Transportation & Infrastructure

Transit service is essential for connecting people to jobs, education, and other important destinations, while also reducing traffic congestion, air pollution, and greenhouse-gas emissions. Being such an integral part of people’s lives, transit services may at times be unreliable and fail to address the needs of the communities they serve. A federal operations funding program would fill this gap by providing a stable source of funding for transit agencies to cover the costs of running their systems.

Moving forward, it is essential to include service standards to ensure that the funding is used to improve service and not just replace local funding. This would guarantee that the funding is directed toward expanding service, increasing frequency, and improving accessibility for the public.