Limit Highway Trust Fund Spending to Revenues
Federal gasoline and diesel taxes are passed on to motorists, bus operators, and truckers at the pump, and then deposited into the federal HTF along with related fees. Past federal highway...
View ArticlePhase Out the Federal Transit Administration
Called the Urban Mass Transit Administration when created in 1964, the agency now known as the Federal Transit Administration provides grants to state and local governments and transit authorities to...
View ArticleEliminate Grants to the National Rail Passenger Service Corporation (Amtrak)
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, now known as Amtrak, was created by the federal government to take over bankrupt private passenger rail companies. It began service on May 4, 1971. In...
View ArticleClose Down the Maritime Administration and Repeal the Jones Act
Created in 1950, MARAD’s purpose is to maintain a maritime fleet to be used during a national emergency. Decades later, it continues to oversee and implement outdated, Depression-era laws, which...
View ArticleEliminate the New Starts Transit Program
The New Starts program was created in 1991 as part of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, with the purpose of giving transit agencies grants for building transit projects. In fact, it...
View ArticlePrivatize the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
Created in the Wiley–Dondero Act of 1954, the SLSDC is a government-owned entity charged with maintaining and operating a part of the Saint Lawrence Seaway that is within United States territory. The...
View ArticleEliminate the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery Grant...
TIGER is a competitive grant program administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation. It began as part of the 2009 stimulus bill and was intended to be a temporary program that funded road, rail,...
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