Late last Friday on November 5th, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act or IIJA, which President Biden intends to sign on Monday,...more
On September 3, 2020, San Luis Obispo Regional Transportation Authority (SLO RTA) closed the first TIFIA loan under the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (Department’s) Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation...more
Last week I attended the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. During my Revenue and Finance Committee meeting we heard a presentation from Roger Bohnert, Director of Outreach and Development, for...more
1/24/2020
/ Federal Funding ,
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) ,
Infrastructure ,
Public Projects ,
Public Transit ,
Rural Areas ,
Rural Development ,
Surface Transportation ,
TIFIA ,
Transportation Corridor ,
Urban Planning & Development
Famed French writer Victor Hugo said, "There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come." Repurposing the Railroad Rehabilitation Improvement Financing program (RRIF) is an...more