BIKE: Fwd: Transportation Equity Network [Job Access and Reverse Commute program]

[Eric Anderson]

--- Glenn Gadbois <glenn> wrote:
> Subject: Transportation Equity Network Update October 27, 2003
> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 15:07:36 -0600
>  
> Transportation Equity Network Update 	October 27, 2003
> 
> To:	Transportation Equity Network Members & Allies
> Fr:	Rich Stolz/Sam Cook, Center for Community
> Change <scook>
> Re:	Transportation Equity Network Update
> 
> Transportation Equity Network Updates are weekly updates and
> announcements from the Center for Community Change.
> 
> They include updates on exciting grassroots campaigns; transportation
> equity-related accomplishments or breakthroughs in local, state or
> national policy; announcements on important upcoming activities; and 
> policy alerts on breaking news in Washington, DC or elsewhere that may
> be of importance to parties interested in transportation equity.
> 
> As Congress begins debate on the reauthorization of the Transportation
> Equity Act for the 21st Century, TEN updates will also serve to alert
> grassroots leaders to important developments in national policy.  To
> view this update online along with past articles go to:
> <http://www.transportationequity.org/ten_latest_update.shtml>
> 
> *Federal Update: Transportation Appropriations Bill in the Final Stretch
> *Federal Update: Senate Committee Reaches Agreement on Reauthorization
> *Administration Seeks Comments on NAFTA Transportation Impacts
>  
> Federal Update: Transportation Appropriations Bill in the Final Stretch
> 
> On Thursday, October 23, the United States Senate completed work on
> their
> proposed FY 2004 Transportation Appropriations bill.  The Senate bill
> would
> fund the Job Access and Reverse Commute program, which provides grants
> to
> local communities to fund projects that help low-wage workers access job
> opportunities otherwise out of their reach, at $125 million.  This is in
> contrast to the House version, which funds the JARC program at only $85
> million.
> 
> Action Needed:  Call your Senators this week and urge them to hold the
> line
> on funding the JARC program at $125 million.  The Capitol Switchboard
> phone
> number is (202) 224-3121.
> 
> A sample letter that organizations may fax to Congress or use as
> speaking points in support of the JARC program is found here:
>
http://www.communitychange.org/docs/JARCFY04AppropriationsLetterDraft.doc
> 
> The Senate appointed the following conferees to negotiate with the House
> of
> Representatives on a final bill:
> 
> Republicans
> Richard Shelby (Alabama)
> Arlen Specter (Pennsylvania)
> Kit Bond (Missouri)
> Robert Bennett (Utah)
> Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Colorado)
> Kay Bailey Hutchison (Texas - <http://hutchison.senate.gov/e-mail.htm>
> Or phone: 202-224-5922
> Mike DeWine (Ohio)
> Sam Brownback (Kansas)
> Ted Stevens (Alaska)
> 
> Democrats
> Patty Murray (Washington)
> Robert Byrd (West Virginia)
> Barbara Mikulski (Maryland)
> Harry Reid (Nevada)
> Herb Kohl (Wisconsin)
> Richard Durbin (Illinois)
> Byron Dorgan (North Dakota)
> Daniel Inouye (Hawaii)
> 
> 
> Federal Update: Senate Committee Reaches Agreement on Reauthorization
> 
> On October 23 the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, which
> has
> jurisdiction over the highway and environmental portions of the
> Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, announced that they had
> found agreement on a six-year reauthorization.  The same announcement
> said
> the EPW Committee will hold a committee hearing on the proposed bill on
> Wednesday, November 5.
> 
> Few details of the EPW Committee proposal are currently available.  An
> analysis of the proposal, and its potential impacts on equity concerns,
> will
> be available in the next week.
> 
> For more information, contact Rich Stolz at rstolz
> <mailto:rstolz>
> 
> 
> Administration Seeks Comments on NAFTA Transportation Impacts
> 
> The US Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety
> Administration (FMCSA) has posted documents for comment from the public.
> The
> FMCSA is assessing the impact, and potential future impact, of truck
> traffic
> along the United States - Mexico border and communities along major
> trade
> corridors through the United State.  For more information about the raft
> impact statement, and the duties of the FMCSA, please go to the
> following
> locations:
> 
> On the web:
> <http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/NAFTAEIS>
> <http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/NAFTAEIS>
> E-mail: <NAFTAEIS>
> Fax: 1-800-260-9702
> Phone: 1-800-288-5634
> 
> 
> Glenn Gadbois
> Just Transportation Alliances
> a project of Texas Citizen Fund
> PO Box 10472
> Austin, Texas 78756
> 512.294.7446
> 512.451.3578 (f)
> www.justtransportation.org
> 


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