Seattle Electric Bus (Keith Tyler via Flickr)
Two key U.S. Democratic Senators have released a document indicating that Washington State could lose $128 million annually in federal transit-related funding, and 4,802 jobs if the House Republican transportation bill was to become law. The funding cut is relative to the 2010 enacted funding level; see their document for their funding and jobs assumptions.
It’s very likely that we’ll see a Senate bill later this week.
For more information about the Republican proposal, see Republicans Detail Proposal to Replace SAFETEA-LU and What Are Stakeholder Groups Saying About the Mica Bill?
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[...] funding under the House Republican’s proposed 6-year transportation bill, reports Larry Ehl in Transportation Issues Daily. (Ehl used to be WSDOT’s federal relations manager). Overall, the Republican bill would cut about [...]