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American Investments - USCM’s Key Authorization Priorities
September 29, 2008
Incorporate a Metropolitan Mobility Program: Consistent with the recommendation of the National Policy and Revenue Commission, fully empower local elected officials in metro areas to allocate available resources and make project decisions among all surface transportation modes, with the share of federal transportation resources to states and/or within states calibrated to the economic output of these metropolitan areas.
Investments reflect energy and climate priorities: Reengineering and expanding our transportation infrastructure by expanding transit capacities and other travel options that curb greenhouse gas emissions and reduce dependency on foreign.
Modal Neutrality: Federal funding mechanisms must move past programmatic silos and eliminate the biases in current law that favors highway and road projects and disadvantages investments in public transportation.
National Rail Investment Plan: Accelerate the deployment of rail transportation for both freight movement and passenger travel between our metropolitan areas.
Funding Challenge: Only when program reforms (e.g., make smarter use of available resources, fix what we have built already, and put local officials in charge of investment decisions in metro areas) are implemented, revenue and financing solutions must support increased commitments to the broader surface transportation system, not just one mode at a time or in piecemeal fashion.
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