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The Trump administration has proposed deep cuts in U.S. federal funding for public transit for the next fiscal year to help it pay for large increases proposed for defense spending. If approved by Congress, the cuts would put U.S. transit agencies in a bind, including for their fare-collection projects.
According to the American Public Transportation Association, the White House proposes federal funding of public transit to the tune of only $16.3 billion, with another $2.8 billion for passenger rail for the fiscal year beginning in October. That represents sharp decreases of 23% and 82%, respectively.
• U.S. federal govt.
• APTA (U.S.)
• CTDOT (Connecticut)
President Donald Trump has slashed proposed funding for public transit in the U.S. and other domestic programs in next year’s federal budget, as he seeks a large-scale hike in defense spending.
Unless the U.S. Congress rolls back the billions of dollars in proposed cuts, funding for a range of transit agency capital expenditures–from
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