advocate for the funding levels to be increased for public transportation. The next step will include the House and Senate reconciling their two bills into a final bill and then sending it on to President Obama.

Even though the House bill raises concerns about the need to increase the funding levels, this development will at least enable the process to move forward. We are hopeful that Congress will be able to pass a final bill with increased investment in public transit before the end of the year.

This is it—crunch time. The deadline for Congress to pass long-term transportation funding is just around the corner.

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