Trump infrastructure cuts ?debilitating? to public transit, say local officials
Potential $52 billion in cuts would hinder rail and mass transit systems across the nation Leaders of public transit agencies across the country spoke out against the administration?s proposed cuts to federal transit funding yesterday, expressing dismay and confusion at how the changes would conflict with Trump?s stated goal of improving the nation?s infrastructure.
At a D.C. press conference hosted by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), the organization?s president and CEO Paul P. Skoutelas said that while the group is fully supportive of the president?s stated goal of improving infrastructure, the proposed budget cuts would sacrifice federal transit funding. By redirecting money towards more highways, it would, in effect, ?rob Peter to pay Paul.? ?It seems the administration is trying to pay for the package by cutting vital public transit programs,? said Skoutelas.
Focused on stimulating local and private funding by using federal money as a catalyst, Trump?s recent budget and infrastructure proposals would cut, and in some cases eliminate, federal programs for mass transit. The potential $52 billion in cuts would impact the TIGER program and Capital Investment Grants, as well as funding for Amtrak and the Washington, D.C. Metro system. Analysts expect Congress will temper those cuts in the final 2019 budget.
Skoutelas says the proposed cuts would endanger 53 projects in the pipeline across the nation, putting 500,000 jobs at risk, including bot...
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