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Washington Update

Stay informed on MAP-21 Reauthorization, Highway Trust Fund issues, & GROW America proposal. Key recommendations & upcoming policy outlook for transportation funding. Contact DeLania Hardy or Levon Boyagian for more info.

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Washington Update

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  1. Washington Update MAP-21 Reauthorization, Highway Trust Funds and Related Transportation Issues

  2. Federal Update • MAP-21 Reauthorization • Highway Trust Fund (HTF) • AMPO MAP-21 Recommendations • GROW America • USDOT MAP-21 Rulemaking • Outlook

  3. MAP-21 Reauthorization • Program authorizations expire May 31, 2015 • Senate & House Infrastructure Committees • Hearings, drafting • Senate & House Revenue Committee • Discussion revenue options • House & Senate Budget Committees • Both budgets establish “reserve funds” that would allow spending to be increased if the revenue is found • President/USDOT • GROW America - $478B, 6 year bill • 14% tax on foreign earnings of US companies

  4. Highway Trust Fund - Revenue • July 2014- Congress transfers $11B from general fund to HTF to support current spending levels through May 31, 2015 • HTF receives $40B annually in revenue and interest • MAP-21 spends roughly $53B annually • $13B+ annual funding gap to maintain current spending levels

  5. Revenue for the HTF • Where is the revenue? • Stand alone gas tax increase? • VMT fee? • Comprehensive tax overhaul with a gas tax increase? • Devolution to the states? • Additional general fund transfers? • Unlikely • Unlikely • Unlikely • Unlikely • Likely

  6. AMPO ReauthorizationGeneral Recommendations • Address long term health of the HTF – keep all options on the table • At minimum, maintain current funding plus inflation • Pass a 6-year reauthorization bill – provide predictability and certainty in funding and policy

  7. AMPO Reauthorization Recommendations • Empower MPOs • Increase Surface Transportation Program (STP) sub allocation percentage to MPOs • Sub allocate Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) • Increase Planning (PL) funding • Include MPOs in decisions for designations of urban freight corridors

  8. U.S. DOT – GROW America Proposal • $478 billion, 6-year bill • $317b for highways • $115b for transit • New Programs • New $13.4 billion Critical Immediate Investments • New $10 billion Multimodal Freight Investments • MPOs required to be on State advisory committees • MPOs eligible applicants under grant program • $2 billion Fixing & Accelerating Surface Transportation (FAST) competitive grants • $1.25 billion TIGER

  9. U.S. DOT GROW America MPO Provisions • Secretary may designate an MPO as a “High Performing” MPO & grant additional STP funds • $70 million pilot program for MPOs 1+ million in population to improve transportation connectivity to disadvantaged Americans and neighborhoods with limited options • Requires MPOs to offer a higher degree of public participation

  10. Looking Ahead: MAP-21 Reauthorization • Staff does not anticipate major policy shifts • USDOT completion of performance measure rules • No changes in apportionment formulas • Freight program with funding is possible • Continue improving project delivery

  11. MAP-21 Rulemaking/Implementation • AMPO/AASHTO Joint Comments on Proposed National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone (3/17/15) • AMPO Comments on Additional Authorities for Planning and Environmental Linkages (11/10/14) • AMPO/NARC Joint Comments Statewide and Non-Metropolitan, Metropolitan Transportation Planning (10/2/14) • AMPO Comments Statewide and Non-Metropolitan, Metropolitan Transportation Planning (9/2/14) • AMPO Comments Highway Safety Improvement Program NPRM (6/25/14)

  12. MAP-21 Rulemaking/Implementation (continued) • AMPO Comments on the Draft Designation of the Primary Freight Network (1/11/14) • AMPO Comments on CMAQ Interim Guidance (1/11/14) • AMPO Comments on FTA ANPRM, National Public Transportation Safety Plan, the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan, the Public Transportation Safety Certification Training Program; Transit Asset Management (12/31/13) • AMPO Comments FTA-FHWA Transit Rep Guidance (10/30/13)

  13. Outlook:Next Congress Transportation • Likely MAP-21 Extension after May 31 • The key to reauthorization is the revenue decision

  14. NPRMs’ Schedule

  15. Thank You DeLania Hardy – 202.624.3684 dhardy@ampo.org Levon Boyagian – 202.624.3681 lboyagian@ampo.org

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