The BUILD America 250 Bill
This bill is freaking me the f*ck out. The Transportation and Infrastructure committee just approved this bill, which is a 5 year surface transportation investment bill. They're talking about removing advance appropriations, which is going to affect rail the most. It's going to reprioritise funding from pilot programs like Reconnecting Communities grant, which was about rehabilitating urban communities segregated by highways. Instead there's $750 million proposed for a Truck Parking program. Ultimately this whole bill reads like a wishlist for highway contractors.
I'm pretty sure that most congressional representatives aren't expecting any constituents to call or say anything about this as Trump awards billions of taxpayer dollars to J6ers, and a myriad of other equally urgent issues that need voters to actively participate in their government. But this one is my hyper-fixation and I'm hoping it's yours too.
Please call your representative and tell them this bill needs more inclusion of funding for transit, passenger rail, and micro-mobility pathways.