#transportation-funding

#transportation-funding

TriMet is experiencing a significant fiscal crisis, forcing the public transit agency to cut service by 10 percent over the next two years, starting this fall.

The administration is attempting to seize Congress's power of the purse - this time at the expense of immigrant communities and vital infrastructure projects.

Streetsblog has been collecting subway riders' reactions to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy's negative remarks about the city's subway system.

"We're now reaching the halfway stage in the delivery of this project and it is not unreasonable to think that actual construction could commence in the near future."

"Without a sustainable source of funding, budget challenges exacerbated by the pandemic will force transit agencies across the Bay Area to make major service cuts."

Transportation dollars guaranteed to states by Congress now face additional review by U.S. DOT Secretary Sean Duffy to ensure compliance with current Administration priorities.