View the Winners, Losers in Obama's 2011 Budget

摘要

The main DOT highway funding account was one of the few programs to receive a modest boost under the Obama proposal. The American Road and Transportation Builders Association says the 1% increase, to a total of $41.4 billion, would keep the highway program in a "stay-the-course" mode.rnThe President's budget seeks to increase spending for public transportation by 1%, to $10.8 billion. Of that, $835 million would go for 19 new construction projects, includingrnrail lines in Denver, Honolulu, Minneapolis-St. Paul and SanrnFrancisco, as well as a busway in Connecticut.