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Transportation programs : challenges facing the department of transportation and congress.

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  • Alternative Title:
    Challenges facing the Department of Transportation and Congress
  • Creators:
    Siggerud, Katherine
  • Corporate Creators:
    United States. Government Accountability Office
  • Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Publication/ Report Number:
    GAO-09-435T
  • Resource Type:
    Proceedings
  • Geographical Coverage:
    United States
  • Corporate Publisher:
    United States. Government Accountability Office
  • Abstract:
    A safe, efficient, and convenient ; transportation system is integral to ; the health of our economy and ; quality of life. Our nation’s vast ; transportation system of airways, ; railways, roads, transit systems, ; and waterways has served this ; need, yet is under considerable ; pressure due to increasing ; congestion and costs to maintain ; and improve the system. Calls for ; increased investment come at a ; time when traditional funding for ; transportation projects is ; increasingly strained. The ; authorizing legislation supporting ; transportation programs will soon ; expire. ; The Department of Transportation ; (DOT) implements national ; transportation policy and ; administers most federal ; transportation programs. DOT ; received funds for transportation ; infrastructure projects through the ; American Recovery and ; Reinvestment Act of 2009 to aid in ; economic recovery. DOT also ; requested $72.5 billion to carry out ; its activities for fiscal year 2010. ; This statement presents GAO’s ; views on major challenges facing ; DOT and Congress as they work to ; administer recovery funds and ; reauthorize surface transportation ; and aviation programs. It is based ; on work GAO has completed over ; the last several years. GAO has ; made recommendations to DOT to ; improve transportation programs; ; the agency has generally agreed ; with these recommendations. To ; supplement this existing work, ; GAO obtained information on the ; recovery funds provided to DOT.
  • Format:
    PDF
  • Download URL:
    https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17385/dot_17385_DS1.pdf
  • File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 459.26 KB]
  • Collection(s):
    US Transportation Collection
  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha256:9d6afd875d5a31301fc62da0e52d3f7493354d2abde4cd45c10a883090d6a7f0
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