Fight Brewing Over House GOPs Transit Funding Plan
| Authorizes $260 billion over five years. |
| Not fully funded; needs additional revenue. |
| Includes average of $41.1 billion per year for highways, $10.5 billion per year for transit, $1.2 billion per year for highway safety. |
| Ends Highway Trust Fund contribution to transit. Provides onetime $40 billion from general revenue. Funding source not identified. |
| Boosts direct federal TIFIA funding to $1 billion per year, from $122 million now. |
| No federal infrastructure bank; encourages state infrastructure banks. |
| Expedites projects’ environmental and other reviews. |
| Consolidates or eliminates about 70 current surface-transportation programs. |
| Ends mandatory set-aside for bike paths, walkways, other “transportation enhancements.” |
| No funding earmarks for specific projects. |
| Expands oil, gas drilling offshore in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and oil-shale areas; raises newrevenue, some of which would go to transportation. Amount not specified. |
| Sources: House Transportation and Infrastructure, natural Resources, Ways and Means Committees; AASHTO AASHTO AASHTO |
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