BUILD: Funding Increase + Focus On Rural = Stiff Urban Competition

21 May 2018
Author: Mike Miller
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The first round of the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant program will provide $1.5 billion for infrastructure projects – three times the amount available in most rounds of TIGER. Notwithstanding this increase, one might caution would-be applicants to think about other words that could be used to fill out the BUILD acronym: Better Understand Impacts (of) Limited Dollars. The Administration’s emphasis on rural projects and limits on awards per state, coupled with the perception of a major increase in awards by way of increased funding availability, could potentially – and beguilingly – result in more competition and tighter funding for urban projects.

16 May 2018
Author: Mike Miller
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Democrats Object To Policy Riders And Lack Of Budget Context

Subcommittee Markup May 16 at 5pm

15 May 2018
Author: Mike Miller
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The bill includes $27.8 billion in discretionary appropriations for the Department of Transportation for fiscal year 2019 – $542 million more than enacted in FY 2018 and $11.7 billion above the President’s request.

Correct Due Date is

4 May 2018
Author: Mike Miller
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The Office of the Secretary of Transportation published a solicitation of applications for National Infrastructure Investments, known as BUILD Transportation Discretionary Grants in the April 27^th edition of the Federal Register. This document contained an incorrect deadline date. Applications must be submitted by 8:00 p.m. E.D.T. on July 19, 2018 – one day later than the initial published due date. The correction is located here. The original NOFO is located here.

4 May 2018
Author: Mike Miller
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Automated vehicle technologies range from driver assistance applications to fully automated systems that do not require a human driver. The report outlines FTA’s five year plan to explore the application of automation levels to bus operations, including:

automated shuttle services;
advanced driver assistance systems
maintenance, yard, and parking operations;
mobility-on-demand service; and
automated bus rapid transit applications.

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