The highway trust fund-will rail be included?

摘要

The year 2003 may be the biggest federal transportation funding year in history. We've asked Ray Chambers, president of the NRC, to provide his forecast on some of the problems and solutions that may make the TEA-21 Reauthorization Act, also called "TEA-3," further the rail construction industry. His report follows: The highway-transit trust fund expires and must be reauthorized for its next six-year cycle. The airport trust fund and Amtrak must also be reauthorized. The highway-transit fund is now $32 billion a year. Transportation analysts believe $80 billion a year is needed to stay even.