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2009 SAFETEA-LU Reauthorization

Background

The 2005 "Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act-A Legacy for Users" (SAFETEA-LU), approved by Congress and signed by the President in August 2005, authorized $286.5 billion in federal investment for the highway, public transportation and highway safety programs from fiscal years (FY) 2004-09.  The law expires on September 30, 2009.

With the January 2008 release of a General Accountability Office report (www.gao.gov ) noting the lack of a national freight strategy and the 258-page National Surface Transportation Policy & Revenue Study Commission report (www.transportationfortomorrow.org) containing its extensive recommendations about future transportation financing options, one thing is clear: the battle over the next highway/transit investment bill has begun

In 2007, ARTBA unveiled a bold new plan that calls for new federal transportation user fees to protect and upgrade past investments and to finance a new, 25-year "Critical Commerce Corridors" (3C) construction program to add needed multi-modal capacity across the nation to facilitate the safe and efficient movement of freight.

ARTBA's proposals for the 2009 highway/transit investment bill are available in a comprehensive 72-page report or a 16-page executive summary . If you want to see ARTBA's proposal in a different format, check out this seven minute futuristic video .

To learn more, contact ARTBA Senior Vice President of Government Relations Dave Bauer or Congressional Relations Manager Dean Franks.

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