TRANSPORTATION SPENDING

The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) is considered one of the major achievements of the 105th Congress. The total authorization of almost $203 billion may well be the largest public-works legislation in U.S. history. TEA-21 retains the structure of the 1991 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act and provides significant spending increases for its environmental initiatives. TEA-21 guarantees approximately $167 billion over 6 years for the highway program and approximately $36 billion for transit. The historic bill contains a new funding scheme, called a "firewall" provision, to ensure agreed-to levels of spending from the highway trust fund and related transit accounts.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Industrial Fabrics Association International

  345 Cedar Building, Suite 450
  St Paul, MN  United States  55101-1088
• Authors:
  • Rounsaville, M T
• Publication Date: 1999-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 21
• Serial:
  • Geotechnical Fabrics Report
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Industrial Fabrics Association International
  • ISSN: 0882-4983

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Environmental protection; Financing; Government funding; Legislation; Public transit; Transportation
• Identifier Terms: Highway Trust Fund; Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
• Subject Areas: Finance; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00761004
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 19 1999 12:00AM