December 8, 2003

• Retain the Basic Principles of TEA-21
• Strongly support a substantial increase in transit investment to keep pace with the dramatic ridership increase while opposing threats to transit through reallocation of funding sources.
• Suballocate surface transportation funds to metropolitan areas for repair and maintenance of existing urban highways while giving equal weight to expanding public transit, congestion mitigation, safety programs, intermodal projects and land use.
• Provide significant resources to address aging and congested transportation infrastructure.
• Require accountability and performance based measures of state transportation agencies and metropolitan planning organizations.