(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 16, 2017)
President Donald Trump’s proposed federal budget blueprint would cut the U.S. Department of Transportation’s budget by $2.4 billion, or 13 percent, to $16.2 billion, according to the document. Regarding rail, the budget calls for terminating federal support for Amtrak’s long-distance service; eliminating the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) discretionary grant program; and limiting funding for the Federal Transit Administration’s Capital Investment Program (New Starts) to projects with existing full funding grant agreements only.
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