Category: Bus

FTA issues proposed rule on safety and repairs

October 1, 2015 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Sept. 30 issued a proposed rule that would require public transportation agencies to monitor and manage their capital assets to achieve and maintain a state of good repair. Identifying a [...]

Tags FTA, Grow America Act, MAP 21, proposed rule, TAM, Transit Asset Management, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx

Treasurers' workshop scheduled for Oct. 27-28

October 1, 2015 The SMART Transportation Division will be conducting a Treasurers’ Workshop at the Drury Inn & Suites Kansas City Airport on October 27 and 28, 2015. Attendance will be limited to 35 registrants, so those interested in attending are instructed to contact Dora Wolf i [...]

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Previsich discusses candidacy with Sen. Sanders

September 29, 2015 SMART Transportation Division President John Previsich recently conversed with U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I – Vt.) about Sanders’ democratic candidacy for President of the United States and the positive impact that the voice of unionized labor can have on the outcome [...]

Tags John Previsich, Sen. Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders

Foxx unveils Build America Investment Center

September 29, 2015 WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today formally unveiled the Department of Transportation’s Build America Transportation Investment Center (BATIC). BATIC will serve as the single point of contact and coordination for states, municipalities and project s [...]

Tags BATIC, Build America Transportation Investment Center, Foxx, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, USDOT

Dems. roll-out new pro-union bill

September 18, 2015 Days after the Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker announced his plan to get rid of the National Labor Relations Board, Democratic lawmakers are rolling out a plan to strengthen the government agency. The bill, introduced on Wednesday, will also serve as a litmus t [...]

Tags NLRB, pro-union bill, The Wage Act, Workplace Action for Growing Economy Act

House GOP pressured to get moving on roads bill

September 16, 2015 Transportation advocates are pushing the House to get moving on passing a new long-term highway funding bill as a deadline for the expiration of the spending looms next month. Federal infrastructure funding is currently scheduled to expire Oct. 29, although the transportatio [...]

Tags infrastructure, infrastructure investment

TTD: modernizing our transportation system

September 9, 2015 By TTD President Edward Wytkind Decades of wrong-headed ideology and public policies backed by the corporate lobby and extremists have dramatically altered America’s economic landscape. Advancements made by generations of workers — including fair wages and decent benefits, sa [...]

Tags AFL-CIO, Edward Wytkind, middle class, TTD

Governors coalition pushes for transportation bill

September 9, 2015 Governors from several states are pressing Congress to pass a long-term surface transportation bill before the current legislation expires Oct. 29. Last week, the Coalition of Northeastern Governors (CONEG) sent a letter to leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructu [...]

Tags Coalition of Northeastern Governors, CONEG, Surface transportation bill

Working in a right-to-work state

September 8, 2015 Almost half of states in the United States today are right to work states. ‘Right to work’ is a statute or law that prohibits union security agreements between labor unions and employers. These laws govern the extent to which an established union cannot require an [...]

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FTA seeks comments on XPEDITE initiative

September 4, 2015 FTA is undertaking an effort to speed up planning, approval and delivery of FTA capital investments and better support innovative financing methods that support capital investments in transit. The multi-faceted Expedited Public Transportation Improvement (XPEDITE) Initiative [...]

Tags Expedited Public Transportation Improvement Initiative, FTA, XPEDITE, XPEDITE Initiative