Steep cuts to federal transit funding take effect Thursday

Dive Brief: Federal transportation funding from the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act expires tomorrow at midnight.

The American Public Transportation Association estimates the stopgap measure would result in a 20% cut to public transit investment and an over 80% cut to passenger rail.

Dive Insight: The absence of new surface transportation legislation or continuance of the IIJA advance appropriations represents more than a decline in funding, according to APTA.

APTA leaders and public transportation officials met with members of Congress on Sept. 16, asking them to restore the advance appropriations.

“The longer Congress takes to pass a new bill the longer it will take transportation agencies to re-engage.”