Economic Implications from Proposed Public Transportation Capital Funding Cuts

For the American Public Transportation Association, EDR Group conducted an analysis of existing for transit "new start" investments that would be stranded by the loss of federal funding for transit capital grants. The analysis examined the local funding gaps and job implications of this proposed change in the FTA budget.

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